Released February 2, 1999 Length 76:38 Release date 2 February 1999 | Recorded 1994-1998 Artist Symphony X Label InsideOut Records | |
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Genres Progressive metal, Neoclassical metal Producers Steve Evetts, Michael Romeo Similar Symphony X albums, Progressive metal albums | ||
Prelude to the Millennium: Essentials of Symphony is a compilation album by progressive metal band Symphony X, released in 1999. It features selections from their first four studio albums, although no original versions from their debut album Symphony X are included. Instead, the album starts with a fully re-recorded version of "Masquerade" that features Russell Allen on vocals.
Contents
Track listing
- "Masquerade '98" – 6:02 - original version from Symphony X
- "A Winter's Dream" - Prelude (Part I) – 3:03 - from The Damnation Game
- "The Damnation Game" – 4:32 - from The Damnation Game
- "Dressed to Kill" – 4:44 - from The Damnation Game
- "Of Sins and Shadows" – 4:56 - from The Divine Wings of Tragedy
- "Sea of Lies" – 4:18 - from The Divine Wings of Tragedy
- "Out of the Ashes" – 3:39 - from The Divine Wings of Tragedy
- "The Divine Wings of Tragedy" – 20:41 - from The Divine Wings of Tragedy
- "Candlelight Fantasia" – 6:42 - from The Divine Wings of Tragedy
- "Smoke and Mirrors" – 6:12 - from Twilight in Olympus
- "Through the Looking Glass (Part I, II, III)" – 13:04 - from Twilight in Olympus
Personnel
Songs
1Masquerade '986:00
2A Winter's Dream - Prelude (Part I)3:04
3The Damnation Game4:32
References
Prelude to the Millennium Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA