Monuments | ||||
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Released | 14 July 2017 | |||
Genre | Power metal, heavy metal | |||
Length | 150:13 (compilation CDs) | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Sascha Paeth, Edguy | |||
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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]
All lyrics are written by Tobias Sammet; all music is composed by Sammet, except where noted
No. | Title | Music | Original album | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Music | Original album | Length |
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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
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No. | Title | Length |
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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" |
No. | Title | Length |
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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" |
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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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 |