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Village Lanterne 
Studio album by Blackmore's Night Released 4 April 2006 Genre Folk rock Length 60:52 Label SPV
Steamhammer USProducer Pat Regan Blackmore's Night chronology Ghost of a Rose
(2003)The Village Lanterne
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(2006)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]The Village Lanterne is a fifth studio album by the renaissance rock band Blackmore's Night, released on Steamhammer US on 4 April 2006. It featured the single "Just Call My Name (I'll Be There)".
In 2006 the album went Gold in Russia.[2] The song "Olde Mill Inn" was included as soundtrack in the 2008 movie Yes Man.[3]
Contents
Track listing
Songs written by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night, except where noted.
- "25 Years" – 4:58
- "Village Lanterne" – 5:14
- "I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore" – 4:50 - a song about Resurrection Mary
- "The Messenger" (Blackmore) – 2:55 (Instrumental)
- "World of Stone" (Blackmore/Traditional, Night) – 4:26
- "Faerie Queen" / "Faerie Dance" (Blackmore) – 4:57
- "St. Teresa" (Joan Osborne, Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman, Rick Chertoff) – 5:26
- "Village Dance" (Blackmore) – 1:58 (Instrumental)
- "Mond Tanz" (Blackmore) / "Child in Time" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 6:12
- "Streets of London" (Ralph McTell) – 3:48
- "Just Call My Name (I'll Be There)" – 4:49
- "Olde Mill Inn" – 3:21
- "Windmills" – 3:27
- "Street of Dreams" (Blackmore, Joe Lynn Turner) – 4:31
Bonus tracks
- "Call It Love" (Night) – 2:53 - The song was originally the B-side to the Candice Night solo single "Alone With Fate" in 2002.[4] The song was re-released later on the Candice Night solo album Reflections in 2011.
- "Street of Dreams" – 4:30 (extra track featuring Joe Lynn Turner as assistant vocalist) - Turner supplied backing vocals, with the exception of the beginning part where he supplied lead vocals.
- "All Because of You" – 3:26 (radio edit from Fires at Midnight) - It was also the European single, released in 2004.
- "Once in a Garden" (Night) – 3:30 (Japan version only)
Personnel
- Ritchie Blackmore – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, various drums, hurdy gurdy
- Candice Night – lead vocals, backing vocals, shawms, rauchpfeife, recorder, chanters
- Pat Regan and the Minstrel Hall Consort – keyboards
- Sir Robert of Normandie (Robert Curiano) – bass
- Sisters of the Moon: Lady Madeline and Lady Nancy (Madeline and Nancy Posner) – harmony vocals
- Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski) – keyboards
- Sarah Steiding – violin
- Anton Fig – drums
- Albert Dannemann – bagpipes, backing vocals
- Ian Robertson and Jim Manngard – backing vocals
- Joe Lynn Turner – guest vocals on the bonus version of "Street of Dreams"
References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r825604
- ^ "Ritchie's Bio". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. http://www.blackmoresnight.com/ritchie_bio.html. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ "Soundtracks for Yes Man (2008)". the Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068680/soundtrack. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
- ^ S Bassin, R Elliot, M Osterholm (27 November 2005). "Blackmore's Night". Musical Discoveries. http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/reviews/bnfeature.htm.
External links
Categories:- 2006 albums
- Blackmore's Night albums
- SPV/Steamhammer albums
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