The Whirlwind (album)

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The Whirlwind
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 23, 2009
RecordedApril 2009
Genre Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock
Length77:46
Label Metal Blade, [1] Radiant
Producer Transatlantic
Transatlantic chronology
Bridge Across Forever
(2001)
The Whirlwind
(2009)
Whirld Tour 2010: Live in London
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Lords of Metal(92/100) [2]

The Whirlwind is the third studio album by the band Transatlantic, released on October 23, 2009. It is available in three formats: a standard edition, a double disc special edition and a deluxe edition with a 105-minute making-of DVD. [3]

Contents

The main album, while indexed into twelve tracks, is considered one song. It is represented as one track on the band's third and fourth live album Whirld Tour 2010: Live in London and More Never Is Enough: Live In Manchester & Tilburg 2010 respectively. [4]

The bonus disc (which comes with the Special and Deluxe Editions) includes eight new studio recordings: four original Transatlantic songs and four cover songs, which are "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" by Genesis, "A Salty Dog" by Procol Harum, a combination of America's and The Beatles "I Need You" and Santana's "Soul Sacrifice". At the end of the second disc, there is a hidden track by the band, played on ukulele with vocals.

The album peaked number 21 in the Top Heatseekers chart and number 45 in the German album chart. [5] [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Whirlwind" [1]
I. "Overture / Whirlwind"
II. "The Wind Blew Them All Away"
III. "On the Prowl"
IV. "A Man Can Feel"
V. "Out of the Night"
VI. "Rose Colored Glasses"
VII. "Evermore"
VIII. "Set Us Free"
IX. "Lay Down Your Life"
X. "Pieces of Heaven"
XI. "Is It Really Happening?"
XII. "Dancing with Eternal Glory / Whirlwind (Reprise)"
77:46

9:536:096:026:344:227:534:095:035:102:178:11

12:03
Total length:77:46

Special edition bonus disc

No.TitleWriter(s)Original ArtistLength
1."Spinning"Stolt, Portnoy, Trewavas, Morse 9:58
2."Lenny Johnson"Stolt 4:20
3."For Such a Time"Morse, Trewavas 5:22
4."Lending a Hand"Trewavas 8:43
5."The Return of the Giant Hogweed" Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford Genesis 8:26
6."A Salty Dog" Gary Brooker Procol Harum 4:59
7."I Need You" Gerry Beckley and George Harrison America / The Beatles 4:39
8."Soul Sacrifice" Santana Santana 10:00
Total length:56:27

Notes

Critical reception

In 2020, The Whirlwind was named best progressive rock album of the last 20 years (2000-2019) by The Prog Report. [7]

Personnel

Transatlantic

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 40
French Albums (SNEP) [9] 134
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 45
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 59
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [12] 21

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