Elegy (Amorphis album)

Elegy
Studio album by Amorphis
Released	May 14, 1996
Recorded	Sunlight Studio, Stockholm, Sweden MD Studio, Helsinki, Finland Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland
Genre	Heavy metal, melodic death metal, progressive metal
Length	56:35
Label	Relapse
Producer	Amorphis
Amorphis chronology
Tales from the Thousand Lakes (1994) Elegy (1996) My Kantele (EP) (1997)

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Elegy is the third full-length album by Finnish band Amorphis. The album is their first to feature a majority of clean vocals, sung by new vocalist Pasi Koskinen. The music and lyrics are inspired by the traditional Finnish ballads and poems compiled in the Kanteletar by Elias Lönnrot in 1840. The primary genre of the album is progressive metal, with strong folk influence, as well as elements of melodic death metal and New Wave of British Heavy Metal.^{[citation needed]} Many of the album's tracks, e.g. "Against Widows", have become fan favorites and have been performed in concerts since Elegy's release.

In 2004, Relapse Records reissued Elegy as a digipak, featuring four live bonus tracks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Better Unborn"	Holopainen	5:52
2.	"Against Widows"	Laine	4:06
3.	"The Orphan"	Holopainen, Laine	5:17
4.	"On Rich and Poor"	Holopainen, Rantala	5:19
5.	"My Kantele"	Holopainen	5:02
6.	"Cares"	Koivusaari, Holopainen, Laine	4:29
7.	"Song of the Troubled One"	Holopainen, Laine	4:08
8.	"Weeper on the Shore"	Laine, Rantala	4:52
9.	"Elegy"	Rantala	7:21
10.	"Relief"	Laine	4:09
11.	"My Kantele" (acoustic reprise)	Holopainen	5:55

2004 Digipak release

All songs are live performances

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Better Unborn"	6:00
13.	"Against Widows"	4:05
14.	"The Castaway"	4:54
15.	"Black Winter Day"	3:39

Note: "Against Widows" and "The Castaway" recorded live at Ilosaarirock on July 12, 1997

Personnel

• Pasi Koskinen – vocals
• Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, tambourine
• Esa Holopainen – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, electric sitar
• Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar
• Kim Rantala – keyboards, accordion
• Pekka Kasari – drums

Credits

• Mixed at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, England. Engineer: Pete Coleman, Assistant Engineer: Dave Buchanan
• Mastered by Dave Shirk at SAE Mastering
• Produced by Amorphis. Executive Producers: William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. & Matthew F. Jacobson
• Cover art: Kristian Wahlin