Elegy (Amorphis album)

Infobox Album
Name = Elegy
Type = studio
Artist = Amorphis


Released = May 14, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Heavy metal Melodic death metal Progressive metal
Length = 56:35
Label = Relapse
Producer = Amorphis
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lxfxlfaehcqi link]
Last album = "Black Winter Day (EP)" (1995)
This album = "Elegy" (1996)
Next album = "My Kantele (EP)" (1997)

"Elegy" is the third full-length album by Amorphis, and their first to feature a majority of clean vocals, sung by new vocalist Pasi Koskinen. The music and lyrics are inspired by the traditional Finnish ballads and poems compiled in the "Kanteletar" by Elias Lönnrot in 1840. The primary genre of the album is progressive metal, with strong folk influence, as well as elements of melodic death metal and New Wave of British Heavy Metal.Fact|date=December 2007 Many of the albums tracks, e.g. "Against Widows", have become fan favorites and have been performed in concerts since Elegy's release.

In 2004, Relapse Records reissued "Elegy" as a digipak, featuring four live bonus tracks.

Track listing

# "Better Unborn" (Holopainen) – 5:52
# "Against Widows" (Laine) – 4:06
# "The Orphan" (Holopainen, Laine) – 5:17
# "On Rich and Poor" (Holopainen, Rantala) – 5:19
# "My Kantele" (Holopainen) – 5:02
# "Cares" (Koivusaari , Holopainen, Laine) – 4:29
# "Song of the Troubled One" (Holopainen, Laine) – 4:08
# "Weeper on the Shore" (Laine, Rantala) – 4:52
# "Elegy" (Rantala) – 7:21
# "Relief" (Laine) – 4:09
# "My Kantele (acoustic reprise)" (Holopainen) – 5:55

;2004 digipak bonus tracks
# "Better Unborn (live)"
# "Against Widows (live)"
# "The Castaway (live)"
# "Black Winter Day (live)"

Credits

*Pasi Koskinen – clean vocals
*Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, tambourine
*Esa Holopainen – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, electric sitar
*Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar
*Kim Rantala − keyboards, accordion
*Pekka Kasari − drums