Memorial (Moonspell album)
Memorial is the seventh studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on 24 April 2006 by SPV/Steamhammer. The album is available in three versions: a standard edition, a Portugal exclusive with the "Phantom North" bonus track, and a limited digipak edition with the "Atlantic" bonus track.
| Memorial | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 24 April 2006 | |||
| Recorded | November 2005 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 52:02, 59:29 (with hidden track) | |||
| Label | SPV/Steamhammer | |||
| Producer | Waldemar Sorychta | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
On 16 January 2007, Memorial was certified gold by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa for selling over 10,000 copies in Portugal. This is the first time a Portuguese heavy metal group has received this award.[2]
Each of the limited versions and the standard edition end with a different song, but on every version the final track ends with a six-minute wolves-howling outro ("The Sleep of the Sea"), hence there are actually two official versions of "Best Forgotten".
Track listing
CD
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In Memoriam" (instrumental) | 01:25 |
| 2. | "Finisterra" | 04:08 |
| 3. | "Memento Mori" | 04:27 |
| 4. | "Sons of Earth" (instrumental) | 01:51 |
| 5. | "Blood Tells" | 04:08 |
| 6. | "Upon the Blood of Men" | 04:55 |
| 7. | "At the Image of Pain" | 04:21 |
| 8. | "Sanguine" | 05:50 |
| 9. | "Proliferation" (instrumental) | 02:39 |
| 10. | "Once It Was Ours!" | 04:53 |
| 11. | "Mare Nostrum" (instrumental) | 01:56 |
| 12. | "Luna" | 04:42 |
| 13. | "Best Forgotten" (includes 1:27 of silence and a 6-minute hidden track, "The Sleep of the Sea") | 14:14 |
| Total length: | 59:29 | |
Special and digipak edition
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In Memoriam" (instrumental) | 01:25 |
| 2. | "Finisterra" | 04:08 |
| 3. | "Memento Mori" | 04:27 |
| 4. | "Sons of Earth" (instrumental) | 01:51 |
| 5. | "Blood Tells" | 04:08 |
| 6. | "Upon the Blood of Men" | 04:55 |
| 7. | "At the Image of Pain" | 04:21 |
| 8. | "Sanguine" | 05:50 |
| 9. | "Proliferation" (instrumental) | 02:39 |
| 10. | "Once It Was Ours!" | 04:53 |
| 11. | "Mare Nostrum" (instrumental) | 01:56 |
| 12. | "Luna" | 04:42 |
| 13. | "Best Forgotten" | 06:47 |
| 14. | "Atlantic" (bonus track; includes 1:27 of silence and a 6-minute hidden track, "The Sleep of the Sea") | 12:43 |
| Total length: | 64:45 | |
Portuguese edition
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In Memoriam" (instrumental) | 01:25 |
| 2. | "Finisterra" | 04:08 |
| 3. | "Memento Mori" | 04:27 |
| 4. | "Sons of Earth" (instrumental) | 01:51 |
| 5. | "Blood Tells" | 04:08 |
| 6. | "Upon the Blood of Men" | 04:55 |
| 7. | "At the Image of Pain" | 04:21 |
| 8. | "Sanguine" | 05:50 |
| 9. | "Proliferation" (instrumental) | 02:39 |
| 10. | "Once It Was Ours!" | 04:53 |
| 11. | "Mare Nostrum" (instrumental) | 01:56 |
| 12. | "Luna" | 04:42 |
| 13. | "Best Forgotten" | 06:47 |
| 14. | "Phantom North" (bonus track; includes 1:27 of silence and a 6-minute hidden track, "The Sleep of the Sea") | 11:49 |
| Total length: | 65:00 | |
DVD (Special Edition) Live at CC Estudio 2
- "Memento Mori"
- "Blood Tells"
- "Sanguine"
- "Best Forgotten"
Live at Vilar de Mouros
- "In Memoriam"
- "Finisterra"
- "Memento Mori"
- "Blood Tells"
- "Proliferation"
- "Upon the Blood of Men"
Videos
- "Luna"
- "Finisterra"
- "Making of Finisterra"
Vinyl edition
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In Memoriam" | 01:25 |
| 2. | "Finisterra" | 04:08 |
| 3. | "Memento Mori" | 04:27 |
| Total length: | 10:00 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sons of Earth" | 01:51 |
| 2. | "Blood Tells" | 04:08 |
| 3. | "Upon the Blood of Men" | 04:55 |
| 4. | "At the Image of Pain" | 04:21 |
| Total length: | 15:15 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sanguine" | 05:50 |
| 2. | "Proliferation" | 02:39 |
| 3. | "Once It Was Ours!" | 04:53 |
| Total length: | 13:22 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mare Nostrum" | 01:56 |
| 2. | "Luna" | 04:42 |
| 3. | "Best Forgotten" | 06:47 |
| 4. | "Atlantic (bonus track)" | 12:43 |
| Total length: | 26:07 | |
Personnel
- Fernando Ribeiro – vocals
- Ricardo Amorim – guitars, keyboards
- Pedro Paixão – keyboards, samples, guitars
- Miguel Gaspar – drums
Additional musicians
- Waldemar Sorychta – bass
- Raimund Gitsels – violin
- Birgit Zacher – female vocals on "Luna" and "Sanguine"
- Big Boss – vocals on "At the Image of Pain"
Production
- Wojtek Blasiak – artwork, layout
- Adriano Esteves – cover art, layout
- Dennis Koehne – engineering assistant
- Siggi Bemm – engineering assistant
- Waldemar Sorychta – producer, mixing, engineering
- Paulo Moreira – photography
Charts
| Charts (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] | 95 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[4] | 181 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 68 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP)[6] | 1 |
References
- AllMusic review
- "Moonspell: Memorial certified gold in Portugal". Blabbermouth.net. 16 January 2007. Archived from the original on 21 January 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
- "Ultratop.be – Moonspell – Memorial" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- "Lescharts.com – Moonspell – Memorial". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- "Offiziellecharts.de – Moonspell – Memorial" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- "Portuguesecharts.com – Moonspell – Memorial". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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