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Stratovarius
« Intermission »
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1 | Will My Soul Ever Rest In Peace? 04:56
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| 2 | Falling Into Fantasy 05:14
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| 3 | The Curtains Are Falling 04:25
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| 4 | Requiem 02:54
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| 5 | Bloodstone (Judas Priest cover) 03:55
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| 6 | Kill The King (Rainbow cover) 04:36
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| 7 | I Surrender (live) (Rainbow cover) 03:47
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| 8 | Keep The Flame 02:48
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| 9 | Why Are We Here? 04:43
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| 10 | What Can I Say 05:12
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| 11 | Dream With Me 05:14
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| 12 | When The Night Meets The Day 05:26
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| 13 | It's A Mystery 04:04
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| 14 | Cold Winter Nights 05:15
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| 15 | Hunting High And Low (live) 04:55
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| | Total playing time: 67:24 |
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Timo Kotipelto - vocals
Timo Tolkki - guitars
Jens Johannson - keyboards
Jari Kainulainen - bass
Jorg Michael - drums |
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Recorded at: Finnvox Studios
Produced by: Timo Tolkki / Goldenworks Ltd.
Mixed by Mikko Karmila
Engineered by: Mikko Karmila
Cover by: Derek Riggs
Photography Marc Villange, Marcelo Rossi |
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| 1. Will My Soul Ever Rest In Peace?
I've been searching for an oasis
In the desert for so long
In my weakness trying
To pretend I'm strong
I've been holding on
To things that I have left behind
I've been scared and lonely
I'm crippled inside
Bathed my soul in the starlight
Healed my |
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Да уж это компиляция, альбомом её не назовёшь. Но и тут есть чем поживится преданным фэнам, другим же эта работа ни к чему. Самый большой интерес представляют три новых трека. Это просто отборнейшие творения, если бы они находились в каком-нибудь альбоме, то уже набрали бы все шесть баллов, независимо от другого материала. Итак, открывающая «Will My Soul Ever Rest In Peace» отличается в лучшую сторону своей не типичностью. Изменяющийся ритм и чумовой припев дают поводы думать, что у стратов ещё всё впереди! Вторая композиция это суровый средне темповый номер «Falling Into Fantasy», подходящий мелодически под такие альбомы как «Destiny» и «Infinity». Ну и самое большое лакомство это бешенный боевик «Curtains Are Falling». Я бы не сказал что это что-то уж совсем гениальное, но на прозвище стопроцентного хита тянет великолепно. Дальше идёт связка каверов. Просто поражаюсь предыдущему рецензенту обозвавшему по нынешним меркам «Bloodstone» авторства Judas Priest – тупой песней. Как раз по нынешним меркам это золотая классика, ну и в конце-то концов не зря же Стратовариус взялся перепевать её?! Рэйнбовский «Kill The King» тоже смотрится вполне сносно, хотя и не настолько удачно как это сделали Primal Fear. Третий кавер это «I Surrender», опять-таки, от Рэйнбов. Не очень хорошо удалось Котипелто спеть её, ни задора ни мощи, которая была присуща Джо Линн Тёрнеру. Наконец, четвёртый кавер – «Blackout» от Скорпов. Такую песню вряд ли можно испортить, так что десять баллов за неё это точно можно поставить. Далее идут четыре баллады, это уже как говорится без меня. Под эти баллады только спать хорошо, хотя для фона они и не так уж плохи. Концертный вариант песни «Hunting High And Low» выглядит здорово, показывая, что на концерте коллектив звучит ещё более мощно и тяжело, в этом можно убедится, также послушав двойной концертный альбом «Visions Of Europe». В целом, свою задачу «Intermission» выполняет с лихвой, и в том, что он обязательно нужен всем поклонникам банды сомневаться не приходится. |
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Финские монстры мелодичного павер-метала Stratovarius взял 3-летний отпуск и нового полновесного
альбома следует ожидает только в 2003, а напоследок, чтобы соблюсти контрактные обязательства перед фирмой Nuclear Blast "горячие финские парни" выпустили компиляцию под названием "Антракт", который по замыслу создателей должен символизировать конец первого этапа истории группы. В начале идут 3 совершенно новые вещи (гимн "Will my Soul...", полубаллада "Falling to Fantasy" и оркестровый инструм "Requiem") и 1 невошедшая на альбом "Infinite" (боевик "Curtains..."). Все в лучших традициях. Ненавистники пусть плюются, а фэны прыгают до небес. Затем блок из 3 каверов: Bloodstone от джудасов (совершенно тупая песня по нынешним понятиям) и 2 вещи от Rainbow. Особенно удалась спидовая "Kill the King" в исполнении Толкки.
