Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
Release date: | 5 April 1995 |
Style: | Power metal |
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01. Imaginations From The Other Side
02. I'm Alive
03. A Past And Future Secret
04. The Script For My Requiem
05. Mordred's Song
06. Born In A Mourning Hall
07. Bright Eyes
08. Another Holy War
09. And The Story Ends
10. The Wizard [Uriah Heep cover] [Japanese bonus]
11. The Script For My Requiem [demo] [Japanese bonus]
12. I'm A Alive [demo] [Japanese bonus]
13. Imaginations From The Other Side [demo] [Japanese bonus]
14. A Past And Future Secret [demo] [Japanese bonus]
15. A Past And Future Secret [demo] [2007 re-release bonus]
16. Imaginations From The Other Side [demo] [2007 re-release bonus]
17. The Script For My Requiem [demo] [2007 re-release bonus]
+ Bright Eyes [video] [2007 re-release bonus]
+ Born In A Morning Hall [video] [2007 re-release bonus]
Top 20 albums of 1995: 3
Top 200 albums of all time: 35
Featured in "Getting Into: Blind Guardian"
02. I'm Alive
03. A Past And Future Secret
04. The Script For My Requiem
05. Mordred's Song
06. Born In A Mourning Hall
07. Bright Eyes
08. Another Holy War
09. And The Story Ends
10. The Wizard [Uriah Heep cover] [Japanese bonus]
11. The Script For My Requiem [demo] [Japanese bonus]
12. I'm A Alive [demo] [Japanese bonus]
13. Imaginations From The Other Side [demo] [Japanese bonus]
14. A Past And Future Secret [demo] [Japanese bonus]
15. A Past And Future Secret [demo] [2007 re-release bonus]
16. Imaginations From The Other Side [demo] [2007 re-release bonus]
17. The Script For My Requiem [demo] [2007 re-release bonus]
+ Bright Eyes [video] [2007 re-release bonus]
+ Born In A Morning Hall [video] [2007 re-release bonus]
Top 20 albums of 1995: 3
Top 200 albums of all time: 35
Featured in "Getting Into: Blind Guardian"
Hansi Kürsch - vocals, bass
Marcus Siepen - rhythm guitars
André Olbrich - lead guitar
Thomas "Thomen" Stauch - drums, percussion
Session musicians
Mathias Wiesner - effects
Guest musicians
Piet Sielck - backing vocals
Billy King - backing vocals
Thomas Hackmann - backing vocals
Paul "Ronnie Atkins" Christensen - backing vocals
Jacob Moth - accoustic guitar
Additional info
All music written by André Olbrich and Hansi Kürsch.
All lyrics written by Hansi Kürsch.
Cover painting by Andreas Marschall.
Produced by Flemming Rasmussen.
Engineered by Flemming Rasmussen and Piet Sielck.
Mixed by Flemming Rasmussen.
Assistant engineer: Henrick Bindeby.
Drum technician: Flemming Rasmussen and Cuni.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark from August to November 1994 and January to March 1995.
Backing vocals recorded at Naro Studio, Brackel, Germany in December 1994.
Rating:
8.5
8.5
Rating: 8.5 |
What makes a good Power Metal album? Catchy guitar riffs, good symphonic elements, mighty power chords? If your answer to this is YES, then you are gonna have a great time with this album, that's for sure. Legendary Blind Guardian obviously didn't want to risk anything, so they took the stuff mentioned before and polished it to near-perfection. Yep, near-perfection. Personally, I don't like Power Metal too much, but I'll be a good little reviewer, and do this completely objectively. Read more ›› |
Rating:
9.3
9.3
Rating: 9.3 |
This is it, Blind Guardian's best effort and the very definition of Power metal. Imaginations From The Other Side has everything the genre needs: heavy drums, perfect guitar play and both beautifully calm and powerful vocals culminating in choruses that you'll recognize even ages after you last heard them. If we take a look at the history of the band and their previous releases, we can see that this album is the product of a decade of improving. What Battalions Of Fear had started with speed and Somewhere Far Beyond added with more emotional elements, Imaginations perfected. Well, almost at least. The lyrical themes are not quite inspired enough to reach the perfect score and "I'm Alive" feels just a little weaker than the rest of the album, mostly because it lacks its recognizable sound that all the other seven tracks have without a doubt. However, I'm complaining on the highest level here. The lyrics are still far from the typical European cheerful and cheesy style and there are many people out there who love "I'm Alive," I just don't happen to be one of them. Read more ›› |
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