The Scarecrow (album)
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2008 |
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| Label (s) | Nuclear Blast | |||
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Title (number) |
11 |
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Studio (s) |
Vox sound studio, Hamburg |
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The Scarecrow is the third album by the German metal - Opera Avantasia , released on January 25 of 2008. The project was initiated by Tobias Sammet , the singer of the power metal band Edguy . He also wrote all the songs and lyrics. This album led to the project's first tour, The Scarecrow World Tour .
construction
As with its predecessors, the individual titles are linked to one another via a common story, but this time the role of a singer is not defined. A passage here was more likely to be associated with a singer through the mood it created. It is told of a person who perceives things differently from everyone else and who feels isolated and misunderstood as a result.
Songs
- Twisted Mind - 6:14
- The Scarecrow - 11:12
- Shelter from the Rain - 6:09 am
- Carry Me Over - 3:52
- What Kind of Love - 4:56
- Another Angel Down - 5:41
- The Toy Master - 6:21
- Devil in the Belfry - 4:42
- Cry Just a Little - 5:15
- I Don't Believe in Your Love - 5:34
- Lost in Space - 3:53
All songs were written by Tobias Sammet .
occupation
Tape:
- Tobias Sammet - vocals, bass, keyboards
- Sascha Paeth - guitar
- Eric Singer - drums
- Miro Rodenberg - keyboards
Guest musicians:
- Jørn Lande - singing on songs 2, 6 and 8
- Michael Kiske - vocals on songs 2, 3 and 5
- Bob Catley - vocals on song 3 and 9
- Amanda Somerville singing on song 5 and 11
- Alice Cooper singing on song 7
- Roy Khan - vocals on song 1
- Oliver Hartmann - vocals at Lied 10
- Henjo Richter - guitar on song 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8
- Kai Hansen - guitar on Lied 3
- Rudolf Schenker - guitar on song 10
Review and success
The album reached number 8 in Germany and by then was not only the most successful Avantasia album, but also Tobias Sammet's most successful album in the charts with the Edguy album Rocket Ride (2006). It also occupied positions in the charts outside of Germany:
- Czech Republic: # 6
- Greece: # 9
- Sweden: # 10
- Hungary: # 10
- Austria: # 16
- Switzerland: # 17
- Finland: # 26
- Spain: # 27
- Norway: # 36
- Japan: # 49
- Belgium: # 50
- France: # 58
- Netherlands: # 65
- Italy: # 65
The Scarecrow has received mostly high ratings from music critics. So wrote Andreas Schöwe from the Metal Hammer z. B. "Despite the large number of guest musicians and his style, which is bursting with variety, tempo changes and lush orchestrations, THE SCARECROW leaves an extremely compact, homogeneous and fluid impression. For that alone it can only give the highest grade!"