Festival (Jon Oliva's Pain album)

Festival
Studio album by Jon Oliva's Pain
Released	February 19, 2010 (Europe) April 12, 2010 (North America)
Recorded	2009
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	55:05(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
Source	Rating
Jukebox:Metal	[1]

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]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lies"	Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Matt LaPorte	6:19
2.	"Death Rides a Black Horse"	Jon Oliva,	6:15
3.	"Festival"	Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva	4:59
4.	"Afterglow"	Jon Oliva	6:50
5.	"Living on the Edge"	Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Matt LaPorte	5:10
6.	"Looking for Nothing"	Jon Oliva	3:05
7.	"The Evil Within"	Jon Oliva, Matt Laporte	5:15
8.	"Winter Haven"	Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva	7:38
9.	"I Fear You"	Jon Oliva	5:11
10.	"Now"	Jon Oliva	4:23

Limited edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Peace"	Jon Oliva	3:39

Personnel

• Jon Oliva – lead vocals, piano, guitars, keyboards
• Christopher Kinder – drums, percussion, vocals
• Kevin Rothney – bass, vocals
• Matt LaPorte – lead guitars, hammered dulcimer, vocals
• Tom McDyne – guitars, vocals

Additional musicians

• Howard Helm – piano and keyboards
• Casey Grillo – percussion
• Tom Morris – guitar
• Jim Morris – guitar
• Laurian Mohai – guitar
• Jason Blackerby – percussion
• Dana Piper – guitar
• Todd La Torre – backing vocals, hammered dulcimer on "Afterglow"

Further credits

• Produced by Christopher Kinder, Jon Oliva and Tom Morris
• Recorded at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida and Shabbey Road Studios in Dunedin, Florida
• Engineered by Tom Morris, Christopher Kinder and Jason Blackerby
• Mixed by Tom Morris
• Mastered by Tom Morris and Christopher Kinder
• Orchestration: Jon Oliva, Howard Helm, Tom Morris and Christopher Kinder
• The Scarlett Pumpernickel Choir: Jesse Morris, Todd La Torre, Jason Blackerby, Kevin Rothney, Christopher Kinder, Tom McDyne and Matt LaPorte
• Art concept: Jon Oliva, Christopher Kinder
• CD artwork design by Thomas Ewerhard
• Photography by Eric Franguel

References

1. Andy Lye. "Jukebox:Metal review". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
2. "Chartverfolgung - Jon Oliva's Pain". Musicline.de (in German). PhonoNet. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2010.

External links

• Jon Oliva's Pain's official web site ^{[ usurped ]}
• Jon Oliva's Pain's at MySpace (with track samples of the album posted)