Unia

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Unia
Studio album by Sonata Arctica
Released	May 25, 2007
Recorded	December 2006-January 2007
Genre	Power metal
Length	58:34
Label	Nuclear Blast
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Sound of Metal (7.7/10) link Ytse Jam Records link
Sonata Arctica chronology
Reckoning Night (2004) Unia (2007)

Unia, released on May 25, 2007, is the fifth full-length studio album by the Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica, following the album Reckoning Night. The first single from the album was "Paid in Full", released on April 27, 2007. The album's name means "dreams" in Finnish. This is also the last album that features Jani Liimatainen who was later replaced by Elias Viljanen after the album was released.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Tony Kakko, songs arranged by Sonata Arctica

1. "In Black and White" − 5:03
2. "Paid in Full" − 4:24
3. "For the Sake of Revenge" − 3:23
4. "It Won't Fade" − 5:58
5. "Under Your Tree" − 5:14
6. "Caleb" − 6:16
7. "The Vice" − 4:08
8. "My Dream's but a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare" − 6:13
9. "The Harvest" − 4:18
10. "To Create a Warlike Feel" − 5:03
11. "The Worlds Forgotten, the Words Forbidden" − 2:57
12. "Fly with the Black Swan" − 5:08
13. "Good Enough Is Good Enough" − 5:32
14. "They Follow" − 4:50
15. "Out in the Fields (Gary Moore cover)" − 4:06
16. "My Dream's but a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare - Instrumental" − 7:11

Track 10 is a bonus track on Ltd. European, Finnish, Double-Vinyl and Nuclear Blast Mailorder edition.

Track 15 is a bonus track on Japanese, North American, Double-Vinyl and Nuclear Blast Mailorder edition.

Tracks 14 and 16 are exclusive Japanese bonus tracks.

[edit] Notes

In "To Create a Warlike Feel", the line "what the hell're we fighting for" is directly from the song Hammer to Fall by Queen.

[edit] Credits

• Tony Kakko − Vocals, Keyboards
• Jani Liimatainen − Guitars
• Tommy Portimo − Drums
• Marko Paasikoski − Bass
• Henrik Klingenberg − Keyboards

Celestina Choir on "In Black and White", "Under Your Tree", "To Create A Warlike Feel" and "Caleb" conducted by Tarja Vanhala.

Strings on "Good Enough is Good Enough".

• Tuomas Airola − Cello
• Elar Kuiv − Violin
• Kati Niemelä − Violin/Viola
• Anna-Leena Kangas − Viola
• Oskari Hannula − Contrabass
• Arranged and conducted by Tuomas Airola.

Acoustic guitars, Bouzouki, Chromaharp, Kavaquinho and Q-chord on "They Follow", "Under Your Tree", "The Harvest", "It Won't Fade" and "Fly With the Black Swan" by Peter Engberg.

Acoustic guitars on "The Worlds Forgotten, The Words Forbidden" and acoustic guitar solo on "They Follow" by Jani Liimatainen.

• "To Create a Warlike Feel" (vocals in Finnish) − Jarkko Martikainen
• "Caleb" (The Lady in the beginning of) − Milla V
• "whatevergod..." ("Caleb") and "just passion and rage" ("In Black and White") performed by Starbuck.

• Mixed at Finnvox Studio
• Mastered at the Cutting Room in Stockholm, Sweden

v • d • e Sonata Arctica 'Tony Kakko  · Elias Viljanen  · Henrik Klingenberg  · Marko Paasikoski  · Tommy Portimo Jani Liimatainen  · Mikko Härkin  · Janne Kivilahti  · Pentti Peura Studio albums Ecliptica  · Silence  · Winterheart's Guild  · Reckoning Night  · Unia EPs Orientation  · Successor  · Takatalvi  · Don't Say a Word Live albums Songs of Silence  · For the Sake of Revenge Compilations The End of This Chapter  · The Collection 1999-2006 Demos Friend 'till the End  · Agre Pamppers  · PeaceMaker  · FullMoon DVDs For the Sake of Revenge Singles "UnOpened"  · "Wolf & Raven"  · "Last Drop Falls"  · "Victoria's Secret"  · "Broken"  · "Don't Say a Word"  · "Shamandalie"  · "Replica 2006"  · "Paid in Full"