Ghost Opera
{{short description|2007 studio album by Kamelot}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Ghost Opera
| type = studio
| artist = Kamelot
| cover = Kamelot - Ghost Opera.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 1, 2007
| recorded = May 2006–January 2007
| venue =
| studio = Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany
| genre = Power metal, heavy metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal
| length = 43:59 (Original Album)
47:59 (Limited Edition)
47:31 (Japanese Release)
58:00 (The Second Coming disk 2)
| label = SPV/Steamhammer
| producer = Sascha Paeth and Miro{{cite interview| subject = Roy Khan| interviewer = Patrick Verhoeven| work = Lords of Metal |issue=71|date=June 2007| url=http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php?id=1767&lang=en| title = Lords of Metal - Kamelot}}
| prev_title = The Black Halo
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Poetry for the Poisoned
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Reissue cover
| type = studio
| cover = Ghost Opera - The Second Coming.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = The Second Coming reissue cover (2008)
}}
{{Singles
| name = Ghost Opera
| type = Studio
| single1 = The Human Stain
| single1date = 1 May 15, 2007
| single2 = Ghost Opera
| single2date = 8 September 2007
| single3 = Rule the World
| single3date = 27 March 2008
| single4 = Love You to Death
| single4date = 11 May 2009
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1067914|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = Goetia Media
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://goetiamedia.com/music-review/kamelot-ghost-opera-the-second-coming/ |title=Goetia Media review |publisher=goetiamedia.com |date=2007-06-22 |accessdate=2013-02-10}}
|rev3 = The Metal Crypt
|rev3score = {{rating|5|5|score=4.75/5 stars}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=3105 |title=The Metal Crypt review |publisher=metalcrypt.com |date=2007-05-16 |accessdate=2013-02-10}}
|rev4 = Metal Symphony
|rev4score = {{rating|8|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsymphony.com/?p=2171 |title=Metal Symphony review |publisher=metalsymphony.com |date=2008-07-14 |accessdate=2013-02-10}}
|rev5 = Metal Temple
|rev5score = {{rating|8|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/k_2/kamelot_-_ghost_opera_3.htm |title=Metal Temple review |publisher=metalstorm.net |date=2007-06-21 |accessdate=2023-05-10}}
|rev6 = Metal Zone
|rev6score = {{rating|8.5|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metalzone.biz/php/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4279 |title=METALZONE review |publisher=metalzone.biz |date=2007-05-22 |accessdate=2013-02-10}}
}}
Ghost Opera is the eighth studio album by American power metal band Kamelot. It was released in 2007 by SPV GmbH/Steamhammer Records, on June 1 in Germany and followed by releases on June 4 in Europe and June 5 in the United States. It is the first studio album by Kamelot to feature keyboardist Oliver Palotai, and the last with bassist Glenn Barry. The album spawned four music videos for the songs "Ghost Opera", "The Human Stain", "Rule the World" and "Love You to Death".[http://www.kamelot.com/news.htm Kamelot.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409212200/http://www.kamelot.com/news.htm |date=2008-04-09 }} From a quick update with Thomas Youngblood, 14th March 2008
On Billboard 200, the album peaked at number 18 on Top Heatseekers and number 48 on Independent Albums.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kamelot|chart=all}} Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Kamelot]
Prior to the release of the album, SPV Records distributed a strictly limited CD single of "Ghost Opera", handed out to fans attending the European Tour in March, April and May 2007.{{cite web
| url=http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2008&Itemid=46
| title = Interview
| quote = Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood
| author = Silvia Deurwaarder
| publisher = Reflections of Darkness
|date=May 2007}} The album was released on vinyl in the spring of 2009, along with The Black Halo.{{cite web|url=http://www.kamelot.com/news.htm#gatefoldlp |title=Official site news article |date=December 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217092519/http://www.kamelot.com/news.htm |archivedate=2008-12-17 |accessdate=2013-09-10 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110771 |title=Blabbermouth.net article dated December 13, 2008 |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |accessdate=2011-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414051551/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110771 |archivedate=April 14, 2009 }}{{cite web |author=bravewords.com |url=http://www.bravewords.com/news/102800 |title=Updated: KAMELOT - Ghost Opera And The Black Halo To Be Issued On Vinyl In 2009 |publisher=Bravewords.com |date=December 13, 2008 |accessdate=2013-09-10}}
Track listing
All songs written by Kamelot.(2007). "Ghost Opera liner notes". In Ghost Opera [CD booklet]. Steamhammer.