Она даже вкатила моему знакомому, тру-фэну Deep Purple и Rainbow. По его словам, она звучит очень современно, лучше оригинала. Далее следуют все CD-бонусы с предыдущих альбомов, а на сладкое "Hunting High And Low" в живом исполнении - это улетно! Также включены 2 демки, но на моем экземпляре их нет, зато есть кавер скорпов "Blackout". Мне давелось разик послушать весь скорповский трибьют-сборник. Так эта вещь одна из немногих достойная внимания. Вообщем, фэнам для полноты коллекции советую. И будем ждать сольник Катипельто. |
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Screamed my pain to the forest
Asking the question why?
Will there come a time for me when I find peace of mind
Will I always have this feeling like I'm last in the line
I will climb up the mountain and light up the candle and ask:
"Will my soul ever rest in peace?"
I've been washed in pain
Haunted by the ghosts of years ago
They won't leave me be
They keep coming back for more
Will there come a time for me when I find peace of mind
Will I always have this feeling like I'm last in the line
I will climb up the mountain and light up the candle and ask:
"Will my soul ever rest in peace?"
My crippled soul is yearning to be free
Will there come a time for me when I find peace of mind
Will I always have this feeling like I'm last in the line
I will climb up the mountain and light up the candle and ask:
"Will my soul ever rest in peace?"
2. Falling Into Fantasy
I'm sitting by the calm lake
And watch the setting sun
My feet are in the water
The journey's just begun
In the mist there is a boat and it's heading towards me
On the deck the lady's holding her hand and I agree
I'm falling into fantasy
The dream goes on
We are traveling in the nightfall
Until we stop somewhere
Descending into water
On dark and hazy stairs
Now she's leading me to the golden palace that lays ahead
She tells me I'm the one in her dreams and on her bed
I'm falling into fantasy
The dream goes on
I'm falling into fantasy
Drifting alone
3. The Curtains Are Falling
I'm back in the air, but I've nowhere to go
I nervously glance at the mountains below
Two hours of sleep, seven more 'til the show
I pray to the goddess of coffee to keep me alive
The crew's getting wasted, we're back in the sky
I join in the fray, 'coz the rules don't apply
"Who cares anyway - when we're all gonna fry!"
But somehow we manage to land and we all have survived...
And the curtains are falling and the legions are calling tonight
And the curtains are falling and the legions are calling tonight
Have to fly away, though I'd rather stay
That's the price you pay, that's the game we play
When roaring to life the engines are loud
The mem'ries of you and the sound of the crowd
They're fading away as we break through the clouds
But I don't complain when we're back on the ground and alive...
