The Odyssey (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Odyssey
Type = studio
Artist = Symphony X


Released = November 5, 2002
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Progressive metal
Length = 67:02
Label = InsideOut
Producer = Michael Romeo
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fnex97ldkr0t~T1 link]
Last album = "Live on the Edge of Forever"
(2001)
This album = The Odyssey
(2002)
Next album = "Gigantour"
(2006)

"The Odyssey" is the sixth studio effort of progressive metal band Symphony X. The fourth track, "Accolade II", is a sequel to the famous "The Accolade" from "The Divine Wings of Tragedy". "King of Terrors", track number five, is based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Pit and the Pendulum." This line continues in the sixth track, where the seventh track can be seen as a warming up to the grand finale: track eight is a 24-minute musical take on/version of Homer's "The Odyssey" about the journey home of Greek hero Odysseus.

Track listing

#"Inferno" (Unleash the Fire) – 5:32 "(Romeo, Allen)
#"Wicked" – 5:30 "(Romeo, Allen)
#"Incantations of the Apprentice" – 4:19 "(Romeo, Allen)
#"Accolade II" – 7:54 "(Romeo, Pinella, Lepond, Allen)
#"King of Terrors" – 6:16 "(Romeo, Pinella, Allen, Rullo)
#"The Turning" – 4:44 "(Romeo, Lepond, Allen)
#"Awakenings" – 8:18 "(Romeo, Pinella, Lepond, Allen)
#"The Odyssey" – 24:14
##"Part I - Odysseus' Theme/Overture" "(Romeo)"
##"Part II - Journey to Ithaca" "(Romeo, Allen)"
##"Part III - The Eye" "(Romeo)"
##"Part IV - Circe" (Daughter of the Sun) "(Romeo)"
##"Part V - Sirens" "(Romeo)"
##"Part VI - Scylla and Charybdis" "(Romeo)"
###a) "Gulf of Doom"
###b) "Drifting Home"
##"Part VII - The Fate of the Suitors / Champion of Ithaca "(Romeo, Lepond)"
#"Masquerade '98" (Limited Edition/Japanese bonus track) – 6:01 "(Romeo, Pinella, Miller, Rullo, Tyler)
#"Frontiers" (Japanese bonus track) 4:50 (Frontiers is also available as a free mp3 at Symphony X's website.)

Personnel

*Russell Allen - vocals
*Michael Romeo - guitars, orchestral keyboards, and programming
*Michael Pinnella - piano, keyboards
*Michael Lepond - bass
*Jason Rullo - drums