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The Scarecrow (album)

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Released
  
January 25, 2008

Artist
  
Avantasia

Label
  
Nuclear Blast

Length
  
63:43

Release date
  
25 January 2008

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Recorded
  
April - September 2007 at Gatestudio, Wolfsburg Vox-Klangstudio, Hamburg

Producer
  
Sascha Paeth & Tobias Sammet

The Scarecrow (2008)
  
The Wicked Symphony/Angel of Babylon (2010)

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Power metal, Symphonic metal, Hard rock, Progressive metal

Similar
  
The Wicked Symphony, The Metal Opera, Angel of Babylon, The Flying Opera, Ghostlights

Avantasia twisted mind


The Scarecrow is the third full-length album by Tobias Sammet's rock opera project Avantasia, released on January 25, 2008, through Nuclear Blast Records. It is the first part of "The Wicked Trilogy" and it is followed by The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon. Sammet explained in a 2016 interview that he managed to have Alice Cooper after drummer Eric Singer asked him. Cooper requested to have a listen to the song first and then accepted to be part of it.

Contents

Plot

The Scarecrow is a concept album about the tragic story of a lonesome creature, emotionally isolated from his environment and suffering from a distorted sensory perception. His feelings for the love of his life unrequited, he sets off on a journey exploring his left-hand path, striving for inner peace, ploughing his way to approval and eventually facing temptation at the inner depths of the human soul. The story continues on the albums The Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tobias Sammet.

Personnel

  • Tobias Sammet – vocals, bass guitar, additional keyboards
  • Sascha Paeth – guitars
  • Miro – keyboards, orchestration
  • Eric Singer – drums
  • Guest vocalists

  • Jørn Lande (ex-Ark, ex-Masterplan, Jorn) (tracks 2, 6, 8)
  • Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween, Place Vendome, Unisonic) (tracks 2, 3)
  • Bob Catley (Magnum) (tracks 3, 9)
  • Amanda Somerville (Aina) (tracks 5, 11)
  • Alice Cooper (track 7)
  • Roy Khan (ex-Kamelot, ex-Conception) (track 1)
  • Oliver Hartmann (ex-At Vance) (track 10)
  • Guest musicians

  • Henjo Richter – lead guitar (tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8)
  • Kai Hansen – lead guitar (track 3)
  • Rudolf Schenker – lead guitar (track 10)
  • Production

  • Produced by Sascha Paeth & Tobias Sammet
  • Recorded & Engineered by Chuck Garric, Sascha Paeth, Olaf Reitmeier & Mark Stuart
  • Mixed & Mastered by Sascha Paeth
  • Promo singles

  • "Lost in Space" (2007)
  • "Carry Me Over" (2007)
  • Videos

    The video for "Lost in Space" was released in 2007 with the release of the EPs of the same name. In December 2007, the video for "Carry Me Over" was released on Myspace. The Scarecrow's EPK (electronic press-kit) is available here on YouTube, courtesy of Tobias Sammet.

    Songs

    1Twisted Mind6:14
    2The Scarecrow11:13
    3Shelter From the Rain6:09

    References

    The Scarecrow (album) Wikipedia