Somewhere Far Beyond

{{track listing

| title1 = Time What Is Time

| length1 = 5:42

| writer1 = Hansi Kürsch, André Olbrich

| title2 = Journey Through the Dark

| length2 = 4:45

| writer2 = Kürsch, Olbrich

| title3 = Black Chamber

| length3 = 0:56

| writer3 = Kürsch

| title4 = Theatre of Pain

| length4 = 4:15

| writer4 = Kürsch, Olbrich

| title5 = The Quest for Tanelorn

| length5 = 5:53

| writer5 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Marcus Siepen, Kai Hansen2013 re-release linernotes

| title6 = Ashes to Ashes

| length6 = 5:58

| writer6 = Kürsch, Olbrich

| title7 = The Bard's Song – In the Forest

| length7 = 3:09

| writer7 = Kürsch, Olbrich

| title8 = The Bard's Song – The Hobbit

| length8 = 3:52

| writer8 = Kürsch, Olbrich

| title9 = The Piper's Calling

| note9 = instrumental

| length9 = 0:58

| writer9 = Kürsch, Olbrich

| title10 = Somewhere Far Beyond

| length10 = 7:28

| writer10 = Kürsch, Olbrich

}}

{{track listing

| notes = yes

| headline = Bonus tracks{{ref|bonus|†}}

| title11 = Spread Your Wings

| length11 = 4:13

| writer11 = John Deacon

| note11 = Queen cover

| title12 = Trial by Fire

| writer12 = Russ Tippins

| length12 = 3:42

| note12 = Satan cover

| title13 = Theatre of Pain (Classic Version)

| length13 = 4:13

| writer13 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Mathias Wiesner

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 2007 re-release bonus tracks

| title14 = Ashes to Ashes (Demo Version)

| length14 = 5:51

| writer14 = Kürsch, Olbrich

| title15 = Time What Is Time (Demo Version)

| length15 = 5:35

| writer15 = Kürsch, Olbrich

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{{small|{{note|bonus|†}}The first set of bonus tracks are featured on all releases other than the vinyl LP. The 2007 re-release includes all of these tracks, although they are not listed as bonus tracks. It does not include the original re-release bonus tracks.}}

• "Time What Is Time" is about the film Blade Runner from the perspective of a Replicant.{{fact|date=July 2024}}
• "Journey Through the Dark" is about Jhary a-Conel, a bard and a companion of the Eternal Champion, from the books by Michael Moorcock.{{fact|date=July 2024}}
• "Black Chamber" deals with someone finding himself in the Black Lodge from Twin Peaks and facing a dark fate.{{fact|date=November 2022}}
• "The Quest for Tanelorn" is about the Eternal Champion's search for a city called Tanelorn, a fictional city in The Multiverse of Michael Moorcock's stories.
• "Ashes to Ashes" deals with the death of Hansi's father.{{cite web|url=http://blindguardian.fisek.com.tr/interviews/iv7.html|title=Blind Guardian Interview|website=blindguardian.fisek.com.tr}}
• "The Bard's Song – In the Forest" is inspired by the computer game The Bard's Tale.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6190306.html|title=Q&A: Blind Guardian on music in games|author=Gamespot Staff|date=2 May 2008|website=gamespot.com}}
• "The Bard's Song – The Hobbit" is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
• "Somewhere Far Beyond" is a retelling of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three.{{fact|date=July 2024}}
• "Trial by Fire" is about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.{{fact|date=July 2024}} It's a cover of the heavy metal band Satan.

Blind Guardian

• Hansi Kürsch – lead vocals, bass
• André Olbrich – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Marcus Siepen – rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Thomas "Thomen" Stauch – drums

Guest musicians

• Piet Sielck –effects, guitars
• Mathias Wiesner – effects, keyboards and bass on "Spread Your Wings"
• Rolf Köhler, Billy King and Kalle Trapp – backing vocals
• Stefan Will – piano
• Peter Rübsam – Scottish and Irish bagpipes
• Kai Hansen – lead guitar on "The Quest for Tanelorn"

Production and design

• Kalle Trapp – producing, mixing, recording
• Piet Sielck – second engineer
• Andreas Marschall/Becker — Derouet Hamburg – cover art
• Tom Nagy – photo
• a•r•t•p•o•o•l – graphics

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