Monuments (Edguy album)

Monuments
Studio album / Compilation album/ DVD
by Edguy
Released 14 July 2017
Recorded 1994–2014, 2017 (new songs)
Genre Power metal, heavy metal
Length 150:13 (compilation CDs)
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Sascha Paeth, Edguy
Edguy chronology
Space Police: Defenders of the Crown
(2014)Space Police: Defenders of the Crown2014
Monuments
(2017)

Monuments is the 11th studio album and a compilation album by the German power metal band Edguy, released on 14 July 2017.[1] The album was released as a two-CD/DVD package including 22 old songs, five new songs, and a previously unreleased song from the original Savage Poetry recordings back in 1995. The package also includes a two-hour DVD and a photobook.[2] Frontman Tobias Sammet wrote two of the new songs on his own, while guitarists Jens Ludwig, Dirk Sauer and bassist Tobias Exxel co-wrote each of the other three.[3]

Track listing

Compilation CD 1[4][5][6]
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Ravenblack" (New track)Monuments5:08
2."Wrestle the Devil" (New track)Monuments4:00
3."Open Sesame" (New track)Monuments5:00
4."Landmarks" (New track)Monuments4:34
5."The Mountaineer" (New track)Monuments3:57
6."9-2-9"Tinnitus Sanctus3:47
7."Defenders of the Crown"Space Police: Defenders of the Crown5:42
8."Save Me"Rocket Ride3:46
9."The Piper Never Dies"Hellfire Club10:10
10."Lavatory Love Machine"Hellfire Club4:23
11."King of Fools"Hellfire Club4:20
12."Superheroes"Rocket Ride3:19
13."Love Tyger"Space Police: Defenders of the Crown4:27
14."Ministry of Saints"Tinnitus Sanctus5:03
15."Tears of a Mandrake"Mandrake7:14
Total length:74:50
Compilation CD 2
No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Mysteria"Hellfire Club5:46
2."Vain Glory Opera"Vain Glory Opera6:09
3."Rock of Cashel"Age of the Joker6:18
4."Judas at the Opera" (feat. Michael Kiske)Superheroes (EP)7:19
5."Holy Water"King of Fools (EP)4:13
6."Spooks in the Attic"Superheroes (EP)4:03
7."Babylon"Theater of Salvation6:13
8."The Eternal Wayfarer"Space Police: Defenders of the Crown8:49
9."Out of Control" (feat. Hansi Kürsch)Vain Glory Opera5:05
10."Land of the Miracle"Theater of Salvation6:33
11."Key to My Fate"Savage Poetry4:33
12."Space Police"Space Police: Defenders of the Crown6:03
13."Reborn in the Waste"Savage Poetry (Previously unreleased)4:19
Total length:75:23

Live DVD

  1. "Mysteria"
  2. "Under the Moon"
  3. "Navigator"
  4. "Wake Up the King"
  5. "Land of the Miracle"
  6. "Lavatory Love Machine"
  7. "Vain Glory Opera"
  8. "Fallen Angels"
  9. "The Piper Never Dies"
  10. "Babylon"
  11. "King of Fools"
  12. "Chalice of Agony" (Avantasia cover featuring André Matos)
  13. "Tears of the Mandrake"
  14. "Out of Control"

Video clips

  1. "Love Tyger"
  2. "Robin Hood"
  3. "Two Out of Seven"
  4. "Ministry of Saints"
  5. "Superheroes"
  6. "Lavatory Love Machine"
  7. "King of Fools"
  8. "All the Clowns"

Live CD 1
No.TitleLength
1."Mysteria" 
2."Under the Moon" 
3."Navigator" 
4."Wake Up the King" 
5."Land of the Miracle" 
6."Lavatory Love Machine" 
7."Vain Glory Opera" 
8."Fallen Angels" 
Live CD 2
No.TitleLength
1."The Piper Never Dies" 
2."Babylon" 
3."King of Fools" 
4."Chalice of Agony" (Avantasia cover featuring André Matos) 
5."Tears of a Mandrake" 
6."Out of Control" 

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 195
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 105
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[10] 19
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 177
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 6
Oricon weekly chart 107[13]
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[14] 70
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 50
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 16

References

  1. Monuments, nuclearblast.de
  2. Edguy's Monuments, rockpages.gr
  3. van der Graaf, Arie (10 July 2017). "Edguy interview". Melodic Net. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  4. Monuments, itunes.apple.com
  5. Edguy Monuments, recordshopx.com
  6. EDGUY MONUMENTS MAILORDER EDITION, nuclearblast.de
  7. "Austriancharts.at – Edguy – Monuments" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  8. "Ultratop.be – Edguy – Monuments" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Edguy – Monuments" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  10. "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201729 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  11. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 29, 2017)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Edguy – Monuments" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  13. "エドガイ えどがい". Oricon. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  14. "Top 100 Albumes — Semana 29: del 14.07.2017 al 20.07.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  15. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 July 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  16. "Swisscharts.com – Edguy – Monuments". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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