Name: Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection [Bonus CD.
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Beyond the Sunset

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Album: Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection [Bonus CD.
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Once in a Million Years - (previously unreleased)
2)	Be Mine Tonight
3)	Wish You Were Here
4)	Waiting Just for You
5)	Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus
6)	Ghost of a Rose - (Re-Recorded New Version)
7)	Spirit of the Sea
8)	I Still Remember
9)	Castles and Dreams
10)	Beyond the Sunset
11)	Again Someday
12)	Diamonds and Rust
13)	Now and Then
14)	All Because of You - (remix)
1)	Written in the Stars
2)	Morning Star
3)	Play Minstrel Play
4)	Minstrel Hall
5)	Under a Violet Moon

Album: Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection [Bonus CD.
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Once in a Million Years - (previously unreleased)
2)	Be Mine Tonight
3)	Wish You Were Here
4)	Waiting Just for You
5)	Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus
6)	Ghost of a Rose - (Re-Recorded New Version)
7)	Spirit of the Sea
8)	I Still Remember
9)	Castles and Dreams
10)	Beyond the Sunset
11)	Again Someday
12)	Diamonds and Rust
13)	Now and Then
14)	All Because of You - (remix)
1)	Written in the Stars
2)	Morning Star
3)	Play Minstrel Play
4)	Minstrel Hall
5)	Under a Violet Moon

Performer Notes

Includes bonus live DVD.
Personnel: Candice Night.
Recording information: Schloss-Burg Solingen (07/25/2002).
The subtitle says it all. Beyond the Sunset gathers up a dozen of the loveliest love songs from the first four Blackmore's Night albums, plus two previously unreleased cuts, "Once in a Million Years" and an alternate version of the favorite "Ghost of a Rose." That means there's no room for some of the rockier or more rambunctious songs in the band's catalog -- they, no doubt, must wait for The Party Album. But "Be Mine Tonight," "Wish You Were Here," and the title track are all solid classics, while their version of Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust" is sufficiently impassioned to make you forget it has ever been sung before; famously, Baez composed the song around her relationship with the young Bob Dylan, and many of the song's lyrics reflect their preoccupations. Here, you hear them anew and without any of their intended baggage, and it's a truly uplifting experience. In terms of mood, Beyond the Sunset might suffer from a surfeit of singularity, especially if you are accustomed to the full range of Blackmore's Night's emotional punch. But it's a superb introduction and, sometimes, a single mood is all you require. ~ Dave Thompson