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Staff review by
Baz Anderson
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No life was to be found in Tobias Sammet's Avantasia for years after the release of second the "Metal Opera" back in 2002 until last year and the "Lost In Space" single and EPs, which certainly provoked mixed feelings about the new full-length album "The Scarecrow" which finally makes its long-awaited release.
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| published 24.01.2008 | Comments (43)
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| Rating: 8 |
This is a decent album with the ocassional filler, and truly great moments. The best songs such as the title track, "The Toy Master", and "Shelter From The Rain" are real musical gems, and show Tobi's quite obvious songwriting talent to the max. xD "What Kind Of Love" is definitely the low point of the album for me. Ive only ever listened to that song once. lol Songs like "Another Angel Down" and "Devil In The Belfry" are decent enough, but sound ordinary and are filler compared to the real highlights of the album.
Tobi utilises his guest vocalists to maximum effect, giving them material that are perfect for their voices. The best examples of this are Jorn Lande on the celtic melodrama of the epic title track, Alice Cooper on the creepy and over the top "The Toy Master", and Michael Kiske on a the melodic speed metal rush of "Shelter From The Rain". (Which also features a great guitar solo from Kai Hansen!) Its way too patchy to be called a classic, but the great songs are truly awesome. 
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This album sucks. The Metal Operas were ten times better.
Trying to be the next Bon Jovi is not a good idea.
The only listenable song for me is "Shelter From The Rain" and even then it's far from great, only half-decent.
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| Rating: 8 |
Carry Me over and Lost In Space are metal classics.
OK I'm joking, they suck.
No where near as good as Metal Opera I, but better than the last double album.
Title track amazing, but thats about as far as it goes.
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| Rating: 8 |
This album makes me feel the same way as the other two in the Wicked Trilogy; great songs but barely anything memorable. What perhaps makes this the weakest of the tree is the amount of filler, such as "What kind of Love" and "Cry Just a Little". They just seem REALLY out of place. I suppose it kind of fits in with his idea of making acsesable music, but they just....don't fit. Its a pity to about some of the better songs (such as "Devil in the Belfry") just get washed away by the overall genericness of the album as a whole. They're great on their own, but just blend to much into each other. 7.5/10
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I like this album but i mean Jorn Lande and Paeth instead of (Kiske, Matos) and Henjo. I know Kiske sang on a few songs but i mean in general. not to mention the epic power metal songwriting in the Metal Opera which has a bigger effect. Of course the operas are going to be better...
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