The Past and Now

Infobox Album | Name = The Past and Now
Type = Compilation
Artist = Stratovarius

| Released = 1997
Recorded =
Genre = Power metal
Neoclassical metal
Length = 1:02:17
Label = Import
Producer = Timo Tolkki
Reviews =
Last album = "Visions"
(1997)
This album = "The Past and Now"
(1997)
Next album = "Visions of Europe"
(1998)

"The Past and Now" is a compilation album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius. This album was originally released in 1997 as a promotion CD in Japan. The track "Fire Dance Suite" is not actually done by Stratovarius, but instead is off Timo Tolkki's solo album Classical Variations and Themes.

Track listing

#"The Hands of Time" – 5:36
#"Future Shock" – 4:34
#"Twilight Time" – 5:51
#"Chasing Shadows" – 4:35
#"Dreamspace" – 5:58
#"Fire Dance Suite" – 4:58
#"Against the Wind" – 3:49
#"Twilight Symphony" – 7:00
#"Will the Sun Rise?" – 5:07
#"Forever" – 3:08
#"Black Diamond" – 5:45
#"The Kiss of Judas" – 5:56