- The Scarecrow (album)
Infobox Album
Name = The Scarecrow
Type = studio
Artist =Avantasia
Released =January 25 ,2008
Recorded =
Genre =Heavy metal Power metal Symphonic metal
Length = 63:50
Label =Nuclear Blast Records
Producer =Sascha Paeth &Tobias Sammet
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9fixz9jldae~T1 link]
Last album = "Lost in Space Part II "
(2007)
This album = "The Scarecrow"
(2008)
Next album = "" (2008)"The Scarecrow" is the third full-length
Avantasia album by Germanpower metal vocalistTobias Sammet , released January 25th, 2008, on Nuclear Blast Records.cite web|author=Tobias Sammet|title=NEW AVANTASIA OUT NOVEMBER 16TH|date=September 1, 2007|publisher=www.tobiassammet.com|url=http://www.tobiassammet.com/eng/News.htm#releasedate|accessdate=October 28|accessyear=2007]Track listing
# "Twisted Mind" – 6:14
# "The Scarecrow" – 11:12
# "Shelter from the Rain" – 6:09
# "Carry Me Over" – 3:52
# "What Kind of Love" – 4:56
# "Another Angel Down" – 5:41
# "The Toy Master" – 6:21
# "Devil in the Belfry" – 4:42
# "Cry Just a Little" – 5:15
# "I Don't Believe in Your Love" – 5:34
# "Lost in Space" – 3:53 cite web|author=Blabbermouth.net|title=Avantasia: 'The Scarecrow' Artwork Revealed!|date=November 9, 2007|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=84548]Personnel
*
Tobias Sammet – lead vocals, bass guitar
*Sascha Paeth – guitars
*Eric Singer – drumsGuest vocalists
*
Roy Khan (Kamelot , ex-Conception) (Track 1)
*Jørn Lande (Jorn , ex-Masterplan ) (Tracks 2, 6, 8)
*Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween ,Ill Prophecy ,Place Vendome ,Supared ) (Tracks 2, 3, 5)
*Bob Catley (Magnum ) (Tracks 3, 9)
*Amanda Somerville (Epica ,Edguy ) (Tracks 5, 11)
*Alice Cooper (Alice Cooper ) (Track 7)
*Oliver Hartmann (ex-At Vance ) (Track 10).Guest musicians
* Michael "Miro" Rodenberg – keyboards/orchestration (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11)
*Henjo Richter – additional lead guitars (Tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8)
*Kai Hansen – additional lead guitars (Track 3)
*Rudolf Schenker – additional lead guitars (Track 10) [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9fixz9jldae~T2 Allmusic.com] ]Promo Singles
* "Lost in Space" (2007)
* "Carry Me Over" (2007)Videos
The video for "Lost in Space" was released in 2007 with the release of the
EP s of the same name. In December 2007, the video for "Carry Me Over" was released onMyspace .The EPK (electronic press-kit) is available [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y6Vn29muGg here] , courtesy of Tobias Sammet.Charts
[ [http://www.tobiassammet.com/eng/News.htm#bestseller Tobias Sammet :: Avantasia :: Official Web ] ]
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