Monuments (Edguy album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Monuments
| type = Compilation
| artist = Edguy
| cover = Edguy - Monuments (2017).png
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 14 July 2017
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Power metal, heavy metal
| length = 150:13 (compilation CDs)
| label = Nuclear Blast
| producer = Sascha Paeth, Edguy
| prev_title = Space Police: Defenders of the Crown
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Monuments is a compilation album by the German power metal band Edguy, released on 14 July 2017.[http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/discography/details/4693271.71003.monuments.html Monuments], nuclearblast.de The album was released as a two-CD/DVD package including 22 previously released songs, five new songs, and one previously unreleased song originally recorded in 1995 for the demo version of The Savage Poetry. The package also includes a two-hour DVD and a photobook.[http://www.rockpages.gr/en/news/item/6235-edguy-s-monuments Edguy's Monuments], rockpages.gr Frontman Tobias Sammet wrote one of the new songs on his own, while guitarists Jens Ludwig, Dirk Sauer and bassist Tobias Exxel co-wrote the others with him.{{cite web|last1=van der Graaf|first1=Arie|title=Edguy interview|url=http://www.melodic.net/?page=interview&id=468|website=Melodic Net|accessdate=11 July 2017|date=10 July 2017}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Compilation CD 1[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/monuments/id1238399399 Monuments]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, itunes.apple.com[https://www.recordshopx.com/artist/edguy/monuments/ Edguy Monuments], recordshopx.com[http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/dvd-bluray/buch-deluxe/edguy-monuments-mailorder-edition.html EDGUY MONUMENTS MAILORDER EDITION] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529203622/http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/dvd-bluray/buch-deluxe/edguy-monuments-mailorder-edition.html |date=29 May 2017 }}, nuclearblast.de
| extra_column = Original album
| total_length = 74:50
| all_lyrics = Tobias Sammet
| all_music = Sammet, except where noted
| title1 = Ravenblack
| length1 = 5:08
| extra1 = Monuments
| title2 = Wrestle the Devil
| length2 = 4:00
| music2 = Sascha Paeth, Tobias Exxel, Sammet
| extra2 = Monuments
| title3 = Open Sesame
| length3 = 5:00
| music3 = Jens Ludwig, Sammet
| extra3 = Monuments
| title4 = Landmarks
| length4 = 4:34
| music4 = Ludwig, Sammet
| extra4 = Monuments
| title5 = The Mountaineer
| length5 = 3:57
| music5 = Dirk Sauer, Sammet
| extra5 = Monuments
| title6 = 9-2-9
| length6 = 3:47
| extra6 = Tinnitus Sanctus
| title7 = Defenders of the Crown
| length7 = 5:42
| extra7 = Space Police: Defenders of the Crown
| title8 = Save Me
| length8 = 3:46
| extra8 = Rocket Ride
| title9 = The Piper Never Dies
| length9 = 10:10
| extra9 = Hellfire Club
| title10 = Lavatory Love Machine
| length10 = 4:23
| extra10 = Hellfire Club
| title11 = King of Fools
| length11 = 4:20
| extra11 = Hellfire Club
| title12 = Superheroes
| length12 = 3:19
| extra12 = Rocket Ride
| title13 = Love Tyger
| length13 = 4:27
| extra13 = Space Police: Defenders of the Crown
| title14 = Ministry of Saints
| length14 = 5:03
| extra14 = Tinnitus Sanctus
| title15 = Tears of a Mandrake
| length15 = 7:14
| extra15 = Mandrake
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Compilation CD 2
| extra_column = Original album
| total_length = 75:23
| title1 = Mysteria
| length1 = 5:46
| music1 = Ludwig, Sammet
| extra1 = Hellfire Club
| title2 = Vain Glory Opera
| length2 = 6:09
| note2 = feat. Hansi Kürsch
| extra2 = Vain Glory Opera
| title3 = Rock of Cashel
| length3 = 6:18
| extra3 = Age of the Joker
| title4 = Judas at the Opera
| length4 = 7:19
| note4 = feat. Michael Kiske
| extra4 = Superheroes (EP)
| title5 = Holy Water
| length5 = 4:13
| extra5 = King of Fools (EP)
| title6 = Spooks in the Attic
| length6 = 4:03
| extra6 = Superheroes (EP)
| title7 = Babylon
| length7 = 6:13
| extra7 = Theater of Salvation
| title8 = The Eternal Wayfarer
| length8 = 8:49
| extra8 = Space Police: Defenders of the Crown
| title9 = Out of Control
| note9 = feat. Hansi Kürsch
| length9 = 5:05
| music9 = Ludwig, Sammet, Sauer
| extra9 = Vain Glory Opera
| title10 = Land of the Miracle
| length10 = 6:33
| extra10 = Theater of Salvation
| title11 = Key to My Fate
| length11 = 4:33
| extra11 = Savage Poetry
| title12 = Space Police
| length12 = 6:03
| extra12 = Space Police: Defenders of the Crown
| title13 = Reborn in the Waste
| note13 = Previously unreleased
| extra13 = Savage Poetry
| length13 = 4:19
}}
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Live DVD
- "Mysteria"
- "Under the Moon"
- "Navigator"
- "Wake Up the King"
- "Land of the Miracle"
- "Lavatory Love Machine"
- "Vain Glory Opera"
- "Fallen Angels"
- "The Piper Never Dies"
- "Babylon"
- "King of Fools"
- "Chalice of Agony" (Avantasia cover featuring André Matos)
- "Tears of the Mandrake"
- "Out of Control"
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Video clips
- "Love Tyger"
- "Robin Hood"
- "Two Out of Seven"
- "Ministry of Saints"
- "Superheroes"
- "Lavatory Love Machine"
- "King of Fools"
- "All the Clowns"
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{{Track listing
| headline = Live CD 1
| title1 = Mysteria
| title2 = Under the Moon
| title3 = Navigator
| title4 = Wake Up the King
| title5 = Land of the Miracle
| title6 = Lavatory Love Machine
| title7 = Vain Glory Opera
| title8 = Fallen Angels
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Live CD 2
| title1 = The Piper Never Dies
| title2 = Babylon
| title3 = King of Fools
| title4 = Chalice of Agony
| note4 = Avantasia cover featuring André Matos
| title5 = Tears of a Mandrake
| title6 = Out of Control
}}
Charts
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{{album chart|Austria|20|artist=Edguy|album=Monuments|rowheader=true|accessdate=26 July 2017}} |
{{album chart|Flanders|195|artist=Edguy|album=Monuments|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 July 2017}} |
{{album chart|Wallonia|105|artist=Edguy|album=Monuments|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 July 2017}} |
{{album chart|Czech|19|date=201729|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 July 2017}} |
{{album chart|France|177|M|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2017&we=29|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 29, 2017)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|artist=Edguy|album=Monuments|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 July 2017}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|6|id=336235|artist=Edguy|album=Monuments|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 July 2017}} |
Oricon weekly chart
| style="text-align:center;"|107{{cite web|title=エドガイ えどがい|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/47850/products/1232958/1/|website=Oricon|accessdate=10 August 2017}} |
scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3465-%C3%81lbumes-semana-29-2017|title=Top 100 Albumes — Semana 29: del 14.07.2017 al 20.07.2017|publisher=Productores de Música de España|language=Spanish|accessdate=27 July 2017}}
| 70 |
scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=28 July 2017}} Click on "Veckans albumlista".
| 50 |
{{album chart|Switzerland|16|artist=Edguy|album=Monuments|rowheader=true|accessdate=26 July 2017}} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.edguy.net Official Edguy site]
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