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| The Scarecrow | 
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| Artist: Avantasia
Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 6146
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 12065
UPC: 727361206529
EAN: 0727361206529
ASIN: B000ZINGIK
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Deja Vu March 15, 2008
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
Sorry to be a party pooper with all these rave reviews,but apart from two or three tracks,this album is a retread of older Edguy songs.You can name each track if your memory is good enough,but even if you can't,you KNOW them already.The only really original tune is The Toymaster,and to a lesser extent, I Don't Believe in Love,and Lost in Space.In fact part of one track is a total ripoff of a Rob Halford tune.If you've never heard any other Edguy albums,then this will be a good listen nonetheless.
 Tobias Sammet's Scarecrow The Wind that exposes my soul to the bones May 14, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Haunting lyrics, windswept chorus, power vocals with exceeding clearness and talents from many sources woven beautifully together. Tobias Sammet is a genius that defies the age that he is born into. If you love power, melodic metal that blows away classical opera with its story telling and soulful exposure to your deepest center, buy the scarecrow by Avantasia.
 Different band, different direction, different sound. February 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is quite difficult for me to review something like this because there are so many different tastes out there and someone will always disagree, it's only natural. However, I'll try to judge this objectively.
First, in order to purchase this album, you must ask yourself: what kind of metal are you mostly into? The melodic heavy power speed one? Or the cleaner, slower, more sophisticated, more progressive one?
If your answer is the former, you will like Avantasia's "Metal Opera" Parts 1 and 2 more than this record. Those are darker in their moods, the guitar work is more memorable (and the melodies are as well), and they have a signature power metal "uplifting" feeling to them. If, however, your answer is the latter, you might really dig this one. It has crystal clear production, more versatile styles songs, without or with little 'typical power metal' stamps on the melodies, and tempos are generally slower.
I am torn somewhere in the middle of these two. First, I didn't feel it was everything I hoped for in this record. But on the second and third spins I started really getting into the mood of it and started digging it more and more.
Some definite highlights for me were: "Devil in the Belfty", "Another Angel Down", and "I Don't Believe in Your Love". Tobias' voice is superb on all songs and the guitar riffs are nice and heavy. I found myself wishing for a few more (or longer) solos at times...but I am a solo junkie, so that might be a subjective perception. What I did not like very much were some of the slower tracks this time around: "What kind of Love" and "Lost In Space" in particular. Maybe, again, that is because of the lack of any kind of a solo. Also, the title track seems very dragged out in the last 3-4 minutes of the song, almost like Tobias just "wanted" it to feel epic and tried too hard.
So there you have it in a nutshell. I hope you can find this review useful in deciding whether you want to purchase this record or not. I personally give it a very solid 4 stars, there were many very talented musicians on this one. Good job, Tobias!
no title track? WTF? February 23, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I will not buy this from amazon, because the title track is not available. Weak.
MUST HAVE!!! March 8, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Fans of Edguy and Tobias must get this album. It is different in many ways from a standard Edguy album, but excellent nonetheless. It's more geared to wards rock, but with a few heavy songs. The Scarecrow is a great piece of work. The song "I don't believe in your love" is another fine song with an awesome mixture of vocals. Overall the casting if you will for this album was nothing short of genius. Get it.
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