A Knight in York

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A Knight in York
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Live album by
ReleasedJune 29, 2012 (Germany) [1]
July 2, 2012 (UK) [1]
October 9, 2012 (United States) [2]
RecordedSeptember 30, 2011
Genre folk rock, neo-medieval
Length79:39 [3]
Label Ariola, [4] UDR
Producer Ritchie Blackmore
Blackmore's Night chronology
Autumn Sky
(2010)
A Knight in York
(2012)
Dancer and the Moon
(2013)

A Knight in York is a live album by the group Blackmore's Night, released in 2012. The album recorded in autumn of 2011 at the Opera House in York, England. [1] It entered at #2 on the New Age Billboard Charts. [5] [6] It entered at #2 on the German DVD Charts, and entered at 8# on the German album charts. [6] The album also reached #46 in Austria and #85 in Switzerland. [7] It mostly consists of songs from their two albums, Secret Voyage and Autumn Sky .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Locked Within the Crystal Ball" – 8:47
  2. "Gilded Cage" - 4:18
  3. "The Circle" - 7:17
  4. "Journeyman" - 6:58 (Nordman cover)
  5. "World of Stone" - 6:14
  6. "The Peasant's Promise" - 5:11
  7. "Toast to Tomorrow" - 4:48
  8. "Fires at Midnight" - 9:44
  9. "Barbara Allen" - 5:27
  10. "Darkness" - 3:30
  11. "Dance of the Darkness" - 3:47
  12. "Dandelion Wine" - 6:07
  13. "All the Fun of the Fayre" - 4:07
  14. "First of May" - 3:35 (Bee Gees cover)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 46
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 8
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [10] 36
Russian Albums Chart [11] 24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 85
US Top New Age Charts ( Billboard ) [5] 2

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "BLACKMORE'S NIGHT - A Knight In York DVD Tracklisting, Release Dates, Video Preview". Bravewords.com. 25 May 2012.
  2. "A Knight in York". Amazon.
  3. A Knight in York at Allmusic
  4. "A Knight in York". Amazon Germany.
  5. 1 2 "A Knight in York - Blackmore's Night | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Blackmore's Night official site". Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  7. "A Knight in York - Charts". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  8. "Austriancharts.at – Blackmore's Night – A Knight In York" (in German). Hung Medien.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Blackmore's Night – A Knight In York" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  10. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2012. 27. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  11. "Russia Top 25. Albums - week 37-2012". 2M (in Russian). lenta.ru. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  12. "Swisscharts.com – Blackmore's Night – A Knight In York". Hung Medien.

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