Sigh No More

Gamma Ray | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Noise
• ASIN: B00000A5JZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #524,851 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Changes

2. Rich & Famous

3. As Time Goes By

4. (We Won't) Stop the War

5. Father and Son

6. One With the World

7. Start Running

8. Countdown

9. Dream Healer

10. The Spirit

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 3-star album, 4-star reissue, August 12, 2006

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sigh No More (Audio CD)

Kai Hansen & company didn't waste any time following up their 1990 debut album Heading for Tomorrow. Sophomore album Sigh No More was released just one year later.

Listening to Sigh No More 15 years after its original release, you can understand where the band was coming from and picture them trying to define the Gamma Ray sound and perhaps distinguish it from that of Hansen's first band Helloween. At the time though, and after a very Helloween-like debut, you can see how this album might have come as a shock. Sigh No More is less epic and melodic than its predecessor, and is a good deal more aggressive and raw. Still, it's a decent album, and is definitely a Kai Hansen album. Besides, it holds up a lot better than what Helloween was dishing out at the time (Pink Bubbles Go Ape, anyone?).

I suppose it goes without saying that Gamma Ray would appeal to Helloween fans. Fans of the more recent power metal bands like Sonata Arctica, Freedom Call, Edguy and Hammerfall also owe it to themselves to check out Gamma Ray, though Sigh No More is probably not the best album to start with. Land of the Free is your best intro to Gamma Ray.

Edition Notes: The 2003 reissue of Sigh No More features digitally remastered sound, three bonus tracks ("Heroes," "Who Do You Think You Are" and an extra-long pre-production version of "Dream Healer"). It comes in a pretty cheap-looking digipack, but aside from that it's a nice upgrade that pushes a 3-star album into 4-star territory.

PS: If you can find one, there is a very cool (but very limited) box set that collects all six of the remastered Gamma Ray albums.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Setting the record straight, August 13, 2002

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Bruce Turnbull "Acoma_Spy_Master" (Newcastle, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sigh No More (Audio CD)

Ok,i am gonna explain something about this cd,why only give it one star? its very well played and i know they aint the best tracks in the world,but not only is this album experimental because Kai didn't want to completly [copy] his old band,but he didn't write all the songs by himself! most are written by/with other people,so dont blame kai,i think this album is quite good,and is very different but its good because its different,so if your a manic gamma ray fan like me,buy it,but if your looking for a good solid gamma ray cd,try 'land of the free' or 'no world order'

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raw Heavy Metal, April 11, 2001

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Rogério Dickie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sigh No More (Audio CD)

I am sure this is the best pure and raw heavy metal way of expression Gamma Ray can get. They are playing very simple in this album. Yet, this is one of the best way to know that Gamma Ray can do a lot with a few!! Dream Healer is the longer and most refined song. Very beautiful... My favorite song is The Spirit, it has one of the most lyrics that Gamma Ray ever made. All over the album you can feel a lot of influence from Judas Priest, but Gamma Ray always let its mark in every song!!