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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Night Enchanted
2. Childhood Dreams
3. Sparks
4. Mountain, The
5. Night Castle
6. Safest Way Into Tomorrow, The
7. Mozart and Memories
8. Another Way You Can Die
9. Toccata-Carpimus Noctem
10. Lion's Roar, The
11. Dreams We Conceive
12. Mother and Son
13. There Was a Life
DISC 2:
1. Moonlight and Madness
2. Time Floats On
3. Epiphany
4. Bach Lullaby
5. Father, Son & Holy Ghost
6. Remnants of a Lullaby
7. Safest Way Into Tomorrow, The (Reprise)
8. Embers
9. Child of the Night
10. Believe
11. Nutrocker
12. Carmina Burana
13. Tracers
| Details | | Producer: | Paul O'Neill, Robert Kinkel | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Dave Wittman (guitar, drums); Chris Caffery, Al Pitrelli, Paul O'Neill, Angus Clark (guitar); Anna Phoebe (strings); Jay Coble (trumpet); Luci Butler, Robert Kinkel (keyboards, background vocals); Jon Oliva, Derek Wieland (keyboards); John O. Reilly, Jason Gianni, Jeff Plate (drums); Danielle Landherr, Zak Stevens, Bart Shatto, James Lewis, Kelly Keeling, Andrew Ross, Jennifer Cella, Steve Broderick, Dina Fanai (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Dave Wittman.
Recording information: Stellar Productions Inc., New York, NY; Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY; Morrisound Studios, Tampa; Soundtrack Studios, New York, NY.
Arranger: Paul O'Neill.
NIGHT CASTLE appears just in time for the big 2009 holiday season but don't be fooled: this isn't a Christmas album, even if it's sonically indistinguishable from Trans-Siberian Orchestra's other seasonal releases, and the fact that it's been dubbed "Capra-esque" certainly brings it within the realm of the season. NIGHT CASTLE brims with all the drama, pomp, and circumstance of Trans-Siberian Orchestra's other records but channeling these traits through a newly created narrative does have the effect of hearing it in a somewhat new light, shifting the focus entirely to the band's attack, not melody. Still, there's not that much new here -- and the coda of seasonal covers, including the first sober version of "Nutrocker" ever cut, doesn't do much to break that spell. But for those already enchanted by the Orchestra, this will continue to enthrall.
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