Amorphis – Elegy
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Relapse Records – RR6635 |
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US |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Heavy Metal |
Tracklist
| A1 | Better Unborn | |
| A2 | Against Widows | |
| A3 | The Orphan | |
| A4 | On Rich And Poor | |
| B1 | My Kantele | |
| B2 | Cares | |
| B3 | Song Of The Troubled One | |
| B4 | Weeper On The Shore | |
| C1 | Elegy | |
| C2 | Relief | |
| C3 | My Kantele (Acoustic Reprise) | |
| D1 | Better Unborn (Live) | |
| D2 | Against Widows (Live) | |
| D3 | The Castaway (Live) | |
| D4 | Black Winter's Day (Live) |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Relapse Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – Relapse Records, Inc.
- Recorded At – Sunlight Studios
- Recorded At – MD Studio
- Recorded At – Finnvox
- Mixed At – Parr Street Studios
- Mastered At – SAE Mastering
- Remastered At – Visceral Sound
- Published By – Release Relapse Music
- Pressed By – GZ Media – 121410E
Credits
- Art Direction – Eric Horst
- Bass – Olli-Pekka Laine
- Cover – Kristian Wahlin*
- Drums – Pekka Kasari
- Engineer – Tomas Skogsberg
- Engineer [Assistant] – Dave Buchanan
- Executive-Producer – Matthew F. Jacobson
- Keyboards, Accordion – Kim Rantala
- Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Sitar [Electric] – Esa Holopainen
- Lead Vocals – Pasi Koskinen
- Management – Jouni Markkanen
- Mastered By [Originaly Mastered By] – Dave Shirk
- Photography By – Jouko Lehtola
- Producer – Amorphis
- Remastered By – Scott Hull
- Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine – Tomi Koivusaari
Notes
Relapse 25th Anniversary Mailorder Exclusive limited to 250 copies on silver vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve. Includes digital code of the entire album.
Recorded at:
Sunlight Studio, Stockholm, Sweden (Engineer: Tomas Skogsberg)
MD Studio, Helsinki, Finland (Engineer: Kai Hiilesmaa)
Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland (Engineer: Mikko Karmila)
Mixed at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, England.
Engineer: Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman, Assistant Engineer: Dave Buchanan
Originally Mastered at SAE Mastering.
Remastered at Visceral Sound
Track D1 - taken from the Metalliliitto Compilation, 1997
Track D2 and D3 - recorded live at Isolaarirock on 12/7/1997
Pressing plant uncredited, identified by matrix number.
Recorded at:
Sunlight Studio, Stockholm, Sweden (Engineer: Tomas Skogsberg)
MD Studio, Helsinki, Finland (Engineer: Kai Hiilesmaa)
Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland (Engineer: Mikko Karmila)
Mixed at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, England.
Engineer: Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman, Assistant Engineer: Dave Buchanan
Originally Mastered at SAE Mastering.
Remastered at Visceral Sound
Track D1 - taken from the Metalliliitto Compilation, 1997
Track D2 and D3 - recorded live at Isolaarirock on 12/7/1997
Pressing plant uncredited, identified by matrix number.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 7 81676 66351 4
- Matrix / Runout (A side): RELAPSE RECORDS - RR6635 - 1A 121410E1/A
- Matrix / Runout (B side): RELAPSE RECORDS - RR6635 - 1B 121410E2/A
- Matrix / Runout (C side): RELAPSE RECORDS - RR6635 - 1C 121410E3/A
- Matrix / Runout (D side): RELAPSE RECORDS - RR6635 - 1D 121410E4/A
Other Versions (5 of 55)
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| Elegy (CD, Album) | Nuclear Blast | NB 6141-2 | 1996 | ||||
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Elegy (CD, Album) | Spinefarm Records | SPI 35CD | Finland | 1996 | ||
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Elegy = エレジー (CD, Album, Remastered) | Victor | VI- 5718 | Japan | 1996 | ||
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Elegy (CD, Album) | Shock (2) | RR 6935-2, R 6935-2 | Australia | 1996 | ||
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Elegy (LP, Album) | Nuclear Blast | NB 141-1 | 1996 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Nice packaging: gatefold, double disc, silver/gray vinyl, classy black labels, lyrics printed elegantly inside jacket, front and rear artwork is nicely reproduced with no hint of distortion.
The sound quality: decent separation, moderately wide soundstage, good bass response, fairly loud mix with plenty of sonic boost and dirt, unlike some of the quiet and neutered remasters coming out by some o the biggest metal bands of yore (such as the 2014 Maiden Parlophone remasters). The vinyl’s floor noise is pretty absent, with minor static in the quietest ages and in between tracks (mostly audible on headphones, not really on cabinets/monitors)— if you have a better cartridge than my AT3600, which you probably do, this minor noise will most likely drop off the map.
For the money I paid for this 250 copy limited release, which is a keystone album for me, (helped dive me deep into 90’s death and melodeath and black metal back when I picked this up on tape in ‘96), I could not be happier.
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