Ghost Opera

 ( 2007 Albums ) 

Ghost Opera is the eighth studio album by American power metal band Kamelot. It was released in 2007 by SPV GmbH/Steamhammer Records, on June 1 in Germany and followed by releases on June 4 in Europe and June 5 in the United States. It is the first studio album by Kamelot to feature keyboardist Oliver Palotai, and the last with bassist Glenn Barry. The album spawned four for the songs "Ghost Opera", "The Human Stain", "Rule the World" and "Love You to Death". Kamelot.com From a quick update with Thomas Youngblood, 14th March 2008

On Billboard 200, the album peaked at number 18 on Top Heatseekers and number 48 on Independent Albums.

Prior to the release of the album, SPV Records distributed a strictly limited CD single of "Ghost Opera", handed out to fans attending the European Tour in March, April and May 2007. The album was released on vinyl in the spring of 2009, along with The Black Halo.

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Track listing All songs written by Kamelot.(2007). " Ghost Opera liner notes". In Ghost Opera CD. Steamhammer.

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Limited edition CD + DVD and The Second Coming In 2008, a reissue of Ghost Opera entitled Ghost Opera: The Second Coming was released on March 28 in Germany, March 31 for the rest of Europe and April 8 in the United States and Canada. The album was released as a double-disc set, with the first disc featuring Ghost Opera as previously released, and the videos for "The Human Stain" and "Memento Mori", filmed in Belgrade, Serbia. The second disc contained 10 live tracks from the same show, as well as three bonus tracks from Ghost Opera and The Black Halo and a remix of "Rule the World".

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Charts

Dutch Albums Chart	51
Finnish Albums Chart	35
French Albums Chart	83
German Albums Chart	61
Greek International Albums Chart	23
Japanese Albums Chart	34
Norwegian Albums Chart	25
Swedish Albums Chart	29
Swiss Albums Chart	88
UK (Rock & Metal Chart)	24
US Billboard Independent Albums	48
US Billboard Top Heatseekers	18

Greek Albums Chart	38

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Personnel Credits for Ghost Opera adapted from liner notes.

Kamelot

• Roy Khan – Singing, keyboards
• Thomas Youngblood – Electric guitar
• Glenn Barry – Bass guitar
• Casey Grillo – Drum kit, percussion
• Oliver Palotai – keyboards

Additional personnel

• Miro – orchestrations, keyboards, engineering
• Simone Simons – female vocals on "Blücher"
• Amanda Somerville – female vocals on "Mourning Star", "Love You to Death", "Season's End" and "Ghost Opera"
• Sascha Paeth – additional guitars, engineering

Ghost Opera Choir

• Cinzia Rizzo, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Thomas Rettke

Personnel

• Olaf Reitmeier – engineering
• Simon Oberender – engineering
• Bredo Myrvang – recording
• Mattias Norén – artwork, layout
• Elin Strigå – photo editing
• Alexandra V Bach – artwork
• Liliana Sanches – photography

Categories: 2007 Albums, Kamelot Albums, Steamhammer Albums