And the curtains are falling and the legions are calling tonight
And the curtains are falling and the legions are calling tonight
4. Requiem
[Instrumental]
5. Bloodstone
[Judas Priest cover]
I've been trying
There's no denying
It's sending me
Out of my mind
I've seen reason
Change to treason
It's losing it's sense
Of all kind
How much longer will it take
For the world to see
We should learn to live
And simply let it be
Bloodstone, bloodstone
In the night time
Wake in fright
I'm so scared of the game
That's being played
Start to wonder
What's going under
And how many deals
Have been made
How much longer will it take
For the world to see
We should learn to live
And simply let it be
Bloodstone, bloodstone
Bloodstone
I can't take it
You got me living
On a bloodstone
I don't want that bloodstone
6. Kill The King
[Rainbow cover]
Danger, danger the Queen's about to kill
There's a stranger, stranger and life about to spill
Oh no move me out of harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like the wind
I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on
Kill the king
Tear him down
Kill the king, yeah
Strike him down
Power, power it happens every day
Power, power all along the way
Oh no, move me out of harm
I need a spell and a charm
And fly like the wind
I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on
Kill the king
Treason, treason, the spectre looms again
Treason, reason, the realm is safe and then
Oh no, move away from harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like the rainbow
I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on
Kill the king
Tear him down
Kill the king, yeah
Got to take his crown
Kill the king
He'll rule no more
Strike him dead
The people roar
Kill the king, yeah
Take his head
Down, down, down, down
Oh, kill
Oh, kill
Oh, oh
7. I Surrender (Live)
[Live. Rainbow cover]
I surrender to your heart babe
Do anything that you want me to do
Please be tender I'm in your hands girl
This is a feeling I never knew
You know I tried to make it on my own
That's not the way it was meant to be
Spend my time waiting by the phone
Oh darling come back to me
I surrender, I surrender
I'm giving up the role of pretender
Oh be tender, girl be tender
Can't you feel the love that I send you
I surrender
I remember, seems like a lifetime
Can't believe it's a matter of days
Since you left I'm near to heartbreak
I want you so bad don't turn away
What does it take to stay by my side
You know I'll do what you want me to
Don't take away this feeling inside
I'm still in love with you
I surrender, I surrender
I'm giving up the role of pretender
Oh be tender, girl be tender
Can't you feel the love that I send you
I surrender
I surrender, I surrender
Darling now won't you be tender
Surrender, oh surrender
Feel the love that I send you
I surrender
8. Keep The Flame
The shadow falls on me today
Why can't it fade into the distance?
And darkness calls, no other way
I rage at the riddle of existence
The day's almost gone but you'll carry on
Can you keep the flame for me?
The day's almost gone but you'll carry on
Can you keep the flame for me?
A broken plan, a fleeting past
How do we always keep on trying?
A tired man, is free at last
What would the purpose be of lying?
My life's almost gone but you'll carry on
Can you keep the flame for me?
My life's almost gone but please carry on
Could you keep the flame for me?
Will you keep the flame for me?
9. Why Are We Here?
When the stars are gone forever and planets are turned into dust
It's a good escape to lie in the haze
In the past I found the answer in music and drinking and lust
Waiting for the end and counting the days
But I want to find an answer, so what if my terror dies
And I want to find an answer, I look in your eyes
Why are we here?
Maybe you hold the answer
Why are we here?
Maybe you hold the answer
When the sky is dark and winter has hidden the city in snow
I remember summer's not far away
And it seems the days are shorter and hours are passing so slow
It's a nice escape to roll in the hay
But I want to find an answer, so what if my terror dies
And I want to find an answer, I look in your eyes
Why are we here?
Maybe you hold the answer
Why are we here?
Maybe you hold the answer
10. What Can I Say
Sometimes it's not that easy finding all the words
For how I feel when you are near
The more we are together makes me realize
All I ever wanted is you
What can I say?
You make all my dreams come true
And every day I want you right here by my side
To take my hand and hold me tight
I never want to be alone again
Oh my love
The days are shorter now
I'm reaching for some light
And I find it in your eyes
Brighter than the sun it filled me up with love
Don't ever close them for me
What can I say?
You make all my dreams come true
And every day I want you right here by my side
To take my hand and hold me tight
I never want to be alone again
Oh my love
Yes I know baby
It takes a world to keep what we have
And not let go
I was lonely
Before I met you
But you wiped away all the sorrow
What can I say?
