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Fourth Dimension (Stratovarius album)

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Fourth Dimension is the fourth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 11 April 1995 through Noise Records.[2] The album is the band's first to feature vocalist Timo Kotipelto as well as the last with keyboardist Antti Ikonen and drummer Tuomo Lassila, thus being the last Stratovarius album to date featuring an all-Finnish line-up. Founding member and guitarist Timo Tolkki, who had served as the band's vocalist for their first three albums, still provided background vocals on Fourth Dimension before handing over lead singing duties to Kotipelto for all subsequent albums.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Fourth Dimension four stars out of five, describing it as "melodic Euro-metal" and picking up where Dreamspace (1994) left off. He recommended it for fans of Judas Priest, Scorpions and other similar heavy metal bands.[3]

Track listing

All music is composed by Timo Tolkki

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Against the Wind"Tolkki, Timo Kotipelto3:48
2."Distant Skies"Tolkki4:10
3."Galaxies"Tolkki, Kotipelto5:00
4."Winter"Tolkki6:32
5."Stratovarius"(instrumental)6:22
6."Lord of the Wasteland"Tolkki6:11
7."030366"Tolkki5:46
8."Nightfall"Tolkki, Tuomo Lassila5:09
9."We Hold the Key"Tolkki, Kotipelto7:53
10."Twilight Symphony"Tolkki6:59
11."Call of the Wilderness"(instrumental)1:30
Total length:59:20
Japanese edition/2003 reissue bonus track[4]
No.TitleLyricsLength
12."Dreamspace" (live)Tolkki6:16

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Stratovarius – Wings Of Tomorrow". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
  2. ^ "Stratovarius - Fourth Dimension (album)". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
  3. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Fourth Dimension - Stratovarius". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
  4. ^ "Fourth Dimension (Bonus Track)". ArtistDirect. Rogue Digital. Retrieved 2014-11-05.