Shadow of the Moon

Shadow of the Moon
Studio album by Blackmore's Night
Released June 2, 1997 (Europe)
February 17, 1998 (United States)
Genre Celtic, folk, neo-medieval
Length 65:24
Label Edel (Germany) / Edel America
Producer Pat Regan and Ritchie Blackmore
Blackmore's Night chronology

Shadow of the Moon
(1997)		 Under a Violet Moon
(1999)
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Shadow of the Moon is the debut studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released June 2, 1997. It stayed on the German charts for 17 weeks.[2] It received a gold certification in Japan for 100,000 albums shipped to stores.[3]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Shadow of the Moon"  Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night 5:06
2. "The Clock Ticks On"  trad. by Tielman Susato, Blackmore, Night 5:15
3. "Be Mine Tonight"  Blackmore, Night 2:51
4. "Play Minstrel Play"  trad. by Pierre Attaingnant, Blackmore, Night 3:59
5. "Ocean Gypsy" (Renaissance cover)Michael Dunford, Betty Thatcher 6:06
6. "Minstrel Hall" (Instrumental)Blackmore 2:36
7. "Magical World"  trad. Wassail, Blackmore, Night 4:02
8. "Writing on the Wall"  trad. by Pyotr Iiyich Tchaikovsky, Blackmore, Night 4:35
9. "Renaissance Faire"  trad. by Tielman Susato, Blackmore, Night 4:16
10. "Memmingen" (Instrumental)Blackmore 1:05
11. "No Second Chance"  Blackmore, Night 5:39
12. "Mond Tanz" (Instrumental; Mondtanz being German for "Moon Dance")Blackmore 3:33
13. "Spirit of the Sea"  Blackmore, Night 4:50
14. "Greensleeves"  trad. 3:47
15. "Wish You Were Here" (Rednex cover)Leskelä Teijo 5:02

Bonus track

Personnel

Guest appearances

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r333767
  2. ↑ "Ritchie's Bio". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  3. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年1月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. January 2000 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 484: 8. March 10, 2000. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2014.

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