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Tales from the Twilight World

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Track listing
Lineup
Guest appearances
Personnel
Charts
Lyrical references
References

{{original research|date=June 2016}}{{refimprove|date=June 2016}}{{Infobox album
| name = Tales from the Twilight World
| type = studio
| artist = Blind Guardian
| cover = Blind guardian tales.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2 October 1990
| recorded = Early 1990 at Karo Studios
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Speed metal^[1]|neoclassical metal^[1]}}
| length = 40:45
| label = No Remorse Records, Virgin Records, Century Media
| producer = Kalle Trapp
| prev_title = Follow the Blind
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Somewhere Far Beyond
| next_year = 1992
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}^[1]
| rev2 = Rock Hard
| rev2score = (9.5/10)^[2]
}}

Tales from the Twilight World is the third studio album that was released in 1990 by Blind Guardian.

Track listing

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|title1 = Traveler in Time
|music1 = Hansi Kürsch and André Olbrich
|length1 = 5:59
|title2 = Welcome to Dying
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|length2 = 4:47
|title3 = Weird Dreams
|music3 = Olbrich
|length3 = 1:19
|title4 = Lord of the Rings
|music4 = Kürsch, Marcus Siepen
|length4 = 3:18
|title5 = Goodbye My Friend
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Thomas "Thomen" Stauch
|length5 = 5:33
|title6 = Lost in the Twilight Hall
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|length6 = 5:58
|title7 = Tommyknockers
|length7 = 5:09
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|title8 = Altair 4
|length8 = 2:26
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|title9 = The Last Candle
|length9 = 5:59
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
}}{{Track listing
|headline = Bonus track{{Ref|Bonus Track|[a]}}
|title10=Run for the Night
|note10= Live
|length10 = 3:42
|music10 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
}}{{Track listing
|headline = 2003 re-release bonus tracks
|title11 = Lords of the Rings
|note11 = Demo
|length11 = 3:57
|writer11 = Kürsch, Siepen
|title12 = To France
|note12 = Mike Oldfield cover
|writer12 = Mike Oldfield
|length12 = 4:39
}}{{Track listing
|headline = 2007 re-release bonus tracks
|title11 = Lost in the Twilight Hall
|note11 = Demo
|music11 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|length11 = 5:58
|title12 = TommyKnockers
|note12 = Demo
|music12 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|length12 = 5:09
}}

a. {{Note|Bonus Track||"Run for the Night" (Live) is featured on the Japanese LP release and all the CD releases. It was recorded in Braunschweig in 1989.}}

Lineup

Hansi Kürsch – vocals and bass
André Olbrich – lead guitar & backing vocals
Marcus Siepen – rhythm guitar & backing vocals
Thomas "Thomen" Stauch – drums

Guest appearances

Kai Hansen (Iron Savior, Helloween, Gamma Ray) - backing vocals, vocals on "Lost in the Twilight Hall" and guitar solo on "The Last Candle".
Piet Sielck (Iron Savior, Savage Circus) - backing vocals & effects
Mathias Wiesner - effects and keyboards
Rolf Köhler, "Hacky" Hackmann and Kalle Trapp - backing vocals

Personnel

Kalle Trapp - producing, mixing and recording
Piet Sielck - second engineer
Charley Rinne - executive producer
Andreas Marshall - cover paintings and idea
Buffo/Charley Rinne - pictures

Charts

{{album chart|Germany4|43|id=59523|artist=Blind Guardian|album=Tales from the Twilight World|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 September 2018}}

Chart (2018)	Peak position

Lyrical references

"Traveler in Time" is based on Frank Herbert's Dune
"Welcome to Dying" is based on Peter Straub's Floating Dragon
"Lord of the Rings" is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
"Tommyknockers" and "Altair 4" are based on Stephen King's The Tommyknockers
"Goodbye My Friend" is inspired by the film E.T.
"Lost in the Twilight Hall" is about the time spent "between worlds" by the wizard Gandalf the Grey after defeating the Balrog of Moria before his reincarnation as Gandalf the White.
"The Last Candle" talks about places and events of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance universe, specially from the "Chronicles" and "Legends" trilogies.

References

1. ^¹²{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r367781|pure_url=no|accessdate=December 2, 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|last=Trojan|first=Frank|title=Rock Hard|work=issue 42}}

2 : 1990 albums|Blind Guardian albums

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