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Poets and Madmen is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Savatage, released in 2001. It was their last album before their 12-year hiatus, which lasted from 2002 to 2014. The album has a loose concept inspired by the career and death of journalist Kevin Carter, but has much less narrative in the lyrics than the previous two rock operas (Dead Winter Dead and The Wake of Magellan) penned by Paul O'Neill. Everything said in the album is fiction, except with regards to what is sung about Carter.[5] The album is also noted as it is the only Savatage album to not feature a title song from the album, although the title was taken from lyrics to the track "Symmetry" from the band's 1994 album, Handful of Rain.

Poets and Madmen
Studio album by Savatage
Released	March 13, 2001
Recorded	1999–2001
Studio	Soundtrack Studios and Studio 900 (overdubs), New York City
Genre	Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length	62:36
Label	SPV/Steamhammer Nuclear Blast America (US only)
Producer	Paul O'Neill, Jon Oliva
Savatage chronology
Believe (1998) Poets and Madmen (2001) Still the Orchestra Plays (2010)
Singles from Poets and Madmen
"Commissar" Released: February 5, 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Metal Hammer (GER)	7/7[2]
Metal Rules	4.5/5[3]
Rock Hard	8.0/10[4]

The album was the first since Streets: A Rock Opera in 1991 to feature the band's original vocalist Jon Oliva on lead vocals for all songs after the amicable departure of Zachary Stevens. It is also the first Savatage album to have guitarist Chris Caffery playing the majority of the guitar solos. This is partly due to the departure of Al Pitrelli, who left to join Megadeth prior to the album's release. However, Pitrelli was credited with the outro of "Stay With Me Awhile," the main solo of "Morphine Child," the main solo of "The Rumor," and the first part of the main solo and the outro of "Commissar".[5] The United States bonus track "Shotgun Innocence" was originally a bonus track on the Japanese release of Edge of Thorns in 1993 and features Zachary Stevens on lead vocals, and the late Criss Oliva on guitar.

The album cover was drawn by Edgar Jerins, who was responsible for the covers of Dead Winter Dead and The Wake of Magellan.[6]

Track listing

Personnel

Savatage

• Jon Oliva – lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar, co-producer
• Chris Caffery – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, backing vocals
• Jeff Plate – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Bob Kinkel – additional keyboards, backing vocals
• Al Pitrelli – additional guitars on tracks "Stay with Me Awhile", "Commissar", "Morphine Child" and "The Rumor"
• John West – backing vocals
• Zachary Stevens – lead vocals on track 12 of US edition
• Criss Oliva – guitars on track 12 of US edition

Production

• Paul O'Neill – producer
• Dave Wittman – engineer, mixing
• Bob Kinkel – additional engineering
• Darren Rapp, Ed Osbeck – assistant engineers
• Kevin Hodge – mastering at the Master Cutting Room, New York
• Jeff Thompson, Chris Rich, Ken Thornhill – studio managers
• Edgar Jerins – cover art
• Deborah Lauren – design

Charts

References

External links

• The Story of Poets and Madmen

На других языках

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- [en] Poets and Madmen

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[es] Poets and Madmen

Poets and Madmen (en español - poetas y locos) es el undécimo álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense Savatage, publicado en el 2001. El álbum está inspirado en la carrera y muerte del periodista Kevin Carter, aunque es mucho menos narrativo que sus trabajos conceptuales anteriores (Dead Winter Dead y The Wake of Magellan) escritos por Paul O'Neill. El disco marca el regreso a la formación del cantante y teclista Jon Oliva.[2]

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[ru] Poets and Madmen

Poets and Madmen — одиннадцатый и последний на настоящее время полноформатный студийный альбом американской группы Savatage, выпущенный в 2001 году.

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