Somewhere out in Space

Gamma Ray | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 6, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Noise
• ASIN: B000005DSX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,136 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. The 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 Shine On

14. Return to Fantasy (bonus track)

Editorial Reviews

Same as USA Release --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enter the pantheon of Gamma Ray's "Somewhere Out in Space.", November 24, 1998

By A Customer

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

The greatest hard rock/heavy metal album of all time and space has been unleashed upon mankind...Gamma Ray's "Somewhere Out in Space." The otherworldly potential of musical thinktank Kai Hansen and his post-Pumpkin cohorts has finally been realized. NO comparisons to any other recorded output can do justice to the sheer brilliance that belies this work of art, but I'll try anyway. O.K. To try to fathom the beauty of "Somewhere Out in Space," imagine a combination of the following ingredients: the best Thin Lizzy harmony guitar and lyrics, the heaviest Black Sabbath-ian stomps from the '70's, intense galloping speed a-la early ('83- '84) Metallica, Queen-like anthemic choruses, and enchanting keyboard interludes akin to late '70's Michael Schenker-era UFO. Simply stated, this record is the perfect blend of speed, power, intelligence, beauty, atmosphere, harmony, melody, and musicianship. I am sorry to confirm that "Somewhere Out in Space" has supplanted Black Sabbath's "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" as my favorite disc of all-time. If there is an adjective that describes something that surpasses perfection, please alert me, because no word in my vocabulary adequately conveys the unrivaled splendor that is "SOMEWHERE OUT IN SPACE." -David Newman 1998

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Space Odyssey, June 24, 2004

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djhexane (Ohio, USofA) - See all my reviews

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

This is actually a progressive power metal concept album based on Arthur C Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey (That's the author, the guy who directed the movie version was Stanley Kubrick). This is really good music and good vocals and just plain fun to listen to.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Epical Masterpiece, October 14, 1999

By A Customer

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

It's incredible. There are atill great metal bands around!!! Gamma Ray, the German band, is one of them.!! Great stuff. There were changes in the band formation, after Land of the Freee. Ex-guitarrist Dirk Schlachter assumed bass in this record, while they hired another man to play guitar alongside Kai Hansen. The drummer was also changed. But the sound kept great!!!