Memories of a Time to Come
{{Infobox album
| name = Memories of a Time to Come
| type = Compilation
| artist = Blind Guardian
| cover = Cover_art_of_Blind_Guardian_-_Memories_of_a_Time_to_Come_(2012).jpg
| alt =
| released = 20 January 2012
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Power metal
| length = 176:31
| label = Nuclear Blast
| producer =
| prev_title = The Forgotten Tales
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time
| next_year = 2013
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =About.com
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url = http://heavymetal.about.com/od/blindguardian/fr/Blind-Guardian-Memories-Of-A-Time-To-Come-Review.htm | title = Blind Guardian - Memories Of A Time To Come Review | accessdate = 9 January 2013 | last = Bowar | first = Chad | publisher = About.com | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130404035115/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/blindguardian/fr/Blind-Guardian-Memories-Of-A-Time-To-Come-Review.htm | archivedate = 4 April 2013 }}
| noprose=yes
}}
Memories of a Time to Come is the second compilation album by German power metal band Blind Guardian. It was released on 20 January 2012. With the exception of "Sacred Worlds", all songs on the first two discs have been remixed, while "Valhalla", "The Bard's Song (In the Forest)", "The Bard's Song (The Hobbit)" and "And Then There Was Silence" have been re-recorded.{{cite web |url=http://www.blind-guardian.com/2011/11/10/memories-of-a-time-to-come/ |title=Memories of a Time to Come |publisher=blind-guardian.com |accessdate=9 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225134446/http://www.blind-guardian.com/2011/11/10/memories-of-a-time-to-come/ |archive-date=25 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/cd/3cd-digi/blind-guardian-best-of-deluxe.html |title=BLIND GUARDIAN: Memories of a Time to Come - Best of DELUXE |publisher=nuclearblast.de |accessdate=9 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013145913/http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/cd/3cd-digi/blind-guardian-best-of-deluxe.html |archivedate=13 October 2011 }} The third disc, which is included only in deluxe limited edition, contains various demo recordings.
Track listing
{{track listing
|headline = Disc 1
|title1 = Imaginations from the Other Side
|length1 = 7:11
|title2 = Nightfall
|length2 = 5:34
|title3 = Ride into Obsession
|length3 = 4:46
|title4 = Somewhere Far Beyond
|length4 = 7:32
|title5 = Majesty
|length5 = 7:29
|title6 = Traveler in Time
|length6 = 6:01
|title7 = Follow the Blind
|length7 = 7:11
|title8 = The Last Candle
|length8 = 6:03
}}
{{track listing
|headline = Disc 2
|title1 = Sacred Worlds
|length1 = 9:17
|title2 = This Will Never End
|length2 = 5:07
|title3 = Valhalla
|length3 = 5:13
|title4 = Bright Eyes
|length4 = 5:15
|title5 = Mirror Mirror
|length5 = 5:09
|title6 = The Bard's Song (In the Forest)
|length6 = 3:26
|title7 =The Bard's Song (The Hobbit)
|length7 = 3:41
|title8 = And Then There Was Silence
|length8 = 14:06
}}
{{track listing
|headline = Disc 3
|title1 = Brian
|length1 = 2:41
|title2 = Halloween (The Wizard's Crown)
|length2 = 3:22
|title3 = Lucifer’s Heritage
|length3 = 4:36
|title4 = Symphonies of Doom
|length4 = 4:08
|title5 = Dead of the Night
|length5 = 3:33
|title6 = Majesty
|length6 = 7:31
|title7 = Trial by the Archon
|length7 = 1:45
|title8 = Battalions of Fear
|length8 = 6:09
|title9 = Run for the Night
|length9 = 3:36
|title10 = Lost in the Twilight Hall
|length10 = 6:02
|title11 = Tommyknockers
|length11 = 5:13
|title12 = Ashes to Ashes
|length12 = 6:00
|title13 = Time What Is Time
|length13 = 5:46
|title14 = A Past and Future Secret
|length14 = 3:48
|title15 = The Script for My Requiem
|length15 = 6:09
}}
Charts
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! scope="col"| Chart (2012) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Austria|36|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Memories of a Time to Come|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Finland|45|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Memories of a Time to Come|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|6|id=186944|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Memories of a Time to Come|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Italy|93|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Memories of a Time to Come|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Spain|54|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Memories of a Time to Come|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|44|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Memories of a Time to Come|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|60|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Memories of a Time to Come|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}} |