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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good early stratovarius album, August 9, 2001
im very impressed with this album, it has better drumming on it than the later ones coz jorg michael is far too repetative. some of stratovarius's greatest songs are on this album which include against the wind, winter, twilight symphony and nightfall. this is the first album with timo kotipelto on vocals and he does a fine job. definately a 5 star album :)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
False melodic-metal, August 6, 1999
By A Customer
Melodic metal is one thing I like. See Helloween (the Keeper albuns), Gamma Ray, and Stratovarius themselves. But on this CD, Stratovarius is too cheesy, the guitar is too "clean", the voice performing is trying to be so "perfect" that lost all characteristics of real rock / metal. It's disturbing for the listener, and it's boring, very boring.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Tuomo Lassila's farewell, August 13, 2005
Fouth Dimension was recorded in 1995 and was the first Stratovarius
effort with Timo Kotipelto(vocals), but the last with the skilful Tuomo
Lassila(former drummer). I read in their official website that Tuomo wasn't prepared
to play the band's new material when he was fired, according to Timo Tolkki.
Oh! This thought has nothing to do with recruiting a poorer drummer.
He must have forgotten that Lassila was one of the band's founders.
The originality of this album surpasses the later ones.
Timo Tolkki's backing vocals here are so evident that sounds like
a duet with the talented Kotipelto (Kotipelto sings with some accent,
but no problem all in all).
I don't give it 5 stars because of 030366 and some chorus repetitions.
Track descriptions:
We hold the key - My all-time favourite Stratovarius song.
Tuomo does 7 different beats here (yes, I counted!). I wonder where on earth
Jorg Michael will do it. I love that piece between 4:19 and 5:23, fantastic.
Don't forget that chorus: "We hold the key to the door, of salvation
eternally, we hold the key to minds, to the future of mankind". I keep on thinking why Timo Tolkki didn?t instruct Jorg to do the same as him.
030366- The intro is the only good thing: a deep guitar with attractive keyboards.
We can hear Tolkki at lead vocals on chorus and Kotipelto with a computerised
voice. They wanted to put an electronic climate, but it turned into
a boring song, unhappily.
Twilight symphony - The intro is amazingly creative: a shift between Timo
Tolkki's guitar mixed with Jari Kainulainen's bass(in harmony,at the same
time) and Anti Ikkonen's Keyboard.
Other of best songs in the album.
Night fall- This is a ballad (but it doesn't run away from rock and roll)
I like the guitar,keyboard and drums played at the same time(other harmony)on chorus
before Kotipelto sings the next "Nightfall" , it gave an interesting effect.
Timo Tolkki's slow guitar solo in 2:30 is very beautiful.
Galaxies - It starts with a sweet keyboard. The melody is perfect besides
the repetiton of the chorus(great) in the end. The lyrics talk about
a normal battle that usually happens in outer space fiction films
Lord of the wasteland - I enjoy the sounds that Anti Ikkonen does here.
The drums are double-bass, but compare it to Jorg Michael's. 100 times better.
The riff in 0:29 is kinda cool (at the same note as Anti's intro)
Stratovarius - A nice instrumental. Tolkki knew how to use his dexterity in this
track. His best solo: 5:16
Distant skies - It has a good chorus and an distinct beat. The backing
vocals really helped a lot. Just like "Against the wind", which has videoclip.
In Against the wind, 1:53 mark, the guitar sounds like keyboard.
When Tolkki did what I described in the previous sentence (in the clip), my chin fell off because of the incredible fingers speed I saw on that blue guitar arm.
Call of wilderness - Another instrumental featuring an acoustic guitar-like sound.
Winter - The keyboards really fits with winter. It's a ballad like Night fall.
Kotipleto's performance calls attention.
Even if you don't like this cd at first, listen it several times and it
will grow on you. Believe me. There was a time when I had Infinite and Intermission together with it. I used to consider Forth Dimension the worse, but now the growth ,as time passed, made me change my opinion completely. Buy it and discover its value. Feel what is to have Tuomo Lassila at the drum kit.
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