Ghost Opera

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Ghost Opera
Studio album by Kamelot
Released	June 5, 2007
Recorded	Gate Studios and Pathway Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2007
Genre	Symphonic metal Power metal
Length	43:59 (Original Album) 47:59 (Limited Edition) 47:31 (Japanese Release)
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Sascha Paeth and Miro[1]
Professional reviews
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Kamelot chronology
The Black Halo (2005) Ghost Opera (2007)

Ghost Opera is the eighth studio album from metal band Kamelot. It was released by SPV GmbH/Steamhammer Records, on June 1 in Germany and followed by releases on June 4 in Europe and June 5 in the United States. It is the first studio album by Kamelot to feature keyboardist Oliver Palotai.

Prior to the release of the album, SPV Records distributed a strictly limited CD single of "Ghost Opera", handed out to fans attending the European Tour in March, April and May 2007.^[2]

So far, videos have been released of the songs "Ghost Opera", "The Human Stain" and "Rule the World".^[3]

On Billboard 200, the album peaked at number 18 on Top Heatseekers and number 48 on Top Independent Albums.^[4]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Limited Edition CD + DVD 3 The Second Coming 3.1 Track Listing 4 Personnel 4.1 Band members 4.2 Guest musicians 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Kamelot.

1. "Solitaire" – 1:00
2. "Rule the World" – 3:40
3. "Ghost Opera" – 4:06
4. "The Human Stain" – 4:01
5. "Blücher" – 4:03
6. "Love You to Death" – 5:13
7. "Up Through the Ashes" – 4:59
8. "Mourning Star" – 4:37
9. "Silence of the Darkness" – 3:43
10. "Anthem" – 4:24
11. "EdenEcho" – 4:13

Limited edition version contains a bonus track:

• 12. "The Pendulous Fall" – 4:00

Japanese version contains a bonus track:

• 12. "Season's End" – 3:32

[edit] Limited Edition CD + DVD

The limited edition version of the album contains a twelfth, bonus track entitled "The Pendulous Fall" (4:00). Album art remains the same except for two lines of text, "Limited Edition" and "CD + DVD," which are located in the lower corners of the cover. The DVD features the making of and the video for "Ghost Opera" (4:11). There is also a Japanese edition containing the bonus track "Season's End" (3:32).

[edit] The Second Coming

In 2008, a reissue of Ghost Opera entitled Ghost Opera: The Second Coming was released on March 28th in Germany, March 31st for the rest of Europe and April 8th in the United States and Canada. The album was released as a double-disc set, with the first disc featuring Ghost Opera as previously released, and the videos for The Human Stain and Memento Mori, filmed in Belgrade (Serbia). The second disc contained 10 live tracks from that show, as well as three bonus tracks from Ghost Opera and The Black Halo and a remix of "Rule the World".

[edit] Track Listing

All songs written by Kamelot.

Disc 1:

1. "Solitaire" – 1:00
2. "Rule the World" – 3:40
3. "Ghost Opera" – 4:06
4. "The Human Stain" – 4:01
5. "Blücher" – 4:03
6. "Love You to Death" – 5:13
7. "Up Through the Ashes" – 4:59
8. "Mourning Star" – 4:37
9. "Silence of the Darkness" – 3:43
10. "Anthem" – 4:24
11. "Eden Echo" – 4:13

Disc 2:

1. "Solitaire [Live]" – 1:10
2. "Ghost Opera [Live]" – 4:06
3. "The Human Stain [Live]" – 4:15
4. "Mourning Star [Live]" – 4:30
5. "When the Lights Are Down [Live]" – 4:03
6. "Abandoned [Live]" – 4:15
7. "The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) (feat. Simone Simons) [Live]" – 4:33
8. "Memento Mori [Live]" – 9:08
9. "Epilogue [Live]" – 2:27
10. "March of Mephisto [Live]" – 4:49
11. "Season's End" – 3:32
12. "The Pendulous Fall" – 3:57
13. "Epilogue" – 2:46
14. "Rule the World [Remix]" – 4:22

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band members

• Roy Khan – vocals, occasional keyboards
• Thomas Youngblood – guitar
• Glenn Barry – bass guitar
• Casey Grillo – drums
• Oliver Palotai – keyboards

[edit] Guest musicians

• Miro – orchestrations^[1], keyboards
• Simone Simons – female vocals on "Blücher"^[1], "Season's End" and "The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)"
• Amanda Somerville – female vocals on "Mourning Star", "Love You to Death" and "Ghost Opera"^[1]
• Sascha Paeth – guitars
• Ghost Opera Choir – Amanda Somerville, Thomas Rettke, Robert Hunecke Rizzo and Cinzia Rizzo

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Ghost Opera Website

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