Episode (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Episode
Type = Album
Artist = Stratovarius


Released = 1996
Recorded = Finnvox Studios,
October 1995-February 1996
Genre = Power metal
Length = 1:02:58, 1:08:28 (with bonus)
Label = Noise
Producer = Timo Tolkki
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ajfuxqlsldhe link]
Last album = "Fourth Dimension"
(1995)
This album = "Episode"
(1996)
Next album = "Visions"
(1997)

"Episode" is an album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. This is the first album with the new keyboard player Jens Johansson and drummer Jörg Michael.

Track listing

#"Father Time" – 5:01
#"Will the Sun Rise?" – 5:06
#"Eternity" – 6:55
#"Episode" – 2:01
#"Speed of Light" – 3:03
#"Uncertainty" – 5:58
#"Season of Change" – 6:56
#"Stratosphere" – 4:52
#"Babylon" – 7:09
#"Tomorrow" – 4:51
#"Night Time Eclipse" – 7:58
#"Forever" – 3:08
#"When the Night Meets the Day" – 5:30 (Japan bonus / hidden track)

Personnel

*Timo Kotipelto - Vocals
*Timo Tolkki - Guitar
*Jari Kainulainen - Bass
*Jens Johansson - Keyboards
*Jörg Michael - Drums

Info

All music by Tolkki, except #6 by Kotipelto. All lyrics by Kotipelto, except #7, #9, #12 and #13 by Tolkki, #8 by Richard Johnson and #1 by Kotipelto and Johnson. (Richard Johnson worked on Episode as a lyrical consultant, and he also sung backing vocals)