{{Track listing
| title1 = Solitaire
| length1 = 1:00
| title2 = Rule the World
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = Ghost Opera
| length3 = 4:06
| title4 = The Human Stain
| length4 = 4:01
| title5 = Blücher
| length5 = 4:04
| title6 = Love You to Death
| length6 = 5:13
| title7 = Up Through the Ashes
| length7 = 4:59
| title8 = Mourning Star
| length8 = 4:37
| title9 = Silence of the Darkness
| length9 = 3:43
| title10 = Anthem
| length10 = 4:25
| title11 = Eden Echo
| length11 = 4:13
| total_length = 43:59
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Limited Edition bonus track
| title12 = The Pendulous Fall
| length12 = 3:59
| total_length = 47:58
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Japanese bonus track
| title12 = Season's End
| length12 = 3:32
| total_length = 47:31
}}
{{track listing
| headline = The Second Coming Disk 2
| title1 = Solitaire
| note1 = live
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Ghost Opera
| note2 = live
| length2 = 4:06
| title3 = The Human Stain
| note3 = live
| length3 = 4:15
| title4 = Mourning Star
| note4 = live
| length4 = 4:31
| title5 = When the Lights are Down
| note5 = live
| length5 = 4:03
| title6 = Abandoned
| note6 = live
| length6 = 4:16
| title7 = The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)
| note7 = live, feat. Simone Simons
| length7 = 4:34
| title8 = Memento Mori
| note8 = live
| length8 = 9:08
| title9 = Epilogue
| note9 = live
| length9 = 2:28
| title10 = March of Mephisto
| note10 = live
| length10 = 4:50
| title11 = Season's End
| note11 = Japanese Edition bonus track
| length11 = 3:32
| title12 = The Pendulous Fall
| note12 = Limited Edition bonus track
| length12 = 3:59
| title13 = Epilogue
| note13 = The Black Halo Japanese bonus track
| length13 = 2:46
| title14 = Rule the World
| note14 = remix
| length14 = 4:22
| total_length = 58:00
}}
Limited edition CD + DVD and ''The Second Coming''
In 2008, a reissue of Ghost Opera entitled Ghost Opera: The Second Coming was released on March 28 in Germany, March 31 for the rest of Europe and April 8 in the United States and Canada. The album was released as a double-disc set, with the first disc featuring Ghost Opera as previously released, and the videos for "The Human Stain" and "Memento Mori", filmed in Belgrade, Serbia. The second disc contained 10 live tracks from the same show, as well as three bonus tracks from Ghost Opera and The Black Halo and a remix of "Rule the World".
Charts
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| Chart (2008)
! Peak |
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| Greek Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=96384 |title=Kamelot - Ghost Opera (The Second Coming) |publisher=blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2013-04-08}}
| style="text-align:center;"|38 |
Personnel
Credits for Ghost Opera adapted from liner notes.
Kamelot
- Roy Khan – vocals, keyboards
- Thomas Youngblood – guitars
- Glenn Barry – bass
- Casey Grillo – drums, percussion
- Oliver Palotai – keyboards
Additional personnel
- Miro – orchestrations, keyboards, engineering
- Simone Simons – female vocals on "Blücher"
- Amanda Somerville – female vocals on "Mourning Star", "Love You to Death", "Season's End" and "Ghost Opera"
- Sascha Paeth – additional guitars, engineering
Ghost Opera Choir
- Cinzia Rizzo, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Thomas Rettke
Personnel
- Olaf Reitmeier – engineering
- Simon Oberender – engineering
- Bredo Myrvang – recording
- Mattias Norén – artwork, layout
- Elin Strigå – photo editing
- Alexandra V Bach – artwork
- Liliana Sanches – photography
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