The Fourth Legacy
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| The Fourth Legacy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 19, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Studio | Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany | |||
| Genre | Symphonic power metal[1] | |||
| Length | 48:18 | |||
| Label | Noise/Modern Music | |||
| Producer | Sascha Paeth and Miro | |||
| Kamelot chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metal Storm |    [2] |
| The Metal Crypt |   [3] |
| Amazon.com | [4] |
The Fourth Legacy is the fourth studio album by American power metal band Kamelot. It was released in 1999 by Noise Records/Modern Music. It is the first album to credit vocalist Roy Khan as a writer on all tracks, establishing him as the main songwriter of the band together with founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "New Allegiance" (instrumental) | 0:54 |
| 2. | "The Fourth Legacy" | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Silent Goddess" | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Desert Reign" (instrumental) | 1:39 |
| 5. | "Nights of Arabia" | 5:26 |
| 6. | "The Shadow of Uther" (Glenn Barry, Khan, Youngblood) | 4:45 |
| 7. | "A Sailorman's Hymn" | 4:05 |
| 8. | "Alexandria" | 3:54 |
| 9. | "The Inquisitor" (Barry, Khan, Youngblood) | 4:35 |
| 10. | "Glory" | 3:42 |
| 11. | "Until Kingdom Come" | 4:11 |
| 12. | "Lunar Sanctum" | 5:59 |
| Total length: | 48:18 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Can You Remember" (live) | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 52:45 | |
Personnel
[edit]All information from the album booklet.[5]
Kamelot
- Roy Khan – vocals
- Thomas Youngblood – guitars, backing vocals
- Glenn Barry – bass guitar
- Casey Grillo – drums
Additional musicians
- Miro – keyboards and orchestral arrangements, producer
- Sascha Paeth – additional guitars
- Thomas Rettke – background vocals on "Nights of Arabia", "Until Kingdom Come" and "Alexandria"
- Dirk Bruinenberg – additional drums
- Robert Hunecke-Rizzo – additional drums
- Rannveig Sif Sigurdardóttir – backing vocals on "A Sailorman's Hymn"
- Cinzia Rizzo – female vocals on "Nights of Arabia"
- Farouk Asjadi – flute and additional percussion on "Desert Reign"
- Andre Neygenfind – double bass on "Nights of Arabia"
- Fallersleben String Quartet – strings
- Simon McTavish – flute
Production
- Sascha Paeth – producer, mixing, mastering
- Derek Gores – cover art, design
- Thomas Kuschewski – photography
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Metal Storm".
- ^ "Metal Storm review".
- ^ "The Metal Crypt review".
- ^ "Amazon.com review".
- ^ (1999). "The Fourth Legacy liner notes". In The Fourth Legacy [CD booklet]. Noise Records / Modern Music.
