Dreamspace

This article is about the music album. For the art installation and accident, see Maurice Agis.

Dreamspace
Studio album by Stratovarius
Released	9 February 1994 (1994-02-09)
Studio	Rauhala Estate; Sibelius Academy; University of Helsinki Department of Musicology; Swat Team Palace; Soundtrack Studios
Genre	Heavy metal power metal
Length	63:52
Label	Noise
Producer	Timo Tolkki
Stratovarius chronology
Twilight Time (1992) Dreamspace (1994) Fourth Dimension (1995)
Singles from Dreamspace
"Wings of Tomorrow" / "Dreamspace" Released: 1995 [1]

Dreamspace is the third studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 9 February 1994 through Noise Records. ^[2] It is the last Stratovarius album to feature guitarist Timo Tolkki on vocals (after which Timo Kotipelto became the lead singer on 1995's Fourth Dimension ), as well as the first to feature bassist Jari Kainulainen. ^[3] Sami Kuoppamäki was asked to record drums for some of the songs after drummer Tuomo Lassila was unable to finnish the sessions due to tendonitis.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Dreamspace four stars out of five, saying that it "demonstrates the band coming into its own, honing its melodic Euro-metal attack to a razor-sharp point." ^[4]

Track listing

All music is composed by Timo Tolkki.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Chasing Shadows"	Tolkki	4:38
2.	"4th Reich"	Tolkki	5:49
3.	"Eyes of the World"	Tolkki	5:56
4.	"Hold On to Your Dream"	Tolkki, Tuomo Lassila	3:34
5.	"Magic Carpet Ride"	Tolkki	4:49
6.	"We Are the Future"	Tolkki	5:19
7.	"Tears of Ice"	Tolkki	5:15
8.	"Dreamspace"	Tolkki	5:57
9.	"Reign of Terror"	Tolkki	3:28
10.	"Thin Ice"	Lassila	4:23
11.	"Atlantis"	(instrumental)	1:07
12.	"Abyss"	Lassila	4:59
13.	"Shattered"	Lassila	3:29
14.	"Wings of Tomorrow"	Tolkki	5:09
Total length:			63:52

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
15.	"Full Moon"	Tolkki	4:33

Personnel

• Timo Tolkki – vocals, guitar, engineering, mixing, production
• Antti Ikonen – keyboards, computer
• Tuomo Lassila – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8–12, 14), percussion, flute
• Sami Kuoppamäki – drums (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 13)
• Jari Kainulainen – bass guitar
• Sole – oboe
• Mikko Karmila – mixing

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [5]	26

References

1. "Stratovarius – Wings Of Tomorrow". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
2. "Stratovarius - Dreamspace (album)" Archived October 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
3. "History". stratovarius.com. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
4. Huey, Steve. "Dreamspace - Stratovarius". AllMusic . All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
5. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.

External links

• Dreamspace at stratovarius.com