Dreamspace
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dreamspace
| type = studio
| artist = Stratovarius
| cover = Dreamspace cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1994|2|9|df=y}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Rauhala Estate; Sibelius Academy; University of Helsinki Department of Musicology; Swat Team Palace; Soundtrack Studios
| genre = {{hlist|Heavy metal|power metal}}
| length = {{Duration|m=63|s=52}}
| label = Noise
| producer = Timo Tolkki
| prev_title = Twilight Time
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Fourth Dimension
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Dreamspace
| type = studio
| single1 = Wings of Tomorrow" / "Dreamspace
| single1date = 1995[http://www.discogs.com/Stratovarius-Wings-Of-Tomorrow/release/2162354 "Stratovarius – Wings Of Tomorrow"]. Discogs. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
}}
}}
Dreamspace is the third studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 9 February 1994 through Noise Records.[http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stratovarius&titel=Dreamspace&cat=a "Stratovarius - Dreamspace (album)"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023044751/http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stratovarius&titel=Dreamspace&cat=a |date=October 23, 2014 }}. finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-10-18. It is the last Stratovarius album to feature guitarist Timo Tolkki on vocals (after which Timo Kotipelto became the lead singer on 1995's Fourth Dimension), as well as the first to feature bassist Jari Kainulainen.[http://old.stratovarius.com/index2.php?section=history "History"]. stratovarius.com. Retrieved 2014-10-18. Sami Kuoppamäki was asked to record drums for some of the songs after drummer Tuomo Lassila was unable to finnish the sessions due to tendonitis.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
}}
Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Dreamspace four stars out of five, saying that it "demonstrates the band coming into its own, honing its melodic Euro-metal attack to a razor-sharp point."Huey, Steve. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/dreamspace-mw0000760977 "Dreamspace - Stratovarius"]. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_music = Timo Tolkki
| title1 = Chasing Shadows
| lyrics1 = Tolkki
| length1 = 4:38
| title2 = 4th Reich
| lyrics2 = Tolkki
| length2 = 5:49
| title3 = Eyes of the World
| lyrics3 = Tolkki
| length3 = 5:56
| title4 = Hold On to Your Dream
| lyrics4 = Tolkki, Tuomo Lassila
| length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Magic Carpet Ride
| lyrics5 = Tolkki
| length5 = 4:49
| title6 = We Are the Future
| lyrics6 = Tolkki
| length6 = 5:19
| title7 = Tears of Ice
| lyrics7 = Tolkki
| length7 = 5:15
| title8 = Dreamspace
| lyrics8 = Tolkki
| length8 = 5:57
| title9 = Reign of Terror
| lyrics9 = Tolkki
| length9 = 3:28
| title10 = Thin Ice
| lyrics10 = Lassila
| length10 = 4:23
| title11 = Atlantis
| lyrics11 = (instrumental)
| length11 = 1:07
| title12 = Abyss
| lyrics12 = Lassila
| length12 = 4:59
| title13 = Shattered
| lyrics13 = Lassila
| length13 = 3:29
| title14 = Wings of Tomorrow
| lyrics14 = Tolkki
| length14 = 5:09
| total_length = 63:52
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title15 = Full Moon
| lyrics15 = Tolkki
| length15 = 4:33
}}
Personnel
- Timo Tolkki – vocals, guitar, engineering, mixing, production
- Antti Ikonen – keyboards, computer
- Tuomo Lassila – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8–12, 14), percussion, flute
- Sami Kuoppamäki – drums (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 13)
- Jari Kainulainen – bass guitar
- Sole – oboe
- Mikko Karmila – mixing
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (1994) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}
| align="center"| 26 |
|---|
References
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External links
- [http://www.stratovarius.com/pages/albums.php?item=13 Dreamspace] at stratovarius.com
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