Stratovarius - Fourth Dimension (1995)++ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timo Kotipelto - Lead Vocals Timo Tolkki - Guitars, Backing Vocals Jari Kainulainen - Bass Antti Ikonen - Keyboards Tuomo Lassila - Drums Backing Vocals by 'Three Tenors': Timo Kotipelto, Marko Vaara and Kimmo Blom. Strings on "Twilight Symphony" by 'The Houdini String Quartet': Kimmo Tullila, Marika Bister, Petteri Poijarvi and Antero Manninen. Arrangement by Tuomo Lassila. Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Timo Tolkki. Recorded at Soundtrack Studios, Helsinki during June - October 1994. Mixed at Hot House Studio, Espoo in November 1994. Original Mastering by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki. Logo by Susanne Nokelainen. Photography: Lasse Lehtiranta. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Against The Wind (Tolkki / Tolkki, Kotipelto) 3:48 2) Distant Skies (Tolkki) 4:10 3) Galaxies (Tolkki / Tolkki, Kotipelto) 5:01 4) Winter (Tolkki) 6:32 5) Stratovarius (Tolkki) 5:22 6) Lord Of The Wasteland (Tolkki) 6:10 7) 030366 (Tolkki) 5:47 8) Nightfall (Tolkki / Tolkki, Lassila) 5:09 9) We Hold The Key (Tolkki / Tolkki, Kotipelto) 7:53 10) Twilight Symphony (Tolkki) 7:00 11) Call Of The Wilderness (Tolkki) 1:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Against The Wind (Tolkki / Tolkki, Kotipelto) 3:48 Once again I try to make things work Facing all the power of society Searching all the answers of the life I'll never make it on my own Was I meant to fail everytime Seems to me that's my destiny Is this all that's left to me Confusion and bad memories But now - my time has come No more - running in the dark I want - much more than this I really want it all Chorus: Against the wind we run ... to every place under the sun We've got so much power inside We will never give up Against the wind we go ... towards the new shore Together we'll forget the sorrow It's forever gone Chorus (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Distant Skies (Tolkki) 4:10 Went into the plane, was scared like hell Tried to relax for awhile But when we took off ... I feared we would fall Waving goodbye to this life Chorus 1: I'm flying through winds tonight No sign of the dawn or light Chorus 2: Silhouettes - in the sky Wings are carrying me through the night Sihouettes - in the sky Destination unknown - distant skies Then after awhile ... I tried to sleep But watched two movies instead The fear struck again, how I hate this plane I hope this would come to an end Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 Silhouettes - in the sky Wings are carrying me through the night Sihouettes - in the sky Destination unknown... I fly through the night No sign of the light I fly through the night Distant skies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Galaxies (Tolkki / Tolkki, Kotipelto) 5:01 Hear my call, don't waste your time Remember what we're fighting for Hear my voice, take my hand We've got to win this war We were meant to be free Not to live in slavery Chorus: To the other galaxies we go Gather all our strength before they know Soon the ... time will come for all of us... To unite our souls and hearts Save the universe Chorus Chorus (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Winter (Tolkki) 6:32 Silence ... is all I hear Blackness ... fills my world Midwinter days ... and lonely nights Depression ... takes over ... my frozen mind Morning ... starts a new day Dawning ... nowhere to be seen Ooh, won't you break ... my chains and let ... me go Free as a bird ... in the sky Chorus: Winter ... blows colder I'm ... feeling older Visions ... of darkness Breaking ... the silence Winter ... blows colder I'm ... growing older Light fades ... away I'm here to ... stay I'm telling you ... no-one could ever take your place Open your eyes Chorus Winter... (3) Ooh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Stratovarius (Tolkki) 5:22 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Lord Of The Wasteland (Tolkki) 6:10 I'm going back through time Before the war this crime Who would have believed ... that they would do it One April morning ... without warning... The sirens woke us up Two minutes to live we got Chorus: I'm dying, I'm crying Still I'm the lord I'm fighting, denying Still I'm the lord ... of the wasteland Of the wasteland Now I'm alone here The last man on earth I'll be Walking through chaos land There's just black mist and sand I'm dying, I'm crying Still I'm the lord I'm fighting, denying Still I'm the lord ... of the - wasteland Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) 030366 (Tolkki) 5:47 I'm your god, computer's my name Give the password ... or you will fail I will lock ... you into my mind Your number is all ... you will find Don't try to run I'll take your life and the will of your power Under the sun There is no place where you can hide If you are a virus instead Go away there's nothing for you here Log you out of my system No use commands are always the same ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Nightfall (Tolkki / Tolkki, Lassila) 5:09 Shades of night I'm walking through sleeping village that is having a dream of thousand dreams Moon is guiding my way through the land the snow is silently falling from the sky that is lit by million stars Nightfall I feel the breeze Nightfall on my face Nightfall and the trees are Nightfall covered with white lace ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) We Hold The Key (Tolkki / Tolkki, Kotipelto) 7:53 I'm watching as the morning sun rises before my very eyes Revealing all this beauty Questions fill my mind once again clearing my thoughs have I been blind Now I see The hole is getting bigger in the sky do you know the reason why nobody seems to care Everything is so well in your life did you ever give a dime to things that you really believed The future will show what happens to our world We hold the key to the door of salvation eternally We hold the key to minds to the future of mankind It's time to wake up from you dreams to reality this can't go on believe me If you just turn your head away will tomorrow be the same try to foresee The future will show what happens to our world We hold the key to the door of salvation eternally We hold the key to minds to the future of mankind What will we find mountains to climb more destruction and hatred we'll discover Suddenly sounds awake me birds singing beautifully Maybe there is hope still left in this world ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Twilight Symphony (Tolkki) 7:00 I'm entering in to the woods I left everything behind I have to follow my heart Don't know what I'm looking for Starlights guiding my way to old black oak where we meet now it's full moon other side is calling me singing dancing this is no dream Twilight Symphony The feast is going on rapture never seen before the fury is taking us into a new level soon Hearing voices everywhere telling me what to do giving me answers other side is calling me singing dancing this is no dream Twilight Symphony The spirits are calling me I only wish to die there is no question why anymore ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Call of the Wilderness (Tolkki) 1:30 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------