Sigh No More [EXTRA TRACKS] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Gamma Ray

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 2003)
• Original Release Date: March 18, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: Noise
• ASIN: B00008L3QD
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #294,809 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Remastered Edition, August 12, 2006

By	Justin Gaines "Corporate Rocker" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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.

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), and comes in a nice digipack. It's a great way to improve a classic album.

NOTE: 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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sigh No More, February 2, 2009

By	Ace Beauchamp "Top Gun 1998 Graf,Germany" (Kahnawake Mohawk Territory) - See all my reviews

Sigh No More is yet another strong cd from Gamma Ray.I give this one 4 stars only because i think Insanity & Genius is the best Ralf Scheepers cd.The opening track is good as is with all openers,to me the strong tracks on this one is Dream Healer and The Spirit a close second.All the others are good but those two stand out.You can't go wrong buying this cd just make sure u buy the remastered edition with the bonus tracks.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Give me more, October 12, 2007

By	Richard G. Hoff (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album should be called "Less Than Ourselves" This album is all filler and no killer. This is just a capitalization on popularity. Their last album "Heading for Tomorrow" made an impression on the world and so they wanted to make a HFT 2 and did a real bad job at it. I don't particuarlly like this album, but I gave it a three stars just for the effort of coming out with something they thought we'd like. I own it for the collection and I won't be listening to it less than I have the first time.