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Somewhere Out in Space

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Track listing
Japanese Version Bonus Track 2003 Bonus Tracks
Lyrical Concepts
Credits
Guest Musicians
References

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| name = Somewhere Out in Space
| type = studio
| artist = Gamma Ray
| cover = Somewhere out in Space.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 25, 1997
March 18, 2003 (Re-release)
| recorded = 1996-1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Speed metal, power metal
| length = 57:16 (1997)
| label = Noise Records
| producer = Kai Hansen & Dirk Schlächter
| prev_title = Land of the Free
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Power Plant
| next_year = 1999
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} ^[1]
| rev2 = Sputnikmusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}} ^[2]
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Somewhere Out in Space is an album by German power metal band, Gamma Ray. It was released on August 25, 1997 and is the band's fifth studio album. Continuing in the tradition of the previous four albums, it contained yet another different lineup, but would also be the first album to feature the band's longest standing lineup. The album featured Dirk Schlächter on bass for the first time since his guest appearance on Heading for Tomorrow, Henjo Richter on guitar and Dan Zimmermann on drums.

The track "Watcher in the Sky" was recorded by Iron Savior and appears on their self-titled 1997 album. It features Piet Sielck on guitar and additional

vocals, and Thomen Stauch on drums.

The track "No Stranger (Another Day In Life)" was originally written as a contribution to Michael Kiskes solo album, but since Kiske rejected it as "too heavy" Hansen instead decided to record it with Gamma Ray.

"Miracle" is effectively a stylized version of "Man On a Mission" from "Land of the Free", Gamma Ray's previous album. It has very similar lyrics, an identical chorus, and similar chord progressions, but at a slower tempo.

The song "Men, Martians and Machines" begins with the "five tones" from the 1977 film Close Encounters Of The Third Kind played on strings.

Track listing

{{Track listing
| title1 = Beyond the Black Hole
| lyrics1 = Kai Hansen
| music1 = Hansen/Dirk Schlächter/Dan Zimmermann
| length1 = 6:00
| title2 = Men, Martians and Machines
| lyrics2 = Hansen
| music2 = Hansen
| length2 = 3:52
| title3 = No Stranger (Another Day in Life)
| lyrics3 = Hansen
| music3 = Hansen
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = Somewhere Out in Space
| lyrics4 = Hansen
| music4 = Hansen
| length4 = 5:27
| title5 = The Guardians of Mankind
| lyrics5 = Henjo Richter
| music5 = Richter
| length5 = 5:01
| title6 = The Landing
| lyrics6 = Hansen
| music6 = Schlächter
| length6 = 1:16
| title7 = Valley of the Kings
| lyrics7 = Hansen
| music7 = Hansen
| length7 = 3:51
| title8 = Pray
| lyrics8 = Hansen
| music8 = Schlächter
| length8 = 4:45
| title9 = The Winged Horse
| lyrics9 = Richter
| music9 = Richter
| length9 = 7:02
| title10 = Cosmic Chaos
| lyrics10 = Zimmermann
| music10 = Zimmermann
| length10 = 0:48
| title11 = Lost in the Future
| lyrics11 = Hansen
| music11 = Schlächter
| length11 = 3:40
| title12 = Watcher in the Sky
| note12 = featuring Piet Sielck
| lyrics12 = Hansen/Piet Sielck
| music12 = Hansen/Sielck
| length12 = 5:19
| title13 = Rising Star
| lyrics13 = Schlächter
| music13 = Schlächter
| length13 = 0:51
| title14 = Shine On
| lyrics14 = Hansen
| music14 = Schlächter
| length14 = 6:52
}}

Japanese Version Bonus Track

{{Track listing
| title15 = Return to Fantasy
| note15 = Uriah Heep cover
| lyrics15 = David Byron/Ken Hensley
| music15 = Byron/Hensley
| length15 = 5:16
}}

2003 Bonus Tracks

{{Track listing
| title15 = Return to Fantasy
| note15 = Uriah Heep cover
| lyrics15 = Byron/Hensley
| music15 = Byron/Hensley
| length15 = 5:16
| title16 = Miracle
| lyrics16 = Hansen
| music16 = Hansen
| length16 = 7:17
| title17 = Victim of Changes
| note17 = Judas Priest cover
| lyrics17 = Al Atkins/K.K. Downing/Rob Halford/Glenn Tipton
| music17 = Atkins/Downing/Halford/Tipton
| length17 = 7:23
}}

"Miracle" also appears on the Silent Miracles EP.
"Victim of Changes" also appears on the Valley Of The Kings EP.

Lyrical Concepts

"Beyond the Black Hole" is about travelling the unknown space to discover black holes.
"Somewhere Out in Space" is about the fictional series Star Trek.
"The Landing" and "Valley of the Kings" is about the arrival of aliens on Earth millions of years ago.
"Pray" is about the end of hope for the human race to be saved from extinction.
"Shine On" is about the theory that extraterrestrial life visited Earth long before and planted the seeds of mankind.

Credits

Kai Hansen - Vocals, guitars
Dirk Schlächter - 4 and 5-string electric bass
Dan Zimmermann - Drums
Henjo Richter - Guitars, keyboards

Guest Musicians

Piet Sielck - Vocals, guitars (12)
Thomen Stauch - Drums (12)

References

1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r331395}}
2. ^Somewhere Out in Space review on Sputnikmusic

5 : 1997 albums|Gamma Ray (band) albums|Noise Records albums|Alien invasions in music|Albums produced by Kai Hansen

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