Sunset on the Golden Age

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Sunset on the Golden Age
Alestorm - Sunset on the Golden Age.jpg
Studio album by
Released1 August 2014
Recorded4 February [1] to 26 February 2014 at LSD Studios in Lübeck, Germany [2]
Genre
Length48:39 (CD1)
Label Napalm
Producer Lasse Lammert
Alestorm chronology
Back Through Time
(2011)
Sunset on the Golden Age
(2014)
No Grave But the Sea
(2017)
Singles from Sunset on the Golden Age
  1. "Drink"
    Released: 12 June 2014
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Sunset on the Golden Age is the fourth studio album by Scottish heavy metal band Alestorm. It was released on 1 August 2014 by Napalm Records. It is the band's first album to feature new permanent band member, Elliot Vernon, on keyboards and the last one to feature guitarist Dani Evans before his departure in 2015.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Walk the Plank"Christopher Bowes, Elliot VernonBowes4:07
2."Drink"BowesBowes3:23
3."Magnetic North"BowesBowes3:47
4."1741 (The Battle of Cartagena)"BowesBowes7:18
5."Mead from Hell"BowesBowes3:41
6."Surf Squid Warfare"BowesBowes, Dani Evans3:59
7."Quest for Ships"VernonBowes, Vernon4:34
8."Wooden Leg!"BowesBowes, Gareth Murdock2:45
9."Hangover" (Taio Cruz cover)Taio Cruz, Tramar Dillard, Lukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter Cruz, Dillard, Gottwald, Walter3:41
10."Sunset on the Golden Age"BowesBowes, Peter Alcorn11:26
Total length:48:39
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Oceans of Treasure" (Rumahoy cover)4:57
12."Rumpelkombo (Part III)"0:06
Total length:53:42
Rumplugged (Limited Digipak Edition bonus disc)
No.TitleLength
1."Over the Seas" (acoustic version)4:03
2."Nancy the Tavern Wench" (acoustic version)4:52
3."Keelhauled" (acoustic version)3:58
4."The Sunk'n Norwegian" (acoustic)4:06
5."Shipwrecked" (acoustic version)3:31
6."Questing Upon the Poop Deck" (Bonus Track)3:12
Total length:23:45

Personnel

Alestorm
Additional
Production

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 109
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7] 186
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 58
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 68
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [11] 20
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [12] 32
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [13] 7

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