Name: The Forgotten Tales
Brand: Virgin
SKU: 834983
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The Forgotten Tales

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Album: The Forgotten Tales
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Mr. Sandman
2)	Surfin' U.S.A.
3)	Bright Eyes - (acoustic version)
4)	Lord of the Rings - (orchestral version)
5)	Wizard, The
6)	Spread Your Wings
7)	Mordred's Song - (acoustic version)
8)	Black Chamber - (orchestral version)
9)	Bard's Song, The - (live)
10)	Barbara Ann / Long Tall Sally
11)	Past and Future Secret, A
12)	To France
13)	Theatre of Pain - (prchestral version)

Album: The Forgotten Tales
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Mr. Sandman
2)	Surfin' U.S.A.
3)	Bright Eyes - (acoustic version)
4)	Lord of the Rings - (orchestral version)
5)	Wizard, The
6)	Spread Your Wings
7)	Mordred's Song - (acoustic version)
8)	Black Chamber - (orchestral version)
9)	Bard's Song, The - (live)
10)	Barbara Ann / Long Tall Sally
11)	Past and Future Secret, A
12)	To France
13)	Theatre of Pain - (prchestral version)

Performer Notes

Additional personnel includes: Piet Sielck.
Kicking things off with two of the most bizarre metal cover selections imaginable ("Mr. Sandman" and a lightning-paced, double-kick version of "Surfin' U.S.A."), Forgotten Tales is mixed bag of counter-intuitive tributes and mellowed-out retreads from the Blind Guardian catalog. It might be possible that this lightweight effort is more of a palette cleansing than the halfhearted recording that it appears to be upon first inspection -- considering that this experiment was released just before the incredibly ambitious Nightfall in Middle-Earth and A Night at the Opera. Speaking of Queen titles, "Spread Your Wings" is easily Forgotten Tales' shining moment. Not so surprisingly, the rock & roll treatment of "Barbara Ann/Long Tall Sally" works much better than the metal-ized pop and rock covers mentioned above. The seven Blind Guardian remakes are consistently slow, earnest, and boring, so for those curious about the laid-back Blind Guardian, Forgotten Tales offers more than a little insight into the group's less serious side. Otherwise, there isn't much that will hold the interest of most prog/speed metal fans. ~ Jason Anderson