Burning Down the Opera
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| Live album by Edguy | ||||
| Released | August 26, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Mandrake Tour European leg, 2001-2002 | |||
| Genre | Power metal | |||
| Length | 103:33 | |||
| Label | AFM | |||
| Producer | Edguy | |||
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| Metal Hammer (GER) |   [2] |
Burning Down the Opera, released August 26, 2003 (see 2003 in music), is the first live album by the German power metal band Edguy recorded in Europe during their Mandrake World Tour.
A Limited Edition digibook is also available that includes a 32 pages expanded booklet with 130+ photos, all lyrics and a detailed venue list of the world tour 2001/2002 which took place on 5 continents. On top of that, a video clip of the Progpower festival in the USA will be provided as well as a desktop wallpaper and screen saver.
Track listing
- CD one
- "Welcome to the Opera (Intro)" - 2:08
- "Fallen Angels" - 5:33
- "Tears of a Mandrake" - 7:24
- "Babylon" - 7:01
- "Land of the Miracle" - 5:44
- "Painting on the Wall" - 4:37
- "Wings of a Dream" - 6:04
- "The Headless Game" - 7:20
- "The Pharaoh" - 15:07
- CD two
- "Vain Glory Opera" - 6:27
- "Solitary Bunny (Drum Solo)" - 3:14
- "Save Us Now" - 4:53
- "How Many Miles" - 10:58
- "Inside" - 3:22
- "Avantasia" - 5:23
- "Out of Control" - 8:15
Personnel
- Band members
- Tobias Sammet - lead vocals
- Jens Ludwig - lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Dirk Sauer - lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Tobias 'Eggi' Exxel - bass, backing vocals
- Felix Bohnke - drums
- Production
- Michael Tibes - live engineer, mixing
- Marc Schettler - live engineer
- Sascha Paeth - additional engineering
- Mika Jussila - mastering at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki
