The Dark Ride
{{Other uses|Dark Ride (disambiguation){{!}}Dark Ride}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Dark Ride
| type = studio
| artist = Helloween
| cover = Helloween-thedarkride.jpg
| alt =
| released = 30 October 2000
| recorded = 2000
| venue =
| studio = Mi Sueño Studio, Tenerife, Spain
| genre = Power metal
| length = 56:57
| label = Nuclear Blast
| producer = Roy Z and Charlie Bauerfeind
| prev_title = Metal Jukebox
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Rabbit Don't Come Easy
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Dark Ride
| type = Studio
| single1 = Mr. Torture
| single1date = October 2000
| single2 = If I Could Fly
| single2date = October 2000
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r511093|accessdate=2011-06-22}}
| rev2 = Sputnikmusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=710 |title=Helloween - The Dark Ride |publisher=Sputnikmusic |access-date=2011-06-22}}
| noprose = yes
}}
The Dark Ride is the ninth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Helloween/The_Dark_Ride/857 |title=The Dark Ride |publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum |access-date=2012-11-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Helloween-The-Dark-Box/master/178841 |title=Helloween – The Dark Ride (tracklist and versions) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=2012-11-11}} The album's style was quite different from Better Than Raw as it had a much darker sound, drop-tuned guitars, and gruffer vocals. The album was produced by Roy Z and Charlie Bauerfeind. It is the last studio album to feature Master of the Rings-era lineup with the dismissal of guitarist Roland Grapow and drummer Uli Kusch after completion of the supporting tour for the album. They went on to form the band Masterplan.
The album contains two singles, which are "If I Could Fly" and "Mr. Torture".
On a later interview, bassist Markus Grosskopf commented on the album, saying: "The Dark Ride was kind of constructed, all the people were telling us try this, let's do this, you know, it's a good album but it's a very difficult way to do records when there's somebody always going on your nerves all the time."{{cite web|last1=Syrjala|first1=Marko|title=Helloween – bassist Markus Grosskopf|url=http://www.metal-rules.com/metalnews/2011/01/11/helloween-bassist-markus-grosskopf/|website=Metal Rules|access-date=31 May 2015|date=11 January 2011}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Beyond the Portal
| writer1 = Andi Deris
| length1 = 0:45
| title2 = Mr. Torture
| writer2 = Uli Kusch
| length2 = 3:27
| title3 = All Over the Nations
| writer3 = Michael Weikath
| length3 = 4:55
| title4 = Escalation 666
| writer4 = Roland Grapow
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Mirror Mirror
| writer5 = Deris
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = If I Could Fly
| writer6 = Deris
| length6 = 4:09
| title7 = Salvation
| writer7 = Weikath
| length7 = 5:43
| title8 = The Departed (Sun Is Going Down)
| writer8 = Kusch
| length8 = 4:37
| title9 = I Live for Your Pain
| writer9 = Deris
| length9 = 3:59
| title10 = We Damn the Night
| writer10 = Deris
| length10 = 4:07
| title11 = Immortal
| writer11 = Deris
| length11 = 4:04
| title12 = The Dark Ride
| writer12 = Grapow
| length12 = 8:48
| all_writing =
| total_length = 56:57
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Bonus tracks: Japanese edition
| title13 = The Madness of the Crowds
| writer13 = Deris
| length13 = 4:12
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Bonus tracks: special edition
| title13 = The Madness of the Crowds
| writer13 = Deris
| length13 = 4:12
| title14 = Deliver Us from Temptation
| writer14 = Markus Grosskopf, Weikath
| length14 = 4:54
| title15 = If I Could Fly (Single Edit)
| writer15 = Deris
| length15 = 3:30
}}
On some copies of "The Dark Ride" and "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" (as a special two for the price of one cd) the disc has "Mr. Torture" and "All Over the Nations" in reverse order so this way the latter is track #2. The tracks are also flipped on the Japanese version of the CD. Also on copies of the special two for one cd, there is a listing for track #13, "Far Away" on Rabbit Don't Come Easy, which does not exist on the CD and is a misprint on the back label.
Personnel
- Andi Deris - vocals
- Michael Weikath - guitar
- Roland Grapow - guitar
- Markus Grosskopf - bass
- Uli Kusch - drums
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (2000) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Finland|19|artist= Helloween|album=The Dark Ride|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|26|id=3489|artist= Helloween|album=The Dark Ride|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2020}} |
| scope="row"|Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi){{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e Dischi|language=it|access-date=27 May 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Helloween".
| align="center"| 43 |
|---|
| 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"| 11 |
| {{album chart|Sweden|38|artist= Helloween|album=The Dark Ride|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|68|artist= Helloween|album=The Dark Ride|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2020}} |
References
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