Intermission (Stratovarius album)

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Intermission is a compilation album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 26 June 2001 through Nuclear Blast. The album consists of covers, live and bonus tracks, as well as four new tracks. It charted in the top 100 in four countries.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Antti J. Ravelin at AllMusic gave Intermission three stars out of five, calling it "just an attempt to please fans and to postpone the making of their next studio album", but that "oddly enough, Intermission succeeds to offer a very album-like (a strong and steady whole) compilation."

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Notes	Length
1.	"Will My Soul Ever Rest in Peace?"	Timo Tolkki	Tolkki	Previously unreleased	4:56
2.	"Falling into Fantasy"	Timo Kotipelto	Tolkki	Previously unreleased	5:13
3.	"The Curtains Are Falling"	Jens Johansson	Johansson	Previously unreleased	4:25
4.	"Requiem"	Tolkki	Tolkki	Previously unreleased	2:54
5.	"Bloodstone"	K.K. Downing, Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton	Downing, Halford, Tipton	Judas Priest cover	3:54
6.	"Kill the King"	Ronnie James Dio	Ritchie Blackmore, Dio, Cozy Powell	Rainbow cover; "Father Time" B-side	4:36
7.	"I Surrender"	Russ Ballard	Ballard	Rainbow live cover; previously unreleased	3:47
8.	"Keep the Flame"	Johansson	Johansson	Infinite French edition bonus track	2:47
9.	"Why Are We Here?"	Johansson	Johansson	Infinite box set edition bonus track	4:43
10.	"What Can I Say"	Kotipelto	Kotipelto	Infinite Japanese edition bonus track	5:12
11.	"Dream with Me"	Kotipelto	Kotipelto	Destiny Japanese edition bonus track	5:13
12.	"When the Night Meets the Day"	Tolkki	Tolkki	Episode Japanese edition bonus track	5:26
13.	"It's a Mystery"	Kotipelto	Tolkki	Infinite box set edition bonus track	4:04
14.	"Cold Winter Nights"	Kotipelto	Tolkki	Destiny European edition bonus track	5:14
15.	"Hunting High & Low"	Kotipelto	Tolkki	Live	4:57
Total length:					67:21

Special edition bonus track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Notes	Length
16.	"Blackout"	Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Sonja Kittelsen	Rudolf Schenker	Scorpions cover; SOS B-side	4:08

Limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
16.	"Freedom" (demo)	Tolkki	Tolkki	5:10
17.	"Neon Light Child" (demo)	Tolkki	Tolkki	4:52

Personnel

• Timo Kotipelto – lead vocals (except track 6)
• Timo Tolkki – lead vocals (track 6), guitar, production
• Jens Johansson – keyboard
• Jörg Michael – drums
• Jari Kainulainen – bass
• Kimmo – background vocals
• Marko – background vocals
• Pasi – background vocals
• Anssi – background vocals
• Mikko Karmila – engineering (except track 12), mixing
• T. T. Oksala – engineering (track 12)
• Mika Jussila – mastering

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Peak position
2001	Finnish albums chart	7
	German albums chart	73
	Swiss albums chart	85
	French albums chart	91

External links

• Intermission at stratovarius.com