Festival (Jon Oliva's Pain album)

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Festival
JOP festival.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2010 (Europe)
April 12, 2010 (North America)
Recorded2009
Genre Heavy metal
Length55:05(standard edition)
58:44 (limited edition)
Label AFM Records
Producer Christopher Kinder
Jon Oliva
Tom Morris
Jon Oliva's Pain chronology
Global Warning
(2008)
Festival
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Festival is the fourth and final release by the band Jon Oliva's Pain. Released in February 2010 in Europe, it peaked at number 87 in the German MRC Radio Charts. [2]

Contents

The record continues in using the works of the late Criss Oliva, the younger brother of the band's founder, Jon, like the two previous JOP albums. The track "Living on the Edge" is a reworking of a Savatage track that featured on bootleg records of the band.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lies" Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Matt LaPorte6:19
2."Death Rides a Black Horse"Jon Oliva,6:15
3."Festival"Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva4:59
4."Afterglow"Jon Oliva6:50
5."Living on the Edge"Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Matt LaPorte5:10
6."Looking for Nothing"Jon Oliva3:05
7."The Evil Within"Jon Oliva, Matt Laporte5:15
8."Winter Haven"Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva7:38
9."I Fear You"Jon Oliva5:11
10."Now"Jon Oliva4:23
Limited edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Peace"Jon Oliva3:39

Personnel

Additional musicians

Further credits

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References

  1. Andy Lye. "Jukebox:Metal review".
  2. "Chartverfolgung - Jon Oliva's Pain". Musicline.de (in German). PhonoNet. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2010.