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Saturday, November 14, 2015

Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Letters From The Labyrinth"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Symphonic, Neo-Classical, Prog Related, Rock
LabelUniversal Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 13, 2015
Tracklist
1. Time & Distance (The Dash) (3:44)
2. Madness Of Men (4:11)
3. Prometheus (3:39)
4. Mountain Labyrinth (3:15)
5. King Rurik (3:11)
6. Prince Igor (3:04)
7. The Night Conceives (3:38)
8. Forget About The Blame (Sun Version) (4:15)
9. Not Dead Yet (3:28)
10. Past Tomorrow (3:22)
11. Stay (2:58)
12. Not The Same (3:41)
13. Who I Am (2:49)
14. Lullaby Night (2:44)
15. Forget About The Blame (Moon Version (Bonus Track)) [feat. Lzzy Hale] (4:16)
16. A Mad Russian's Christmas (Live) (3:58)

Total time 56:13

Line-up
Paul O'Neill - Guitars
Jon Oliva - Keyboards, Guitar, Bass
Al Pitrelli - Lead, RhythmGuitars
Luci Butler - Keyboards
Chris Caffery - Guitars
Roddy Chong - Violin
Angus Clark - Guitars
Joe Hoekstra - Guitars
Mee Eun Kim - Keyboards
Vitalij Kuprij - Keyboards
Jane Mangini - Keyboards
Asha Mevlana - Violin
John Lee Middleton - Bass
John O. Reilly - Drums
Jeff Plate - Drums
Derek Wieland - Keyboards
David Zablidowsky - Bass
Dave Wittmann - Drum, Guitar and Bass inserts

Jeff Scott Soto - Vocals (3)
Adrienne Warren  - Vocals (11), Background Vocals (1)
Jenifer Cella - Vocals (10)
Kayla Reeves - Vocals (7, 12), Background Vocals (1)
Robin Borneman - Vocals (15)
Russell Allen - Vocals (9)
Lzzy Hale - Vocals (15)

Lucille Jacobs, Minni W. Leonard, Keith Jacobs - Background Vocals (8)
Danielle Sample, Erika Jerry, Chloe Lowery, Dari Mahnic, Bart Shatto, Andrew Ross, John Brink, Natalya Piette, Jodi Katz, James Lewis, Georgia Napolitano, Tim Hockenberry  - Background Vocals (13)
Danielle Sample, Chloe Lowery, Ava Davis, Andrew Ross, Chris Pinella, Rob Evan, Parker Cipes, Phillip Brandon, Dustin Brayley, April Berry, Autumn Guzzardi - Background Vocals (1)

Roddy Chong, Lowel Adams, Asha Mevlana, Nancy Chang, Lei Lui - Strings
Jon Tucker, Kenneth Brentley, Jay Coble, Ashby Wilkins - Horns

Description/Reviews
'Labyrinth' is TSO's first album of individual, unconnected songs, the 14-track set is knit together by the serious underpinning of the songs, whether it's the sweeping overview of humanity on 'Time & Distance', the concerns of world banking irregularities on 'Not Dead Yet', the anti-bullying message of 'Not The Same' (which O'Neill co-wrote with his daughter) or the learn-from-the-past studies of 'Prince Igor and 'King Rurik'. In some ways it's a straight ahead album, and in some ways it's not. It's blatantly out of the box more music-driven as opposed to story- and music-driven. The world is a mess right now, so 'Letters From the Labyrinth' examines some of the problems we're facing now. You can enjoy them as songs, but they're there to make you think.
Media/Samples 
Forget About The Blame (Moon Version) [feat. Lzzy Hale]
Samples

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