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.
Track listing
All songs written by Kamelot.
[(2007). " Ghost Opera liner notes". In Ghost Opera CD. Steamhammer.]
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".
Charts
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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 |
Personnel
Credits for
Ghost Opera adapted from liner notes.
Kamelot
Additional personnel
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Miro – orchestrations, keyboards, engineering
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Simone Simons – female vocals on "Blücher"
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Amanda Somerville – female vocals on "Mourning Star", "Love You to Death", "Season's End" and "Ghost Opera"
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Sascha Paeth – additional guitars, engineering
Ghost Opera Choir
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Cinzia Rizzo, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Thomas Rettke
Personnel
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Olaf Reitmeier – engineering
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Simon Oberender – engineering
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Bredo Myrvang – recording
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Mattias Norén – artwork, layout
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Elin Strigå – photo editing
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Alexandra V Bach – artwork
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Liliana Sanches – photography
