Savage Poetry

Artist: Edguy
Label: Jvc Japan
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988002403813
ASIN: B00004VUK0

Release Date: 2000-06-21

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Tracks:

Hallowed
Misguiding You Life
Ket to My Fate
Sands of Time
Sacred Hell
Eyes of the Tyrant
Frozen Candle
Roses to No One
Power and Majesty
Misguiding Your Life [1995 Version]
Sacred Hell
Roses to No One [1995 Version]
Sands of Time

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely nothing new, but has some good points..........2004-11-21

If you can stand tha annoying habit of using double kick drums all along the songs, you will find that this band is some of the beste of the European power metal bands. Tobias Sammet is a really gifted singer.

The problem is that the album has absolutely no innovation (so what? AC/DC also does not, but sells by the millions!)

Comparing the past with the present!.......2000-11-18

Don't get me wrong, Edguy is a fantastic band, just check out the epic feeling of "Theatre of Salvation" or their breakthrough crossing of Helloween, Blind Guardian and the triumphant pompousness of Virgin Steele, "Vain Glory Opera". But "The Savage Poetry" is simply a remake of their very first recording called "Savage Poetry", who's release was limited and very hard to come by. Since newfound fans of Edguy were clamoring to hear their very beginnings, the band decided to re-release the album. but simply re-releasing the original recordings were not good enough for them since they felt they had grown past the tinny production and simplisticness of "Savage Poetry". So into the studio they went, rearranging and often rewriting the songs, adding choirs and other flourishes, and re-recorded the whole mess. Yes, the writing suffers a little, but these newer versions are absolutely lightyears beyond the originals. Upon my first listen at these new versions I just gasped from shock, in the brilliant ways they took the songs in new directions. Most notable is "Key to My Fate" which had alot of promise in its original form but here is taken to new heights that even I had not dreamed about! Then there's the glorious ballad "Roses For No One" which had been passingly pretty, and depressingly lonesome, has now been raised a hundred notches and brought up to the same level as their smashing ballad from "VGO", "The Scarlet Rose".

Those that have heard the original recording of Savage Poetry will be blown away, you will TREASURE this reworking of it, guaranteed. However, those that are not totally into Edguy will view this as a stepdown from the higher writing skills that have been accomplished on their past two releases. "Savage Poetry"-once the missing link in the Edguy chain has been restored, bigger and better than it ever was, and now is able to stand toe to toe with their past material. Edguy fans - get this now.

This version contains four tracks from the original "Savage Poetry" where you can HEAR the difference yourself and not just take my words on it. There is really NO comparision between the old and the new, but even the older version of "Roses to No One" and "Sands of Time" have enough merit to listen to as they are. With these four extras to compare the new stuff to, it makes it even more essential just to see how far Edguy has come in just five short years!

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