You make all my dreams come true
And every day I want you right here by my side
To take my hand and hold me tight
I never want to be alone again
What can I say?
You make all my dreams come true
And every day I want you right here by my side
To take my hand and hold me tight
I never want to be alone again
Oh my love
11. Dream With Me
Now it is time for you to close your eyes
They've seen much pain it's slowly filling your mind
Pretty as they are but now so pale
You better leave all your worries far behind
Not long ago when you had the Fire
Burning inside of you brighter than any flame
You were the one that I believed in
Keeping our hopes up high where are you now?
Where do you aim?
Let me take you there
To the place you know
Why don't you Dream With Me
The answers will be found
Now it is time to open your eyes again
See how all the sorrows have disappeared faded away
I am right here waiting for your call
If you still need me to guide your pace
Through the day
Let me take you there
To the place you know
Why don't you Dream With Me
The answers will be found
12. When The Night Meets The Day
Look around there's no time to waste
Life goes on nothing's gonna change
Feel the winds of life blowing cold
It won't take so long you are growing old
There is no answer to be found
It is so easy to fall without a sound
Days of loving and gold
Kept me from feeling so old
Times I'll always recall
When the night meets the day
Gates of heaven I saw
While flying through the misty dawn
Those days I'll always recall
When the night meets the day
I don't wanna let you out of my sight
But here I'm lost and alone in the night
13. It's A Mystery
In the middle of the jungle
There are ruins of temples built along ago
Stone by stone
They were made by the Mayas
A tribe that is not so well-known
Each pictures on the wall
Recorded history
They were gazing at the sky
Seeing stars telling them the days
On the year
Monuments marked time
But altars meant death and fear
Worshipping gods now gone long time ago
The population grew, new cities were found
What happened then?
Was it a strange decease that wiped away almost everyone?
Or it might have been starvation caused by drought and
A scorching sun
It's a mystery
The way they disappeared
It's now history
We will never know
14. Cold Winter Nights
Summer's gone a while ago
The daylight dims away
I'm watching here how the snow begins to fall
Yesterday's like a dream
A memory in my head
Like the life's gone behind the winter wall
I'm lighting up the candles and lock the door
Sitting by the fire
It's time to dream some more
I have to find a way how to survive
I am surrounded by the starlight
I have to find the path
How to escape from the Cold Winter Nights
And in the morning there's no trace of the sun
Just gray fog hanging above my head
All the birds are quiet hiding in the woods
Can't see no movement are they all dead?
15. Hunting High & Low (Live)
I feel the wind in my hair
And it's whispering, telling me things
Of the storm that is gathering near
Full of power I'm spreading my wings
Now I'm leaving my worries behind
Feel the freedom of body and mind
I am starting my journey, I'm drifting away with the wind
I go
I am Hunting High and Low
Diving from the sky above
Looking for, more and more, once again
I'm Hunting High and Low
Sometimes I may win sometimes I'll lose
It's just a game that I play
After the storm there's a calm
Through the clouds shines a ray of the sun
I am carried from all of my harm
There is no one that I can't outrun
Now I'm leaving my worries behind
Feel the freedom of body and mind
I am starting my journey, I'm drifting away with the wind
I go
I am Hunting High and Low
Diving from the sky above
Looking for, more and more, once again
I'm Hunting High and Low
Sometimes I may win sometimes I'll lose
It's just a game that I play
That would be all...
Be sure to hear from me again
16. Neon Light Child
[bonus track]
I live on the street, it is my home
All my life I've been alone
I see people passing by
And they lower their eyes
It's been like this for so many years
I had my share on lonely tears
My parents left me long ago
They did not want to know
Tell me how can I stand the pain?
Is there any hope for me at all?
Hear me cry in the cold rain
I never wanted to become
a Neon Light Child
There'll come a day when I'll be free
I will make people look at me
I'll leave everything behind
There are good things for me to find
[chorus]
I'll be the rain
I'll be alone
Alone in the rain
You left me here