Dreamspace

This article is about the music album. For the art installation and accident, see Maurice Agis.

1994 studio album by Stratovarius

Dreamspace

Studio album by

Stratovarius

Released| 9 February 1994 (1994-02-09)
Studio| Rauhala Estate; Sibelius Academy; University of Helsinki Department of Musicology; Swat Team Palace; Soundtrack Studios
Genre|

* Heavy metal
* power metal

Length| 63:52
Label| Noise
Producer| Timo Tolkki
Stratovarius chronology
| Twilight Time
(1992)  | Dreamspace
(1994)  | Fourth Dimension
(1995)

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Singles from  Dreamspace

1. "Wings of Tomorrow" / "Dreamspace"
Released: 1995[1]

Dreamspace is the third studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 9 February 1994 through Noise Records.[2] It is the last Stratovarius album to feature guitarist Timo Tolkki on vocals (after which Timo Kotipelto became the lead singer on 1995's Fourth Dimension), as well as the first to feature bassist Jari Kainulainen.[3]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]

Steve Huey at AllMusic gave Dreamspace four stars out of five, saying that it "demonstrates the band coming into its own, honing its melodic Euro-metal attack to a razor-sharp point."[4]

## Track listing

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All music is composed by Timo Tolkki

No.| Title| Lyrics| Length

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1.| "Chasing Shadows"| Tolkki| 4:38
2.| "4th Reich"| Tolkki| 5:49
3.| "Eyes of the World"| Tolkki| 5:56
4.| "Hold On to Your Dream"| Tolkki, Tuomo Lassila| 3:34
5.| "Magic Carpet Ride"| Tolkki| 4:49
6.| "We Are the Future"| Tolkki| 5:19
7.| "Tears of Ice"| Tolkki| 5:15
8.| "Dreamspace"| Tolkki| 5:57
9.| "Reign of Terror"| Tolkki| 3:28
10.| "Thin Ice"| Lassila| 4:23
11.| "Atlantis"| (instrumental)| 1:07
12.| "Abyss"| Lassila| 4:59
13.| "Shattered"| Lassila| 3:29
14.| "Wings of Tomorrow"| Tolkki| 5:09
Total length:| 63:52

Japanese edition bonus trackNo.| Title| Lyrics| Length

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15.| "Full Moon"| Tolkki| 4:33

## Personnel

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* Timo Tolkki – vocals, guitar, engineering, mixing, production
* Antti Ikonen – keyboards, computer
* Tuomo Lassila – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8–12, 14), percussion, flute
* Sami Kuoppamäki – drums (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 13)
* Jari Kainulainen – bass guitar
* Sole – oboe
* Mikko Karmila – mixing

## Charts

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Chart (1994)  | Peak
position

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Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 26

## References

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1. ^ "Stratovarius – Wings Of Tomorrow". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
2. ^ "Stratovarius - Dreamspace (album)" Archived October 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
3. ^ "History". stratovarius.com. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
4. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Dreamspace - Stratovarius". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
5. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

## External links

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* Dreamspace at stratovarius.com

* v
* t
* e

Stratovarius

* Timo Kotipelto
* Jens Johansson
* Lauri Porra
* Matias Kupiainen
* Rolf Pilve

* Timo Tolkki
* Tuomo Lassila
* Jörg Michael
* Jari Kainulainen
* Antti Ikonen
* Jari Behm
* Jyrki Lentonen
* Mika Ervaskari
* John Vihervä
* Staffan Stråhlman

Studio albums|

* Fright Night
* Twilight Time
* Dreamspace
* Fourth Dimension
* Episode
* Visions
* Destiny
* Infinite
* Elements Pt. 1
* Elements Pt. 2
* Stratovarius
* Polaris
* Elysium
* Nemesis
* Eternal
* Survive

Live albums|

* Visions of Europe

Compilations|

* Intermission
* Best Of
* Enigma: Intermission 2

Related pages|

* Discography
* Kotipelto
* Cain's Offering
* Revolution Renaissance
* Symfonia
* Blackoustic
* Avalon

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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