Monuments (Edguy album)

Monuments
Compilation album by Edguy
Released	14 July 2017
Genre	Power metal, heavy metal
Length	150:13 (compilation CDs)
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Sascha Paeth, Edguy
Edguy chronology
Space Police: Defenders of the Crown (2014) Monuments (2017)

Monuments is a compilation album by the German power metal band Edguy, released on 14 July 2017. ^[1] The album was released as a two-CD/DVD package including 22 previously released songs, five new songs, and one previously unreleased song originally recorded in 1995 for the demo version of The Savage Poetry . The package also includes a two-hour DVD and a photobook. ^[2] Frontman Tobias Sammet wrote one of the new songs on his own, while guitarists Jens Ludwig, Dirk Sauer and bassist Tobias Exxel co-wrote the others with him. ^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tobias Sammet; all music is composed by Sammet, except where noted

Compilation CD 1 ^{[4] [5] [6]}

No.	Title	Music	Original album	Length
1.	"Ravenblack"		Monuments	5:08
2.	"Wrestle the Devil"	Sascha Paeth, Tobias Exxel, Sammet	Monuments	4:00
3.	"Open Sesame"	Jens Ludwig, Sammet	Monuments	5:00
4.	"Landmarks"	Ludwig, Sammet	Monuments	4:34
5.	"The Mountaineer"	Dirk Sauer, Sammet	Monuments	3:57
6.	"9-2-9"		Tinnitus Sanctus	3:47
7.	"Defenders of the Crown"		Space Police: Defenders of the Crown	5:42
8.	"Save Me"		Rocket Ride	3:46
9.	"The Piper Never Dies"		Hellfire Club	10:10
10.	"Lavatory Love Machine"		Hellfire Club	4:23
11.	"King of Fools"		Hellfire Club	4:20
12.	"Superheroes"		Rocket Ride	3:19
13.	"Love Tyger"		Space Police: Defenders of the Crown	4:27
14.	"Ministry of Saints"		Tinnitus Sanctus	5:03
15.	"Tears of a Mandrake"		Mandrake	7:14
Total length:				74:50

Compilation CD 2

No.	Title	Music	Original album	Length
1.	"Mysteria"	Ludwig, Sammet	Hellfire Club	5:46
2.	"Vain Glory Opera" (feat. Hansi Kürsch)		Vain Glory Opera	6:09
3.	"Rock of Cashel"		Age of the Joker	6:18
4.	"Judas at the Opera" (feat. Michael Kiske)		Superheroes (EP)	7:19
5.	"Holy Water"		King of Fools (EP)	4:13
6.	"Spooks in the Attic"		Superheroes (EP)	4:03
7.	"Babylon"		Theater of Salvation	6:13
8.	"The Eternal Wayfarer"		Space Police: Defenders of the Crown	8:49
9.	"Out of Control" (feat. Hansi Kürsch)	Ludwig, Sammet, Sauer	Vain Glory Opera	5:05
10.	"Land of the Miracle"		Theater of Salvation	6:33
11.	"Key to My Fate"		Savage Poetry	4:33
12.	"Space Police"		Space Police: Defenders of the Crown	6:03
13.	"Reborn in the Waste" (Previously unreleased)		Savage Poetry	4:19
Total length:				75:23

Live DVD "Mysteria" "Under the Moon" "Navigator" "Wake Up the King" "Land of the Miracle" "Lavatory Love Machine" "Vain Glory Opera" "Fallen Angels" "The Piper Never Dies" "Babylon" "King of Fools" "Chalice of Agony" (Avantasia cover featuring André Matos) "Tears of the Mandrake" "Out of Control"

Video clips "Love Tyger" "Robin Hood" "Two Out of Seven" "Ministry of Saints" "Superheroes" "Lavatory Love Machine" "King of Fools" "All the Clowns"

Live CD 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mysteria"
2.	"Under the Moon"
3.	"Navigator"
4.	"Wake Up the King"
5.	"Land of the Miracle"
6.	"Lavatory Love Machine"
7.	"Vain Glory Opera"
8.	"Fallen Angels"

Live CD 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Piper Never Dies"
2.	"Babylon"
3.	"King of Fools"
4.	"Chalice of Agony" (Avantasia cover featuring André Matos)
5.	"Tears of a Mandrake"
6.	"Out of Control"

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7]	20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8]	195
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9]	105
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [10]	19
French Albums (SNEP) [11]	177
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12]	6
Oricon weekly chart	107 [13]
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [14]	70
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15]	50
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16]	16

References

1. Monuments, nuclearblast.de
2. Edguy's Monuments, rockpages.gr
3. van der Graaf, Arie (10 July 2017). "Edguy interview". Melodic Net. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
4. Monuments ^{[ dead link ]}, itunes.apple.com
5. Edguy Monuments, recordshopx.com
6. EDGUY MONUMENTS MAILORDER EDITION Archived 29 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine , nuclearblast.de
7. "Austriancharts.at – Edguy – Monuments" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
8. "Ultratop.be – Edguy – Monuments" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
9. "Ultratop.be – Edguy – Monuments" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
10. "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 29.Týden 2017 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
11. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 29, 2017)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 25 July 2017.
12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Edguy – Monuments" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
13. "エドガイ えどがい". Oricon . Retrieved 10 August 2017.
14. "Top 100 Albumes — Semana 29: del 14.07.2017 al 20.07.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España . Retrieved 27 July 2017.
15. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 28 July 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
16. "Swisscharts.com – Edguy – Monuments". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

External links

• Official Edguy site