Twilight Time

Stratovarius | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Noise
• ASIN: B00000IKNB
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #405,824 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2007 digitally remastered reissue of this Finnish Metal band's 1992 album. Eight tracks. Noise. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Sophomore Effort, December 22, 1999

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Antonio Figl "RockSLUG" (Fremont, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twilight Time (Audio CD)

Stratovarius took me by surprise. For some reason known only to me, I was expecting a progressive metal album a' la Dream Theater. Wrong. Perhaps the name Stratovarius fooled me into thinking that they were going to show off their instrumental prowess in plenty of soloing. Instead, this is almost (I'll come back to this almost) a straight power metal album. Something that would make Gamma Ray, Helloween or Nocturnal Rites proud. Band leader and main songwriter Timo Tolkki has written a solid album of power/pop metal tunes. This came out in 1993, when I was not paying any attention to metal at all (I have since seen the light, heh heh), so it could be that this type of sound was innovative at the time. There is a significant amount of symphonic embellishment in the music, I can see where bands like Rhapsody may have gotten their inspiration from. That is the main function of the keyboards, providing lush backgrounds for the music, and this is where Stratovarius differs from bands like Gamma Ray. A notch against the album are Tolkki's vocals. They are adequate, but just so-so. Perhaps he knew so too, because he soon after hired a killer singer in Timo Kotipelto.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Oooh the early days, January 10, 2006

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Paul Lawrence "'EJL'" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twilight Time (Audio CD)

Yes the early days when Timo Tolkki was on vocals. Perhaps in a more forgiving time I'd love stuff like the ripping lead cut which psychologically is pretty mature stuff for a young rock band. And lets face it - these guys were just starting out at this point.

And that's just it - there isn't much here to tell you that these guys would later write stuff like Black Diamond or Hunting High & Low. And without the signature vox of one Timo Kotipelto it doesn't feel like Stratovarius to a later convert like me. And a poor mix doesn't really help but they probably had to hide the vocals a bit.... sorry Mr Tolkki.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Warning: This is not remastered, May 28, 2008

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Michael Anthony "Hybridblues" (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twilight Time (Audio CD)

I was a little dissapointed to buy this album again and find out that it's only a reissue, this is definately not remastered. If you have the older version it's just as good as this. I'm sure all the other Stratovarius album reissues aren't remastered either.