| The Grand Design | ||||
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| Released | 19 May 2006 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic metal, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 42:49 | |||
| Label | Massacre Records | |||
| Producer | Lanvall | |||
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The Grand Design is the fifth studio album by symphonic metal band Edenbridge.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   |
| Metal Hammer Germany | 4/7 [1] |
| Rock Hard | 7.0 |
The album received mixed professional reviews. The German edition of Metal Hammer as well as Rock Hard wrote that the songs varied between melodic metal and kitsch. Metal Hammer's reviewer observed, however, that singer Sabine Edelsbacher could match the timbre of Tarja Turunen. [1] [2] Also About.com compared Edelsbacher's singing to Nightwish but called the overall style of the album symphonic progressive metal. [3]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Terra Nova" | 07:09 |
| 2. | "Flame of Passion" | 05:22 |
| 3. | "Evermore" | 03:47 |
| 4. | "The Most Beautiful Place" | 03:09 |
| 5. | "See You Fading Afar" | 04:46 |
| 6. | "On Top of the World" | 05:05 |
| 7. | "Taken Away" | 04:14 |
| 8. | "The Grand Design" | 10:17 |
| 9. | "Empire of the Sun (Bonus outro)" | 05:23 |
| 10. | "For Your Eyes Only (Bonus track)" | 03:00 |
| 11. | "Thin Red Line (Bonus track)" | 05:58 |
| 12. | "Images In The Sand (Bonus track)" | 03:17 |
| 13. | "The Silent Wake (Bonus track)" | 05:33 |
| Total length: | 67:00 | |
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