Blackoustic is a collaborative acoustic album by Stratovarius and Cain's Offering vocalist Timo Kotipelto and ex-Sonata Arctica and Cain's Offering guitarist Jani Liimatainen (credited as Kotipelto & Liimatainen). The album was released on October 19, 2012, and entered the Finnish charts at #13 the first week.[1] The album is self-financed. While initially only sold during performances, the album was eventually released through the Earmusic label, which had released the prior Stratovarius albums since Polaris.[1]

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (October 2012)

Blackoustic
Studio album by Kotipelto & Liimatainen
Released	October 10, 2012 (2012-10-10)[1]
Recorded	2012
Genre	Acoustic rock
Label	Earmusic
Producer	Jani Liimatainen and Timo Kotipelto

All songs from the album are covers, except for "Where My Rainbow Ends" written by Liimatainen. Regarding the song, Liimatainen commented, "I remembered a song I wrote last winter. Originally it was an instrumental track, but after listening back to it I thought that the melody would work very well with vocals. We rearranged the song into our acoustic format and as a slave of habit I wrote the lyrics for it the night before our last day of recording. It turned out surprisingly beautiful and delicate.[1]

After the release of the album the duo began touring, performing in shows taking place through November 23, 2012.[2]

Track listing

Personnel

• Timo Kotipelto – lead vocals, additional acoustic guitar
• Jani Liimatainen – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Matias Kupiainen – mixing, mastering

References