A Night at the Opera (Blind Guardian album)

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A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera cover
Studio album by Blind Guardian
Released March 19, 2002
Recorded October 2000-December 2001 at Twilight Hall Studios, Grefrath and Hammer Music Studios, Hamburg, Germany
Genre Speed Metal/Power Metal/Symphonic Metal
Length 65:29
Label Virgin/Century Media
Producer(s) Charlie Bauerfeind
Professional reviews
Blind Guardian chronology
Nightfall in Middle-Earth
(1998)		 A Night at the Opera
(2002)		 A Twist in the Myth
(2006)


Not to be confused with A Night at the Opera (Queen album).

A Night at the Opera is a 2002 album by the German power metal band Blind Guardian. The record has received mostly superior reviews, especially from magazines and fansites devoted to the genre.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Precious Jerusalem" – 6:21
  2. "Battlefield" – 5:37
  3. "Under the Ice" – 5:44
  4. "Sadly Sings Destiny" – 6:04
  5. "The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight" – 5:30
  6. "Wait for an Answer" – 6:30
  7. "The Soulforged" – 5:18
  8. "Age of False Innocence" – 6:05
  9. "Punishment Divine" – 5:45
  10. "And Then There Was Silence" – 14:05
  • Bonus Songs
  1. "Harvest of Sorrow" (Acoustic Version) – 3:39 (Japanese Bonus)
  2. "Mies del Dolor" – 3:39 (Spain/North American Bonus)
  3. "La Cosecha del Dolor" – 3:39 (Argentinean Bonus)
  4. "Frutto del Buio" – 3:39 (Italian Bonus)
  5. "Moisson de Peine" – 3:39 (French Bonus)
  • "Harvest of Sorrow" has seven different versions in addition to two live versions: two in English, two in Spanish ("Mies Del Dolor, La Cosecha Del Dolor"), one in Italian ("Frutto Del Buio") , one in French ("Moisson de Peine"), and one in a mix of all of the versions except the English acoustic and Italian.

[edit] Lyrical References

The album features the concepts and themes familiar to Blind Guardian fans, such as historical battles and religious references.

The album's title may be a reference to the Marx Brothers' 1935 film A Night at the Opera, or Queen's 1975 album A Night at the Opera.

[edit] Chart Positions

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2002 Top Independent Albums #37

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band

[edit] Guest Musicians

  • Bass guitar: Oliver Holzwarth
  • Keyboards: Matthias Wiesner
  • Piano: Michael Schüren (Age of False Innocence)
  • Keyboards and sound effects: Pad Bender, Boris Schmidt, Sascha Pierro
  • Choir: Rolf Köhler, Thomas Hackmann, Olaf Senkbeil, Billy King

[edit] Technical Staff

  • Charlie Bauerfeind - production, mixing, recording
  • Nordin Hammadi Amrani - assistant engineer, additional recordings
  • Clemens von Witte - recordings
  • Detlef - recordings
  • Paul Raymond Gregory - cover painting
  • Dennis "Sir" Kostroman - booklet design
  • Axel Jusseit - photos

[edit] External links


Blind Guardian
Hansi Kürsch | André Olbrich | Marcus Siepen | Frederik Ehmke
Thomas "Thomen" Stauch | Markus Dörk | Christoph Theissen | Hans-Peter Frey
Discography
Demo albums as Lucifer's Heritage: Symphonies of Doom | Battalions of Fear
Studio albums: Battalions of Fear | Follow the Blind | Tales from the Twilight World | Somewhere Far Beyond | Imaginations from the Other Side | Nightfall in Middle-Earth | A Night at the Opera | A Twist in the Myth
Live albums: Tokyo Tales | Live
Compilations: The Forgotten Tales
Singles: "A Past and Future Secret" | "Bright Eyes" | "Mr. Sandman" | "Mirror Mirror" | "And Then There Was Silence" | "The Bard's Song (In the Forest)" | "Fly" | "Another Stranger Me"
Videography
Videos: Imaginations Through the Looking Glass
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