Somewhere Out in Space [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Gamma Ray | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: Noise
• ASIN: B00008L3QF
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,495 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Beyond the Black Hole

2. Men, Martians and Machines

3. No Stranger (Another Day in Life)

4. Somewhere Out in Space

5. Guardians of Mankind

6. The Landing

7. Valley of the Kings

8. Pray

9. The Winged Horse

10. Cosmic Chaos

11. Lost in the Future

12. Watcher in the Sky

13. Rising Star

14. Shine On

15. Return to Fantasy [*]

16. Miracle [*]

17. Victim of Changes [*]

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Gamma Ray delivers again, January 14, 2007

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This review is from: Somewhere Out in Space (Audio CD)

It can't have been easy for Gamma Ray to follow up their epic 1995 album Land of the Free, but with 1997's Somewhere Out in Space, the band delivered another dose of high quality power metal.

Somewhere Out in Space might not be as majestic as Land of the Free, but it's not that far behind it either. This is a very good power metal album, and definitely has that epic and melodic sound that Kai Hansen practically invented. The whole album is solid, but there are some standout tracks. The title track is a high-speed metal anthem worthy of Helloween, "Valley of the Kings" and "Lost in the Future" are epics song despite their relatively short length, "Watcher in the Sky" could have come from Judas Priest's Painkiller album, and "Shine On" is a majestic anthem. In addition to some incredible guitar work, Hansen also delivers a very solid vocal performance here. Future Freedom Call drummer Dan Zimmermann was on board for this album and you can hear some elements of what would become the Freedom Call sound here.

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, and Somewhere Out in Space is one of their better albums.

Edition Notes: The 2003 reissue of Somewhere Out in Space features digitally remastered sound, three bonus tracks ("Miracle," a cover of Uriah Heep's "Return to Fantasy" and the cover of Judas Priest's "Victim of Changes" that originally appeared on the Valley of the Kings EP). The reissue comes in a pretty cheap-looking digipack, but aside from that it's a nice upgrade of an already excellent album.

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.