Poets and Madmen
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| Studio album by Savatage | ||
| Released | April 3, 2001 | |
| Recorded | 2000 - 2001 | |
| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 62:36 | |
| Label | Nuclear Blast Records SPV/Steamhammer Records |
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| Producer(s) | Paul O'Neill Jon Oliva |
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| Savatage chronology | ||
 Believe (1998) |
 Poets and Madmen (2001) |
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Poets and Madmen is a heavy metal album by the band Savatage, the band's eleventh full-length release overall (twelfth if you include The Dungeons are Calling).
The album was the first since Streets: A Rock Opera in 1991 to feature the band's original vocalist Jon Oliva on lead vocals for all songs after the amicable departure of Zak Stevens. It is also the first Savatage album to have long time rhythm guitarist Chris Caffery playing the majority of the guitar solos. This is partly due to the departure of Al Pitrelli, who left to join Megadeth prior to the album's release. However, Pitrelli was credited with the outro of Stay With Me A While, the main solo of Morphine Child, the main solo of The Rumor and the first part of the main solo and the outro of Commissar[1]. US Bonus Track Shotgun Innocence was originally a bonus track on the Japanese release of Edge of Thorns in 1993 and features Zachary Stevens on lead vocals, and the late Criss Oliva on guitar.
The album has a loose concept based around real life journalist Kevin Carter, but has much less narrative in the lyrics than the previous two rock operas (Dead Winter Dead and The Wake of Magellan) Savatage recorded. Everything said in the album is fiction, except with regards to what is sung about Carter [1].
The album cover was drawn by Edgar Jerins, who was responsible for the covers of Dead Winter Dead, The Wake of Magellan and all of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra albums released to date.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Stay With Me Awhile" – 5:06
- "There in the Silence" – 4:57
- "Commissar" – 5:36
- "I Seek Power" – 6:03
- "Drive" – 3:16
- "Morphine Child" – 10:12
- "The Rumor" – 5:16
- "Man in the Mirror" – 5:55
- "Surrender" – 6:40
- "Awaken" – 3:23
- "Back to Reason" – 6:10
- "Shotgun Innocence" - 3:31 (US Bonus Track)
[edit] Limited Edition Tracks
- Jesus Saves (Live)
- Enhanced CD video of "Handful of Rain"
[edit] Line-Up
- Vocals & Keyboards: Jon Oliva
- Guitars: Chris Caffery
- Bass: Johnny Lee Middleton
- Drums: Jeff Plate
[edit] Additional musicians
- Lead Vocals: Zachary Stevens (Track 12 on US Bonus Edition only)
- Guitars: Criss Oliva (Track 12 on US Bonus Edition only)
- Additional Keyboards & Vocals: Bob Kinkel
- Additional Guitars & Vocals: Al Pitrelli
- Background Vocals: John West
[edit] References
- ^ a b Savatage FAQ, part 2. Savatage.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
[edit] External links
| Savatage |
| Jon Oliva | Damond Jiniya | Chris Caffery | Al Pitrelli | Johnny Lee Middleton | Jeff Plate | Paul O'Neill |
| Criss Oliva | Keith Collins | Steve "Doc" Wacholz | Zak Stevens | Alex Skolnick | Jack Frost |
| Discography |
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| Studio Albums: Sirens | Power of the Night | Fight for the Rock | Hall of the Mountain King | Gutter Ballet | Streets: A Rock Opera | Edge of Thorns | Handful of Rain | Dead Winter Dead | The Wake of Magellan | Poets and Madmen |
| Extended Plays: The Dungeons Are Calling | Chance EP | Doesn't Matter Anyway EP |
| Live Albums: Japan Live '94 | Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins |
| Compilation Albums: From the Gutter to the Stage | The Best and the Rest | Believe |
| Related articles |
| Doctor Butcher | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Jon Oliva's Pain | Circle II Circle | Seven Witches | Megadeth | Testament | Annihilator |
