The Odyssey (album)
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| Studio album by Symphony X | ||
| Released | November 5, 2002 | |
| Recorded | 2002 | |
| Genre | Progressive metal Power metal Neo-Classical metal Symphonic metal |
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| Length | 67:02 | |
| Label | InsideOut | |
| Producer(s) | Michael Romeo | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Symphony X chronology | ||
| Live on the Edge of Forever (2001) |
The Odyssey (2002) |
Paradise Lost (2007) |
The Odyssey is the sixth studio effort of Technical/prog metal band Symphony X. The fourth track, "Accolade II", is a sequel to the famous "The Accolade" from The Divine Wings of Tragedy. "King of Terrors", track number five, is based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum. This line continues in the sixth track, where the seventh track can be seen as a warming up to the grand finale: track eight is a 24-minute musical take on/version of Homer's The Odyssey about the journey home of Greek hero Odysseus.
[edit] Track listing
- "Inferno" (Unleash the Fire) (Romeo, Allen) – 5:32
- "Wicked" (Romeo, Allen) – 5:30
- "Incantations of the Apprentice" (Romeo, Allen) – 4:19
- "Accolade II" (Romeo, Pinella, Lepond, Allen) – 7:04
- "King of Terrors" (Romeo, Pinella, Allen, Rullo) – 6:16
- "The Turning" (Romeo, Lepond, Allen) – 4:12
- "Awakenings" (Romeo, Pinella, Lepond, Allen) – 8:18
- "The Odyssey" – 24:09
- "Part I - Odysseus Theme/Overture" (Romeo)
- "Part II - Journey to Ithaca" (Romeo, Allen)
- "Part III - The Eye" (Romeo)
- "Part IV - Circe" (Daughter of the Sun) (Romeo)
- "Part V - Sirens" (Romeo)
- "Part VI - Scylla and Charybdis" (Romeo)
- a) "Gulf of Doom"
- b) "Drifting Home"
- "Part VII - The Fate of the Suitors / Champion of Ithaca (Romeo, Lepond)
- "Masquerade '98" (Limited Edition/Japanese bonustrack) (Romeo, Pinella, Miller, Rullo, Tyler) – 6:01
- "Frontiers" (Japanese bonustrack)
[edit] Performers
- Russell Allen - vocals
- Michael Romeo - all electric and acoustic guitars, orchestral keyboards and programming
- Michael Pinnella - piano, keyboards
- Michael Lepond - bass
- Jason Rullo - drums
| Symphony X |
| Russell Allen | Michael Lepond | Michael Pinnella | Michael Romeo | Jason Rullo |
| Thomas Miller | Rod Tyler | Thomas Walling |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Symphony X | The Damnation Game | The Divine Wings of Tragedy | Twilight in Olympus | V: The New Mythology Suite | The Odyssey | Paradise Lost |
| Live albums: Live on the Edge of Forever |
| Compilation albums: Prelude to the Millennium |
