Ghost Opera

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Ghost Opera
Kamelot - Ghost Opera.jpg
Studio album by
Kamelot
ReleasedJune 1, 2007
RecordedMay 2006–January 2007
StudioGate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany
Genre Power metal, heavy metal, progressive metal, [1] symphonic metal [2]
Length43:59(Original Album)
47:59 (Limited Edition)
47:31 (Japanese Release)
58:00 (The Second Coming disk 2)
Label SPV/Steamhammer
Producer Sascha Paeth and Miro [3]
Kamelot chronology
The Black Halo
(2005)		Ghost Opera
(2007)		 Poetry for the Poisoned
(2010)
Reissue cover
Ghost Opera - The Second Coming.jpg
The Second Coming reissue cover (2008)
No.TitleLength
1."Solitaire"1:00
2."Rule the World"3:40
3."Ghost Opera"4:06
4."The Human Stain"4:01
5."Blücher"4:04
6."Love You to Death"5:13
7."Up Through the Ashes"4:59
8."Mourning Star"4:37
9."Silence of the Darkness"3:43
10."Anthem"4:25
11."Eden Echo"4:13
Total length:43:59
Limited Edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."The Pendulous Fall"3:59
Total length:47:58
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Season's End"3:32
Total length:47:31
The Second Coming Disk 2
No.TitleLength
1."Solitaire" (live)1:10
2."Ghost Opera" (live)4:06
3."The Human Stain" (live)4:15
4."Mourning Star" (live)4:31
5."When the Lights are Down" (live)4:03
6."Abandoned" (live)4:16
7."The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)" (live, feat. Simone Simons)4:34
8."Memento Mori" (live)9:08
9."Epilogue" (live)2:28
10."March of Mephisto" (live)4:50
11."Season's End" (Japanese Edition bonus track)3:32
12."The Pendulous Fall" (Limited Edition bonus track)3:59
13."Epilogue" (The Black Halo Japanese bonus track)2:46
14."Rule the World" (remix)4:22
Total length:58:00

Limited edition CD + DVD and The Second Coming

In 2008, a reissue of Ghost Opera entitled Ghost Opera: The Second Coming was released on March 28 in Germany, March 31 for the rest of Europe and April 8 in the United States and Canada. The album was released as a double-disc set, with the first disc featuring Ghost Opera as previously released, and the videos for "The Human Stain" and "Memento Mori", filmed in Belgrade, Serbia. The second disc contained 10 live tracks from the same show, as well as three bonus tracks from Ghost Opera and The Black Halo and a remix of "Rule the World".

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart [15] 51
Finnish Albums Chart [16] 35
French Albums Chart [17] 83
German Albums Chart [18] [19] 61
Greek International Albums Chart [20] 23
Japanese Albums Chart [21] 34
Norwegian Albums Chart [22] 25
Swedish Albums Chart [23] 29
Swiss Albums Chart [24] 88
UK (Rock & Metal Chart) [25] 24
US Billboard Independent Albums [26] 48
US Billboard Top Heatseekers [27] 18
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Greek Albums Chart [28] 38

Personnel

Credits for Ghost Opera adapted from liner notes. [14]

Kamelot

Additional personnel

Ghost Opera Choir

Personnel

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