A Night at the Opera

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Tracklist

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1Precious Jerusalem
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
Precious Jerusalem
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
4.656:22
2Battlefield
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
Battlefield
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich and Thomen Stauch
publisher:
BG Publishing
4.355:37
3Under the Ice
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
Under the Ice
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
35:45
4Sadly Sings Destiny
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
Sadly Sings Destiny
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
4.256:05
5The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
3.655:30
6Wait for an Answer
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
Wait for an Answer
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
4.156:30
7The Soulforged
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
The Soulforged
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich and Thomen Stauch
publisher:
BG Publishing
45:18
8Age of False Innocence
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest piano:
Michael Schüren
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
Age of False Innocence
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
46:06
9Punishment Divine
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
Punishment Divine
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
4.655:46
10And Then There Was Silence
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
And Then There Was Silence
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
4.1514:08
11La cosecha del dolor
engineer:
Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) (lead vocals [Hansi]), Sebastián Manta (lead vocals [Adrián]) and Clemens von Witte (lead vocals [Hansi])
producer:
Adrián Barilari (Argentine singer. Lead vocalist of Rata Blanca) (lead vocals [Adrián])
acoustic guitar:
Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Adrián Barilari (Argentine singer. Lead vocalist of Rata Blanca) and Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Studios in Hamburg, Germany (lead vocals [Hansi]) and La Nave de Oseberg in Buenos Aires, Argentina (lead vocals [Adrian])
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
La cosecha del dolor
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
publisher:
BG Publishing
translated version of:
Harvest of Sorrow
3:39

Credits

Release

photography:Axel Jusseit
illustration:Paul Raymond Gregory
design:Dennins "Sir" Kostroman
rights society:AADI (not for release label use, rights society: Asociación Argentina de Intérpretes)
BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
CAPIF (not for release label use, rights society: Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas)
SADAIC (not for release label use, rights society: Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música)
distributed by:Musicland (Chilean Distribution Company)
copyrighted (©) by:Virgin Schallplatten GmbH & Co. KG (not for release label use!) (in 2001)
licensed from:Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
licensed to:NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label)
pressed by:Laser Disc Argentina
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3059748 [info]