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A deceptively full-bodied solo project, Avantasia is the brainchild of German heavy-metal composer Tobias Sammet of Edguy. Given that he's referred to as a "composer", it should come as no surprise that Sammet's latest is a fusion of classical bombast and wailing power metal. While songs such as "Another Angel Down" are recognizable as straight up headbanging fodder, the title track personifies Sammet's ambitions with eleven minutes of rustic folk violin and crashing symphonic grandeur. Sammet's SCARECROW is the night at the opera Queen only dreamed of.
Composer: Sascha Paeth.
Avantasia: Tobias Sammet (vocals, keyboards, bass guitar); Sascha Paeth (guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards); Eric Singer (drums).
Personnel: Amanda Somerville, Oliver Hartmann (vocals, background vocals); Jorn Lande, Jorn, Alice Cooper, Michael Kiske, Bob Catley (vocals); Henjo Richter, Kai Hansen, Rudolf Schenker, Rudolph Schenker (guitar); Michael "Miro" Rodenberg (keyboards); Thomas Rettke, Cinzia Rizzo, Ina Morgan, Matthias Kontny (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Sascha Paeth.
Recording information: Gatestudio, Wolfsburg, Germany; Madhat-Studio, Wolverhampton, England; VoiceTrax West Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Vox-Klangstudio, Hamburg, Germany.
Photographer: Alex Kuehr.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Scarecrow Music | List Price | $16.98 (You save $4.23) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Heavy Metal, Progressive, Gothic | | Label | Nuclear Blast | | Orig Year | 2008 | | All Time Sales Rank |  7008  | | CD Universe Part number | 7602380 | | Catalog number | 12065 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 05, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Sascha Paeth; Tobias Sammet; Sascha Paeth | | Engineer | Mark Stuart; Olaf Reitmeier; Sascha Paeth; Chuck Garric | | Personnel | Alice Cooper, Rudolf Schenker, Amanda Somerville, Amanda Somerville, Kai Hansen, Michael Kiske, Oliver Hartmann, Cinzia Rizzo, Jorn Lande, Bob Catley, Thomas Rettke, Henjo Richter, Rudolph Schenker, Michael "Miro" Rodenberg, Ina Morgan, Matthias Kontny |
Avantasia Scarecrow Songs | 1. | Twisted Mind |
| 2. | Scarecrow, The |
| 3. | Shelter from the Rain |
| 4. | Carry Me Over |
| 5. | What Kind of Love |
| 6. | Another Angel Down |
| 7. | Toy Master, The |
| 8. | Devil in the Belfry |
| 9. | Cry Just a Little |
| 10. | I Don't Believe in Your Love |
| 11. | Lost in Space |
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Scarecrow Music Review Average Rating: (3.8 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews A TRIP BACK IN TIME!!!!
WELL THIS STUFF IS GREAT!!I AM AN 80'S METAL LOVER AND THIS REALLY TOOK ME TO A TIME WHEN I WOULD LISTEN TO THIS KIND OF HEAVY METAL,THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE THESE DAYS,THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE COMBINATION OF POWER,HEAVY AND EVEN POP ROCK.ERIC SINGER'S DRUMMMING IS SUPERB AND THE INCLUSSION OF ALICE COOPER AS A GUEST SINGER BLOWS ME AWAY EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO IT.IF YOU CAN GET IT,GET IT!!!!
Submitted by ROMAN FO (PACHUCA,MEXICO)
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This is KILLER
This is a killer album,it has moments of Iron Maiden on it especially the JORN sang "another angel down" and "devil in the belfry". Jorn also sounds amazing with tobia on "the scarecrow" which is a epic song. The Alice Cooper sang "the toy master" is one of the best songs Cooper has done in years. "Lost in space" has a radio friendly Bon Jovi sound to it and is pretty cool.
Submitted by cutter (mo. usa)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 2 found this helpful. It's definitely Different...
I have listened to his previous Avantasia cd's and I was hoping/expecting for the next cd to at least answer the question: Where is Anna Held? Is she alive? What happens to her? Since he makes it his quest in the first cd and then in the second also to find her, yet never does....
So here comes "Scarecrow"....a different story set in a different time with Wonderful musicians and Awesome music and lyrics. I think it's great....
But it feels as if Tobias Sammet had to get this out of his system....sort of like a creative surge taking hold of him...I like this cd. I am just still waiting for a response to the first 2 Avantasia cd's. I'd really like to know what happens to the Protagonist in the story and Anna Held.
Submitted by Maria (Miami, Florida, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No If you like Edguy. . .
If you like Edguy you'll love this production
Submitted by carey c (KC, MO USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  big step back
After METAL OPERA this album is a big step backward.There is simply no magic in it.Boring ,old heavy metal stuff.Just like Edguy , Avantasia is turning into radio friendly , boring stuff.If you expect on album like METAL OPERA ,do not waist your money on this one.
Submitted by george (canada)
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