Welcome to the Show (album)

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Welcome to the Show
Welcome To The Show.jpg
Studio album by
Released2004
Genre Heavy metal
Length45:16
Label Dark Minstrel Music
Evil Masquerade chronology
Welcome to the Show
(2004)
Theatrical Madness
(2005)

Welcome to the Show is the debut studio album by the Danish heavy metal band Evil Masquerade. It almost immediately received worldwide recognition and made the charts in Japan at number 8. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Intro (Ride of the Valkyries/Grand Opening)" – 1:42
  2. "Welcome to the Show" – 3:10
  3. "The Wind Will Rise" – 4:53
  4. "Oh Harlequin" – 5:05
  5. "Surprises in the Dark" – 5:35
  6. "But You Were Smiling..." – 4:05
  7. "Children of the Light" – 4:19
  8. "Lucy the Evil" – 6:09
  9. "Badinerie" – 1:36
  10. "Deliver Us" – 5:17
  11. "Evil Masquerade" – 4:07

The Japanese version of the album contains the bonus track:
Kimi ga Yo (君が代).

Personnel

Evil Masquerade
Additional musicians
Additional personnel

First part of "Intro" is a newly arranged version of Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, "Badinerie" origins from the Orchestral Suite (BWV 1067) No. 2 in B minor for flute and strings by Johann Sebastian Bach, "Deliver Us" by Göran Jacobsson/Henrik Flyman.

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References

  1. "Evil Masquerade | Dark Minstrel Music". darkminstrelmusic.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-20.