 Bas - 24.01.2008 at 19:55
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the big flaw of the other two avantasia albums, specially the first, is that despite the big names,. pretty much all vocalists sounded the same and it was nearly impossible to keep them apart!
seems like it isnt the case here, sounds interesting though, i'll give it a chance for sure!  |
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Good review, and nice to see that "The Scarecrow" isn't a forgettable album.
"is not a typical power metal album" or "maturity is the theme of the album" give me envy to listen to this album. I shall probably have not listen to it, but your comments made me curious ... |
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probably i will need time to get into this album...right now i will rate it only somewhere about 7...but maybe more listening will improve it
Devil In The Belfry is genius song though |
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| Sorry my ignorance about understand english of the lyrics, but...What's the story in this new album? Or there's no story? |
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Duy Hung - 24.01.2008 at 22:32
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Written by JeviMetal Chirgo on 24.01.2008 at 22:29
Sorry my ignorance about understand english of the lyrics, but...What's the story in this new album? Or there's no story?
Good question, i've been wondering about that as well |
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GT - 25.01.2008 at 13:34
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| Just listened to the album yesterday. Liked most of it, but got quite worried by the first song...I really did not like that one. Luckily the songs got better. Toy Master was the only other one I couldn't stand. All in all a decent album that surprised me the good way. |
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 Talvi - 25.01.2008 at 14:19
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| Quite surprised, I thought I'd see a negative review of like 4. Because of the gay single, gay video and some negative feedback i've read. Maybe I could even give this a try. |
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Hmm - Tobias seems to gradually be stepping from power metal to arena rock, and looking at the review that seems to be the case here  I'll still get it ('cos of Alice!) but meh, I'm a bit underwhelmed by the prospect. |
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Very good review! I'm glad you didn't bash it for being "commercial"! I really want to hear it but Iäll wait a bit since I just ordered the new Ayreon and I'm out of money  |
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| my favourite avantasia's album is the metal opera 2! But i think that tobias can surprise me without power metal too!!! Let's think to the ballad Save Me with edguy! is it metal?? hope to listen the scarecrow as soon as possible!! |
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oilB - 25.01.2008 at 20:30
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| This album is so commercial....I don't like it at all..... |
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| i know ppl are gonna compare this to the Metal Opera....i'll get this as soon as i pay off some stuff so i can see how it compares to the original stuff...and if it can't then i think the reviewer was right that they would lose some fans.. |
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man, Barry, 8,5? WOW
I hate this album, but, maybe it is only cause I am musically operated... |
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| They slowed down with this album but the cuality is still there. |
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| Kiske should just come back to metal full time and stop doing guest appearances. |
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The best Avantasia album, and one of the best albums ever.  |
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| and yet agaain another sleep inducing snorefest by Avantasia, and IMO the worst of all their albums. Sorry. |
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Duy Hung - 27.01.2008 at 23:23
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| @ Marcel : Of course it's their worst ..., oh well .. |
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 BORT - 29.01.2008 at 00:41
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| oh god, i really didn't enjoy it sorry.... |
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| I hope Edguy doesn't mature with their next album.:erm: |
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| I liked it a lot, it's different but it's a nice listen. |
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manolis_gr - 01.02.2008 at 19:16
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| well, for me the album was a letdown... not that it wasn't good, it was! BUT, let's say i was "used to" the sound of the two metal operas and i was expecting something like this... anyway, hope that this year at wacken open air festival will kick some serious ass! |
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| I like the album quite a bit, and although Metal Opera pt2 was a bit better, I think this one has its own unique sound and touched up on some of the flaws of the Metal Opera series. Like bas mentioned, all the singers sound completely different this time around which really adds to the diversity of it. Another thing I really liked is that the guest musicians actually sing for the entire song, instead of just a few lines here and their like in the previous albums. I will admit though, Lost in Space is a horrible song and it should have just stayed on the single. Luckily for us, we have songs like Devil in the Belfry and Another Angel Down to make up for it! |
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Agajabigaba - 12.02.2008 at 23:28
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| The Scarecrow is not as epic as Tobias promotes nor does it have the proper album flow a concept album should have. The album is diverse but only a few tracks stick out as memorable. Overall the album is OK, but it's definitely not worth the hype it's been getting nor does it live up to its 2 predecessors. Avantasia 1&2 are epic. They are one of the few sets that could hold their ground in the wake of Helloween's two Keeper albums. I don't criticize Tobias's transition into a more radio friendly sound but I don't think it's fair to sugarcoat it by saying he's "maturing". Is this review implying that melodic power metal is immature? |
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| I was quite amazed at the diversity and IMO sheer genius. I love power metal as much as anyone but this unique album blew me away. It took a couple more spins than the previous installments but I am completely hooked. While I would say that it didn't need to be Avantasia, "Tobias Sammet's Scarecrow" would have been a better choice, it's still an amazing feat of music and definitely worthy of being in my music collection. I'm not a big Alice Cooper fan, but I thought The Toy Master was just cool. |
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I think the opinions about this album are so different because it contains a couple "commercial" and "love" songs.
