The Past and Now

Released

1997

Length

1:02:17

Import

Timo Tolkki

Visions
(1997)

The Past and Now
(1997)

Live! Visions of Europe
(1998)

The Past and Now is a compilation album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. This album was originally released in 1997 as a promotion CD in Japan. The track "Fire Dance Suite" was composed by Stratovarius but was released only in Timo Tolkki's solo album Classical Variations and Themes.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Hands of Time" (from Twilight Time)	5:36
2.	"Future Shock" (from Fright Night)	4:34
3.	"Twilight Time" (from Twilight Time)	5:51
4.	"Chasing Shadows" (from Dreamspace)	4:35
5.	"Dreamspace" (from Dreamspace)	5:58
6.	"Fire Dance Suite" (from Timo Tolkki's Classical Variations and Themes)	4:58
7.	"Against the Wind" (from Fourth Dimension)	3:49
8.	"Twilight Symphony" (from Fourth Dimension)	7:00
9.	"Will the Sun Rise?" (from Episode)	5:07
10.	"Forever" (from Episode)	3:08
11.	"Black Diamond" (from Visions)	5:45
12.	"The Kiss of Judas" (from Visions)	5:56

Stratovarius

Timo Kotipelto Jens Johansson Lauri Porra Matias Kupiainen Rolf Pilve Timo Tolkki Tuomo Lassila Jörg Michael Jari Kainulainen Antti Ikonen Jyrki Lentonen Staffan Stråhlman John Vihervä Jari Behm

Studio albums	Fright Night Twilight Time Dreamspace Fourth Dimension Episode Visions Destiny Infinite Elements Pt. 1 Elements Pt. 2 Stratovarius Polaris Elysium Nemesis

Live albums	Live! Visions of Europe

Compilations	The Past and Now The Chosen Ones Intermission Black Diamond: The Anthology

DVDs	Infinite Visions

Singles	"Wings of Tomorrow" "Father Time" "Will the Sun Rise?" "Black Diamond" "The Kiss of Judas" "SOS" "Hunting High and Low" "A Million Light Years Away" "Eagleheart" "I Walk to My Own Song" "Maniac Dance" "Deep Unknown" "Darkest Hours" "Unbreakable"

Tours	Stratovarius World Tour 2005–06

Related pages	Discography Kotipelto Cain's Offering Revolution Renaissance Symfonia Blackoustic Avalon