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Night Castle (2 CD) |  | Artist: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Label: Lava
Category: Music
List Price: $20.98
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Rating:  115 reviews
Sales Rank: 15
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 520271
UPC: 075678959295
EAN: 0075678959295
ASIN: B002K9RTR6
Release Date: October 26, 2009 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Night Enchanted | | • | Childhood Dreams | | • | Sparks | | • | The Mountain | | • | Night Castle | | • | The Safest Way Into Tomorrow | | • | Mozart And Memories | | • | Another Way You Can Die | | • | Toccata-Carpimus Noctem | | • | The Lion's Roar | | • | Dreams We Conceive | | • | Mother And Son | | • | There Was A Life |
Disc 2
| • | Moonlight And Madness | | • | Time Floats On | | • | Epiphany | | • | Bach Lullaby | | • | Father, Son & Holy Ghost | | • | Remnants Of A Lullaby | | • | The Safest Way Into Tomorrow (Reprise) | | • | Embers | | • | Child Of The Night | | • | Believe | | • | Nutrocker | | • | Carmina Burana | | • | Tracers |
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Product Description
Five years since their last release, Trans-Siberian Orchestra return with a double album of all new material, entitled 'Nightcastle'. 'Nightcastle' is the Capra- esque story of someone changing their life for the better. The physical version of the album includes a 68 full color illustrated booklet.
Album Description
2009 two CD release includes a 68 full color illustrated booklet. Five years since their last release, Trans-Siberian Orchestra return with a double album of all new material. Nightcastle is the Capra- esque story of someone changing their life for the better. Since its first tour in 1999, TSO has been one of the most successful acts in the concert business, consistently rating in the Top 10 for both gross revenues and audience attendance. In that time, TSO's annual tours have become a must-see tradition for rock-centric holiday revelers, attracting a uniquely all-ages audience captivated by their cross-genre blending of metal and progressive rock, classical themes and great storytelling, with unequalled staging and pyrotechnics.
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 Outstanding CD!! November 21, 2009
Dennis Devries
This CD has been a long time in the making, but well worth the wait. The music is amazing, as you would expect from TSO, and the story is detailed and well-told. The CD includes a 60+ page booklet with both all of the lyrics and a very detailed story that ties all of the music together. And the bonus tracks are almost worth the very low price of the 2-CD set themselves. All in all, an amazing CD set that is more than worth the cost.
Awsome CD November 20, 2009
Murphy J. Smith
This is a Awsome CD waited a long time for it to come out!!!! well worth the wait.
 Mary November 19, 2009
M. Fouch (Mount Sterling, KY USA)
I purchased two of the Night Castle, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, for gifts and then later ordered one for myself. I really like this music and the price was very good from Amazon.
 Could have created this CD on a Korg Triton November 19, 2009
Corey Ebling (Myerstown, PA United States)
I have thoroughly enjoyed TSO's previous releases. The music was stirring, had original arrangements, and featured well sung and well written lyrics. However this new album just falls flat in every category.
First off, the instruments (especially the drum kit) sounds like they were programed on a Korg Triton keyborad. There is no way you could convince me that the strings on the album were studio recorded, something I would expect from the a band that hires out an orchestra at every concert! Then the songs, so incredibly repetitive that they bore me and I find myself skipping ahead in the album. The vocalists sound like they are trying to bring emotion into these emotionless songs so I can't fault them for making the attempt. About half the songs sound like I've heard them before.
The whole thing just seems like it was rushed through but we've been waiting for 5 years for this. I'm completely disseminated and I'm now just hopeful of something better in the future.
Disappointing, Redundant, and Uninspired November 19, 2009
Michael D. Faraone (Mesa, Arizona)
After fully listening to both discs , despite the large volume of music, I still was left feeling somehow "shorted" by this album. First off, almost one third of this material is either directly stolen from the Savatage back-catalogue or rehashed versions of previous TSO riffs. Secondly, I felt the vocals on this seemed emotionally "forced" and uninspired, I was almost literally inadvertantly laughing at some of the forced emotional "cheesiness" in the lyrics and the vocal performances.
While TSO has never put out a "bad" album , I would definitely rank this dead last in their discography. My personal favorite is their very underrated " Beethoven's Last Night" which I thought was their most original, cohesive, and emotionally compelling album to date.
This "Night Castle" while not entirely without merit, leaves the listener a bit disappointed, especially given the long wait between this and their last album one would hope they could have been a bit more creative than this.
By the way, I am not just a casual TSO listener, but a long time "metal-head" that has followed this band since it's inception as Savatage in the mid 80s through their metamorphosis into TSO and to the present day.
I think the reviewers giving this 5 stars are not being honest with themselves and certainly not being honest with you, the reader, who is coming on here looking for an objective review.
"Beethoven's Last Night" and the original "Christmas Eve" are their true 5 star albums, "Night Castle" pales in comparison to the creativity, emotional sincerity, and cohesiveness of those two albums.
To sum up, you've basically heard everything on here done before, and done better the first time around.
p.s. Any version other than the John Oliva version of "Believe" is a sacrilege.
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