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Masters Of Chant: Chapter III (ALBUM)
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| :: GREGORIAN :: introduction : publication : tracklisting : production : notes |
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INTRODUCTION The third album in the remarkable Masters Of Chant series holds plenty of surprises. Although readily comparable to Chapter II in terms of overall mood, this release features more recent source-material than that work. Many tracks reveal intriguing re-inventions of the hit songs we all know, such as Chris Isaak's already haunting piece Wicked Game taken to new heights by the Nemo team with aggressive rock guitars. Sacrifice which was discarded from earlier releases due to difficulties in translating to Gregorian pentatonic scale, is now finally realised. Two original tracks, namely Before The Dawn and Out Of The Cold, were also specially written for the album, the former being the better with its . Other highlights include the grandiose romantic arrangement of Fields Of Gold and like always, the track on which Sarah Brightman is featured: Join Me. This song, dealing with love beyond the grave, gets an unexpected remix in the form of the "Schill Out" Version — giving the singing monks a pounding club-remix, complete with up-to-date synth sounds. Hopefully there will be even more dance-remixes of Gregorian's songs in the future! |
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:: PUBLICATION DETAILS
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| :: TRACKLISTING | ||||||||||||
| 1. | Join Me |
4:10
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: Ville Valo / Originally Performed by: HIM | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Be |
5:20
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: Neil Diamond / Originally Performed by: Neil Diamond | ||||||||||||
| 3. | Blasphemous Rumours |
4:07
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: ML Gore / Originally Performed by: Depeche Mode | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Only You |
3:52
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: Vince Clarke / Originally Performed by: Yazoo | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Blue Monday |
3:24
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: New Order / Originally Performed by: New Order | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Sacrifice |
4:27
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: Elton John, B Taupin / Originally Performed by: Elton John | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Ordinary World |
5:46
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: Duran Duran / Originally Performed by: Duran Duran | ||||||||||||
| 8. | Fields Of Gold |
3:31
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: Sting / Originally Performed by: Sting | ||||||||||||
| 9. | Before The Dawn |
4:06
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| Music & Lyrics: Amelia Brightman, Jan-Eric Kohrs, Carsten Heusmann | ||||||||||||
| 10. | I Won't Hold You Back |
4:56
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: Steve Lukather / Originally Performed by: Toto | ||||||||||||
| 11. | Wicked Game |
5:10
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: Chris Isaak / Originally Performed by: Chris Isaak | ||||||||||||
| 12. | Out Of The Cold |
3:52
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| Music & Lyrics: Amelia Brightman, Carsten Heusmann, Jan-Eric Kohrs | ||||||||||||
| 13. | Join Me ("Schill Out"-Version) |
4:14
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| Original Theme & Lyrics: Ville Valo / Originally Performed by: HIM | ||||||||||||
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| :: PRODUCTION DETAILS Executive Producer & Conceptual Direction by: Frank Peterson Produced by: Carsten Heusmann, Jan-Eric Kohrs and Michael Soltau Track 13 Co-Produced by: Christopher von Deylen Arrangements & Gregorian Interludes by: Carsten Heusmann, Jan-Eric Kohrs, Michael Soltau and Frank Peterson Strings Arranged by: Stefan Pintev Female Vocals by: Hepsibah Track 1 Female Vocals by: Sarah Brightman (uncredited) Keyboards & Programming by: Jan-Eric Kohrs, Carsten Heusmann and Michael Soltau Guitars by: Peter Weihe Guitars & Add. Keyboards by: Gunther Laudahn Flute by: Jurgen Franz Strings Conducted by: Stefan Pintev Recorded at: Angel Studios (London) and Vox Studio (Bendestorf) Engineered by: John Timperly and Volker Heintzen Mixed at: Nemo Studios (Hamburg) Mixed by: Michael Soltau, Carsten Heusmann and Jan-Eric Kohrs |
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| :: NOTES |
| — as with Chapter II Belgium and France received a special version of this album with three exclusive songs: Comme Un Ouragan, Juste Quelques Hommes (included at the beginning of the album) and Voyage Voyage 2002 (included at the end, as a bonus track replacing the "Schill Out" Version of Join Me). All are sung in French. The version of Voyage Voyage found on this release differs slightly from the one found on Chapter II, namely the accent of the female voice and the lyrics "la nuit et le jour" becomes "la nuit et les jours". This song is now also available in other regions on the Chapter III DVD [special thanks to Arnaud Dumont for this info] — the South African version of this release includes both Voyage Voyage (found on the French release) and the "Schill Out" Version of Join Me |
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