Under a Violet Moon

Under a Violet Moon is the second studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released May 25, 1999. Under a Violet Moon won the New Age Voice award for the best vocal album of the year.[2]

Under a Violet Moon
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 25, 1999 (Germany) / July 13, 1999 (United States)
RecordedDuring 1998/1999
GenreCeltic, folk rock, neo-Medieval, hard rock
Length58:49
LabelEdel (Germany)
Platinum Entertainment (United States)
ProducerRitchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman, Roy McDonald
Blackmore's Night chronology
Shadow of the Moon
(1997)
Under a Violet Moon
(1999)
Fires at Midnight
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Under a Violet Moon"Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night4:23
2."Castles and Dreams"Blackmore, Night3:33
3."Past Time with Good Company"trad. by King Henry VIII3:24
4."Morning Star"Blackmore, Night4:41
5."Avalon"trad.3:03
6."Possum Goes to Prague" (Instrumental)Blackmore1:13
7."Wind in the Willows" (feat. John Ford)Alan Bell4:12
8."Gone with the Wind" (Includes "Polyushko-polye" by Lev Knipper, a popular Russian song of mid-1930s.)Blackmore, Knipper, Night5:24
9."Beyond the Sunset" (Instrumental)Blackmore3:45
10."March the Heroes Home"trad. by Michael Praetorius, Blackmore, Night4:39
11."Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well)"trad.5:23
12."Catherine Howard's Fate"Blackmore, Night2:34
13."Fool's Gold"Blackmore, Night3:32
14."Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus" (Instrumental)Blackmore2:31
15."Now and Then" (including the Prelude in C by J.S. Bach)Night3:11
16."Self Portrait" (Rainbow cover)Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio3:19

Personnel

Blackmore's Night
Guest musicians
  • John Ford – vocals, bass on #07, background vocals on #01 & 10
  • Miri Ben-Ari – violin on #04 & 11
  • Peter Rooth – bass on #01 & 16; drum programming on #07 & 08
  • Mick Cervino - additional bass on #04
  • Kevin Dunne – drums
  • Mike Goldberg - military drum on #03
  • Adam Forgione - additional keyboards on #04
  • Jens Johansson – keyboards on #01, 04, 07 & 15
  • Jeff Glixman, Roy McDonald - additional keyboards
  • Jason Chapman - trumpet and flugelhorn on #08
  • Thomas Roth - bagpipes, backing vocals on #10
  • Albert Danneman - bagpipes, backing vocals on #10
  • Albrecht Schmidt-Reinthaler - harpsichord on #10
  • Jost Pogrzeba - percussion on #10
  • Christof Heus - trumpet on #10
  • Adolf Lehnberger - trombone on #10
  • Gell Spitz - trumpet on #10
  • Rolf Spitz - trombone on #10
  • Mark Pender - trumpet
  • Mr. & Mrs. Heller - hurdy-gurdy
  • Scott Hazell, Sue Goehringer, John Gould, Trish - backing vocals

Charts performance

Year Chart Position
1999 Japan 13
Germany 20

Packaging

The albums' cover image is inspired by the German old town street in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r423917
  2. "Ritchie Blackmore discography". Official Blackmore's Night Website. Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-03-27.



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