Under a Violet Moon is the second studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released May 25, 1999. Under a Violet Moon won the New Age Voice award for the best vocal album of the year.[2]
| Under a Violet Moon | ||||
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| Studio album by Blackmore's Night | ||||
| Released | May 25, 1999 (Germany) / July 13, 1999 (United States) | |||
| Recorded | During 1998/1999 | |||
| Genre | Celtic, folk rock, neo-Medieval, hard rock | |||
| Length | 58:49 | |||
| Label | Edel (Germany) Platinum Entertainment (United States) | |||
| Producer | Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman, Roy McDonald | |||
| Blackmore's Night chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Under a Violet Moon" | Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night | 4:23 |
| 2. | "Castles and Dreams" | Blackmore, Night | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Past Time with Good Company" | trad. by King Henry VIII | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Morning Star" | Blackmore, Night | 4:41 |
| 5. | "Avalon" | trad. | 3:03 |
| 6. | "Possum Goes to Prague" (Instrumental) | Blackmore | 1:13 |
| 7. | "Wind in the Willows" (feat. John Ford) | Alan Bell | 4:12 |
| 8. | "Gone with the Wind" (Includes "Polyushko-polye" by Lev Knipper, a popular Russian song of mid-1930s.) | Blackmore, Knipper, Night | 5:24 |
| 9. | "Beyond the Sunset" (Instrumental) | Blackmore | 3:45 |
| 10. | "March the Heroes Home" | trad. by Michael Praetorius, Blackmore, Night | 4:39 |
| 11. | "Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well)" | trad. | 5:23 |
| 12. | "Catherine Howard's Fate" | Blackmore, Night | 2:34 |
| 13. | "Fool's Gold" | Blackmore, Night | 3:32 |
| 14. | "Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus" (Instrumental) | Blackmore | 2:31 |
| 15. | "Now and Then" (including the Prelude in C by J.S. Bach) | Night | 3:11 |
| 16. | "Self Portrait" (Rainbow cover) | Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio | 3:19 |
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1999 | Japan | 13 |
| Germany | 20 | |
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