Episode (album)

Episode
Studio album by Stratovarius
Released	1996 (1996)
Recorded	October 1995 – February 1996 at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland
Genre	Power metal, heavy metal
Length	62:56
Label	Noise
Producer	Timo Tolkki
Stratovarius chronology
Fourth Dimension (1995) Episode (1996) Visions (1997)

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Review scores
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Episode is the fifth studio album by the band Stratovarius, released in 1996 through Noise Records. This is the first recording to feature keyboardist Jens Johansson and drummer Jörg Michael, who would form part of the band's most stable line-up for nine years.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Father Time"	Timo Kotipelto, Richard Johnson	Timo Tolkki	5:01
2.	"Will the Sun Rise?"	Kotipelto	Tolkki	5:06
3.	"Eternity"	Kotipelto	Tolkki	6:55
4.	"Episode"	(instrumental)	Tolkki	2:01
5.	"Speed of Light"	Kotipelto	Tolkki	3:03
6.	"Uncertainty"	Kotipelto	Kotipelto	5:59
7.	"Season of Change"	Tolkki	Tolkki	6:56
8.	"Stratosphere"	(instrumental)	Tolkki	4:51
9.	"Babylon"	Tolkki	Tolkki	7:09
10.	"Tomorrow"	Johnson	Tolkki	4:51
11.	"Night Time Eclipse"	Kotipelto	Tolkki	7:58
12.	"Forever"	Tolkki	Tolkki	3:06

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
13.	"When the Night Meets the Day"	Tolkki	Tolkki	5:30

Personnel

• Timo Kotipelto – vocals
• Timo Tolkki – guitar, background vocals, arrangement (except track 12), engineering, mixing, production
• Jens Johansson – keyboard
• Jörg Michael – drums
• Jari Kainulainen – bass
• Pasi Puolakka – flute
• Sibelius String Orchestra – strings
• Sibelius Choir – choir
• Pop/Jazz Conservatory Choir – choir
• Reijo Harvonen – conducting, arrangement (track 12)
• Himmo Blom – background vocals
• Richard Johnsson – background vocals
• Marko Vaara – background vocals
• Richard Johnson – vocal consultation, lyrical consultation
• Timo Oksala – engineering
• Rene Siren – engineering
• Erol Sakir – tape operation
• Mikko Harmila – mixing
• Mika Jussila – mastering

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1996	Finland	21
1996	Japan	20