Stratovarius - Infinite
| Release date: | 28 March 2000 |
| Style: | Power metal |
Owners: |
650 have it 33 want it 1 trades it |
01. Hunting High And Low
02. Millenium
03. Mother Gaia
04. Phoenix
05. Glory Of The World
06. A Million Light Years Away
07. Freedom
08. Infinity
09. Celestial Dream
10. It's A Mystery [bonus]
11. Why Are We Here? [bonus]
12. Keep The Flame [French bonus]
02. Millenium
03. Mother Gaia
04. Phoenix
05. Glory Of The World
06. A Million Light Years Away
07. Freedom
08. Infinity
09. Celestial Dream
10. It's A Mystery [bonus]
11. Why Are We Here? [bonus]
12. Keep The Flame [French bonus]
Review
Lyrics Recorded at: Finnvox Studios and Hästholmen (Sep - Dec 99)
Label: Nuclear Blast
Produced by: Timo Tolkki
Mixed by: Mikko Karmila
Engineered by: Mikko Karmila
Mastered by: Mika Jussila
Cover by: Derek Riggs
Layout by: Dirk Gohr
Photography: Dick Lindberg, Kristian
All Music by Tolkki, except #5 by Johansson
All Lyrics by Kotipelto/Tolkki
Length: 49:56
Concept:
"Phoenix" is about the "rebirth" of people who lived a long time in sadness.
"A Million Light Years Away" is about love.
"Infinity" is about the world and what happens nowadays: violence, destruction, war.
"It's a Mystery" is about the Mayas and how they disappeared.
Japanese bonus track:
10. Keep The Flame
French version (released through NTS) contains a second cd with the following songs:
10. It's A Mystery
11. Keep The Flame
12. Phoenix (demo version)
The limited boxset comes with an extra photo booklet, a sticker and a bonus CD with the tracks:
1. Why Are We Here? (04:43)
2. It's A Mystery (04:04)
Both were also released on a vinyl single.
2010 US reissue (Armoury Records/Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.) contains a bonus CD:
1. Why Are We Here? (04:44)
2. It's A Mystery (04:3)
3. Neon Light Child (05:17)
4. Hunting High and Low (demo version) (04:21)
5. Millennium (demo version) (04:08)
6. Phoenix (live) (06:33)
7. Infinity (live) (09:22)
Rating:
8.5
8.5
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Rating: 8.5 |
After "Visions" and "Destiny," two very good albums, Stratovarius is back with "Infinite." I'm sure every fan was expecting another album better or at least as good as the previous ones; fortunately, it is! The album is very? well? Stratovarius. Anyone can recognize the classic "team work" of the guitars and keyboards. The opener is nothing more, nothing less than "Hunting High And Low," one of the band's best songs (and my personal favourite). The chorus of this song is really good and catchy and it puts the listener into the album. Actually, this is a good point of this album: is easy to like it (just like the two previous ones), and I don't mean that in a bad way. Read more ›› |
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| Dominus The Shooter Posts: 375 From: Argentina  |
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| Angel Of Mercy Posts: 276 From: UK  |
Millennium is the best track on this album in my opinion. It is one of the best albums ever though.
---- Your time will come.
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 From: UK  |
Written by Dominus on 01.02.2010 at 00:25 Indeed a great song!  I'll need to listen to this one again, as I cant remember much off it, aside from HHAL. lol I do remember it had quite a bit of filler on it though...
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| wty789 Posts: 17 From: China |
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361 From: Slovak Republic  |
Written by Angelic Storm on 20.07.2010 at 13:17 Listen to Phoenix and Mother Gaia. 5 star songs...
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361 From: Slovak Republic |
Been listening to Celestial Dream & Millennium today and i keep wondering why it's rated 8.4? Not that it's a bad rating but this deserves a 9 at least. Just like Visions. The 2 best Strato albums...
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| Ruchesko Posts: 435 From: UK  |
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| mikeprado30 Posts: 1273 From: Costa Rica  |
It's so weird no one did mention Freedom. IMHO that's (along with Infinity and Millennium) the best song from the album.
---- BARDS WE ARE, BARDS WE WILL BE!
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| nonZero Posts: 1274 From: UK  |
8.5/10 leaning towards an 8 seems about right. While not as strong as the likes of Land of the Free or Episode, this is still an enjoyable album from start to finish.
---- Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated) Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres) So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
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| Captain Laika Posts: 30 From: The Netherlands  |
For me this is by far their most enjoyable album, with uplifting killer tracks and enough variation. One of my favorites in power metal.
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 4874  |
Written by Captain Laika on 19.01.2022 at 01:44 I agree, Stratovarius is one of the few Euro-power metal bands I enjoy and this album is one of their best. 
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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| Metal Rasputin Posts: 1107 From: Finland  |
I don't think I gave this a fair chance back when it was new, all of their albums after Episode sounded more or less the same anyway. Listening to Infinite today I think it's great even if it's mostly the same old Strato, because at least now I've heard about million more generic and worse metal albums, so I can genuinely appreciate what good they did here.
---- You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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