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Ritchie Blackmore is one of the very few legendary guitarists
from the 70's who is still able to make interesting music now that we enter
the 21st century. Blackmore's Night is nothing like Rainbow or Deep Purple
but it is just as classy music as those two. There are many bands who claim to
be playing necoclassical this and that but none manage to weave a renaissance
atmosphere like this. Not much has changed musically since the first two
albums with songs built on old traditional melodies and spiced up with
semi-metal arrangements. A few minor differences can be spotted though; the
vocals from Candice Night are even stronger, the best songs are better but the
worst songs are also worse. There are too many plain pop songs this time.
Several superb tracks like "I Still Remember", "Fires At Midnight" and
"Village On The Sand" still make this a must-have album and for the first
time we can hear Candice's voice with a small amount of attitude and edge.
For those interested in useless knowledge I might as well mention that the
melody on "Fires At Midnight" was also used by In Extremo as the "Maria
Virgin" track on their album "Weckt Die Toten!" back in
1997.
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Written In The Stars 2. The Times They Are A Changin' 3. I |
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Still Remember 4. Home Again 5. Crowning Of The King 6. |
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Fayre Thee Well 7. Fires At Midnight 8. Hanging Tree 9. |
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Storm 10. Mid Winter's Night 11. All Because Of You 12. |
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Waiting Just For You 13. Praetorius (Courante) 14. Benzai-Ten |
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15. Village On The Sand 16. Again Someday |
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