Unia

Infobox Album
Name = Unia
Type = studio
Artist = Sonata Arctica


Released = May 25, 2007
Recorded = December 2006-January 2007
Genre = Power metal
Progressive metal

Length = 58:34
Label = Nuclear Blast
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xfixzq5ldje link]
* Lord of Metal rating-10|9.7 [http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=9568&lang=en link]
* The Metal Crypt #1Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=3465 link]
*The Metal Crypt #2 Rating|3|5 [http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=3552 link]
* Metal Invader Rating|5|5 [http://www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-3780.html link]
* The Metal Observer rating-10|6 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=12774 link]
* Metal Storm rating-10|6.8 [http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php?review_id=4456 link]
* Metal Symphony Rating|4|5 [http://www.metalsymphony.com/index.php?name=Reviews&req=showcontent&id=777 link]
* Metal Temple Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.metal-temple.com/review.asp?id=2029 link]
* Sea of Tranquility Rating|4|5 [http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=5308 link]
* YtseJam.com Rating|4|5 [http://www.ytsejam.com/modules.phpname=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=1243 link]
Last album = "Reckoning Night"
(2004)
This album = "Unia"
(2007)
Next album =

"Unia", released on May 25, 2007, is the fifth full-length studio album by the 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.

Track listing

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

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

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.

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.

Credits

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