Shadow of the Moon

Shadow of the Moon is the debut studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released June 2, 1997. It stayed on the German charts for 17 weeks.[2] It received a gold certification in Japan for 100,000 albums shipped to stores.[3]

This article is about the musical recording. For similar titles, see In the Shadow of the Moon (disambiguation).
Shadow of the Moon
Studio album by
Blackmore's Night
ReleasedJune 2, 1997 (Europe)
February 17, 1998 (United States)
GenreCeltic, folk, neo-Medieval
Length65:24
LabelEdel (Germany) / Edel America
ProducerPat Regan and Ritchie Blackmore
Blackmore's Night chronology
Shadow of the Moon
(1997)		 Under a Violet Moon
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shadow of the Moon"Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night5:06
2."The Clock Ticks On"trad. by Tielman Susato, Blackmore, Night5:15
3."Be Mine Tonight"Blackmore, Night2:51
4."Play Minstrel Play"trad. by Pierre Attaingnant, Blackmore, Night3:59
5."Ocean Gypsy" (Renaissance cover)Michael Dunford, Betty Thatcher6:06
6."Minstrel Hall" (Instrumental)Blackmore2:36
7."Magical World"trad. Wassail, Blackmore, Night4:02
8."Writing on the Wall"trad. by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Blackmore, Night4:35
9."Renaissance Faire"trad. by Tielman Susato, Blackmore, Night4:16
10."Memmingen" (Instrumental)Blackmore1:05
11."No Second Chance"Blackmore, Night5:39
12."Mond Tanz" (Instrumental; Mondtanz being German for "Moon Dance")Blackmore3:33
13."Spirit of the Sea"Blackmore, Night4:50
14."Greensleeves"trad.3:47
15."Wish You Were Here" (Rednex cover)Leskelä Teijo5:02

Bonus track
US / UK editions
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Possum's Last Dance" (Instrumental)Blackmore2:42
1999 Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Minstrel Hall (strings version)" (Instrumental)Blackmore2:34

Personnel
Guest appearances
  • Ian Anderson – flute on "Play, Minstrel, Play"
  • Scott Hazell – backing vocals on "Play, Minstrel, Play"

Charts performance
Year Chart Position
1997 Japan 11
Germany 25

Notes
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r333767
  2. "Ritchie's Bio". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. Archived from the original on 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  3. "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年1月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. January 2000 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. 484: 8. March 10, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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