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Visions is the sixth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 28 April 1997 through Noise Records. The album reached No. 4 on the Finnish albums chart and remained on that chart for 23 weeks.[1] It is a concept album about Nostradamus.[5]

Visions
Studio album by Stratovarius
Released	28 April 1997 (1997-04-28)[1]
Recorded	October 1996 – February 1997
Studio	Finnvox Studios, Helsinki
Genre	Power metal neoclassical metal
Length	61:01[2]
Label	Noise
Producer	Timo Tolkki
Stratovarius chronology
Episode (1996) Visions (1997) Destiny (1998)
Singles from Visions
"The Kiss of Judas" Released: 1997[3] "Black Diamond" Released: 1997[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Rock Hard	9.5/10[6]

Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Visions four stars out of five, calling it "as ambitious as neoclassical metal gets" and saying "there are some fine moments on the record", but also remarking that "too much of the material sinks under its own weight, particularly the ten-minute title track."[5]

In 2005, the album was ranked No. 297 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[7]

Loudwire named the album at sixth in their list "Top 25 Power Metal Albums of All Time."[8] Metal Hammer also named the album in their list "The 10 essential power metal albums."[9]

Track listing

Personnel

• Timo Kotipelto – lead vocals
• Timo Tolkki – guitar, background vocals, mastering, production
• Jens Johansson – keyboards, harpsichord
• Jörg Michael – drums
• Jari Kainulainen – bass guitar
• Kimmo Blom – background vocals
• Marko Vaara – background vocals
• Richard Johnson – background vocals, lyrical consultation
• James M. Johnson – spoken vocals
• Mikko Karmila – engineering, mixing
• Pauli Saastamoinen – mastering

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1997	Finnish albums chart	4[1]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Visions (Stratovarius album)

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[es] Visions

Visions es el sexto álbum de la banda finlandesa de power metal Stratovarius que salió a la venta el 28 de abril de 1997 por el sello discográfico "T&T Records". El disco contiene 10 canciones (12 en la edición de Japón). Además de ser un álbum conceptual que habla sobre las profecías de Nostradamus, es considerado uno de los mejores discos de power metal de la historia. [cita requerida] Está valorado por muchos músicos del power metal, tales como Tony Kakko de Sonata Arctica, como el mejor disco de Stratovarius. La banda logró su primer disco de oro alcanzando en las listas finlandesa el número 4 y manteniéndose por 24 semanas en el top 40. "Visions" es el único disco de la banda que ha logrado vender 500.000 copias en todo el mundo. El 21 de febrero de 2002 se volvió a lanzar el disco en Japón con 13 canciones, la nueva canción es interpretada por Timo Kotipelto.

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[ru] Visions (альбом Stratovarius)

Visions — шестой студийный альбом финской пауэр-метал-группы Stratovarius, вышедший в 1997 году. Альбом занял 4 место в списке 20 лучших альбомов 1997 года по версии сайта Metal Storm[1].

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