The more "powermetal" songs are really good imo, but then there are songs like: "Carry me Over", "What Kind of Love" and "Cry just a little" and the worst of all: "Lost in Space". I tink those songs make a lot of people dislike it.
But I think the titletrack:"The Scarecrow" itself is a masterpiece...somewhat like "The Seven Angels" was on the second album. And the songs "Devil in the Belfry" and "Another Angel Down" are OK too imo. Its just that it doesn't have so many tracks, and because of the fact that a couple of songs are commercial, soft and to much rock, its 50-50 if you look at the album overall, but because a few songs are really good I prefer to give it a higher rate. I'd gave it a 7, because I couldn't pick 6.5 |
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| The Metal Opera albums never did anything for me. The Scarecrow however I think is brilliant! |
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Written by BlankFile on 03.02.2008 at 21:35
I remember posting in this website in behalf of the fantástic and unique Metal Opera (Part 1 and 2) releases, and in that same post i almost begged that Avantasia come back to release some sequels of the first two fine releases. But this one "The Scarecrow" is too much dissapointing to be true! Definitely not the Avantasia image mark, its too damn hard rockish, it resembles a lot the actual music situation of Tobi´s own Power Metal band Edguy. Not to mention that this album, despite some 2 or 3 catchy songs, is predictable and unoriginal. I tottally agree with the fans when they say that this album is fully commercial. Damn right it this!
In conclusion i must say that this awaited return by Avantasia, was a total letdown, the roots of Avantasia were almost totally forgotten with this one.
Following this path, i think maybe isn´t such a good ideia to revive Avantasia, for that matter we already have Edguy...
Stay Metal people |m|
I think the same!! songs like shelter from the rain, lost in space and carry me over are similar to judas at the opera, superheroes and save me.... so for me this is an edguy album not an avantasia one! i like it but it isn't avantasia!!!!! avanatsia were the 2 metal opera!!! |
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I'm the master of toys
and all you girls and boys
are welcome to my wonderland
wow, this is gay... actually pedophiliac |
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I think this album is great!!! it's just different. It has songs for every taste, ballads, pop, rock and good power metal songs like another angel down, shelter from the rain and devil in the belfry.
Always the fans are disappointed when a band releases a new album that is a little bit different from the previous one. i hate that way of thinking! the bands can't keep making exactly the same music for eternity, they have to progress.
Look at Manowar, they are still making the same music than 30 years ago, they are now a boring band with an horrible last album. |
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| It's not as enjoyable as the first two albums, which are perfect IMO, but I still think that this is a pretty good one. It's a shame that it's not as power metalish as the first two, but there are some pretty good songs on this album. |
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Eeric - 12.11.2008 at 09:13
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| I think this album is better than metal opera I&II. |
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Eeric - 12.11.2008 at 09:24
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Written by JeviMetal Chirgo on 24.01.2008 at 22:29
Sorry my ignorance about understand english of the lyrics, but...What's the story in this new album? Or there's no story?
It's love story. Sammet explains it on dvd |
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| This album really rocks. great songs, great singing guests, a feeling of 80's and progressive music all around and some kick ass moments combined with sweet ballads make this come back a great come back for Avantasia. less power metal tough... 8.5! |
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Is it me, or does Carry Me Over and Lost In Space sound like Savage Garden songs?.. Ack!  |
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Written by Fat & Sassy! on 20.12.2008 at 01:59
Is it me, or does Carry Me Over and Lost In Space sound like Savage Garden songs?.. Ack!
They sound like bad Bon Jovi wannabes. |
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Written by Lord_Regnier on 13.04.2009 at 09:27
Written by Fat & Sassy! on 20.12.2008 at 01:59
Is it me, or does Carry Me Over and Lost In Space sound like Savage Garden songs?.. Ack!
They sound like bad Bon Jovi wannabes.
Oh yeah... and Bon Jovi is awful enough... |
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| I love this album. My favourite tracks are The Scarecrow, Another Angel Down (THE BEST!), Shelter From The Rain... It has many different kind of songs and that's what makes it the best album of Avantasia for me! |
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I found the album decent originally, but lately I've been revisiting some of my collection, and noticed I hadn't listened to it since I got the album... And while I think it's competent music, it's really just average for me, and oddly impersonal. A few tracks are good, like "Lost In Space" and the lengthy one, "The Scarecrow," but I can't give it more than nudge above average now.  |
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| This album has its moments, altough it isn´t the successor to the Metal Ópera saga that we all were expecting. Twisted Mind, The Scarecrow, Shelter From the Rain, What Kind of Love and the Toy Master are for me the highlights of this CD. Its a good CD, but not as good as the Metal Ópera Part I and II. Its a different release! |
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| Had this album for a long time, I still really like it and it's enjoyable, I know it's quite a commercial release but that didn't change what I thought about it. Funny thing for me is that it was one of those CD's that just appeared randomly in front of me and just happened to buy it totally out of interest (when I had the time to do that). I still listen to this album now and again and i've never found it boring |
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| There are days i cant stop listening to "The Scarecrow" song...love Jorn's voice in here |
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