| The Fourth Legacy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 19, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Studio | Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany | |||
| Genre | Symphonic power metal[1] | |||
| Length | 48:18 | |||
| Label | Noise/Modern Music | |||
| Producer | Sascha Paeth and Miro | |||
| Kamelot chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metal Storm |    [2] |
| The Metal Crypt |   [3] |
| Amazon.com | [4] |
The Fourth Legacy is the fourth studio album by American power metal band Kamelot. It was released in 1999 by Noise Records/Modern Music. It is the first album to credit vocalist Roy Khan as a writer on all tracks, establishing him as the main songwriter of the band together with founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "New Allegiance" (instrumental) | 0:54 |
| 2. | "The Fourth Legacy" | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Silent Goddess" | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Desert Reign" (instrumental) | 1:39 |
| 5. | "Nights of Arabia" | 5:26 |
| 6. | "The Shadow of Uther" (Glenn Barry, Khan, Youngblood) | 4:45 |
| 7. | "A Sailorman's Hymn" | 4:05 |
| 8. | "Alexandria" | 3:54 |
| 9. | "The Inquisitor" (Barry, Khan, Youngblood) | 4:35 |
| 10. | "Glory" | 3:42 |
| 11. | "Until Kingdom Come" | 4:11 |
| 12. | "Lunar Sanctum" | 5:59 |
| Total length: | 48:18 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Can You Remember" (live) | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 52:45 | |
Personnel
All information from the album booklet.[5]
Kamelot
- Roy Khan – vocals
- Thomas Youngblood – guitars, backing vocals
- Glenn Barry – bass guitar
- Casey Grillo – drums
Additional musicians
- Miro – keyboards and orchestral arrangements, producer
- Sascha Paeth – additional guitars
- Thomas Rettke – background vocals on "Nights of Arabia", "Until Kingdom Come" and "Alexandria"
- Dirk Bruinenberg – additional drums
- Robert Hunecke-Rizzo – additional drums
- Rannveig Sif Sigurdardóttir – backing vocals on "A Sailorman's Hymn"
- Cinzia Rizzo – female vocals on "Nights of Arabia"
- Farouk Asjadi – flute and additional percussion on "Desert Reign"
- Andre Neygenfind – double bass on "Nights of Arabia"
- Fallersleben String Quartet – strings
- Simon McTavish – flute
Production
- Sascha Paeth – producer, mixing, mastering
- Derek Gores – cover art, design
- Thomas Kuschewski – photography
See also
References
- ^ "Metal Storm".
- ^ "Metal Storm review".
- ^ "The Metal Crypt review".
- ^ "Amazon.com review".
- ^ (1999). "The Fourth Legacy liner notes". In The Fourth Legacy [CD booklet]. Noise Records / Modern Music.
