Ancient Dreams is the third studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released in 1988 and reissued in 2001 by Powerline Records with a bonus CD. The cover art of the album is a painting made by Thomas Cole, second in his series, "The Voyage of Life", entitled "Youth". Ancient Dreams was the first Candlemass album to chart in the US, debuting at No. 174 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
"Epistle 81" (Märk hur vår skugga), was written by Swedish poet/musician Carl Michael Bellman (1740 – 1795). "Incarnation of Evil" is actually a reworked version of the old Nemesis track "Black Messiah."
The band were not happy with the album's sound mix for which they blamed their then record label. The band felt that the album production had been rushed in order to have the LP released in time for their US tour.
Tracklist:
Disc 1
- Mirror Mirror 06:16
- A Cry from the Crypt 07:25
- Darkness in Paradise 06:46
- Incarnation of Evil 07:18
- Bearer of Pain 07:22
- Ancient Dreams 07:04
- The Bells of Acheron 05:20
- Epistle No. 81 (Bellman cover) 04:37
- Black Sabbath Medley 06:14
Time: 58:22
Disc 2 - Bonus Disc
- Mirror Mirror (live) 05:20
- The Bells of Acheron (live) 05:01
- Bearer of Pain (live) 06:11
- A Cry from the Crypt (live) 03:36
- Interview 23:52
- Mirror Mirror (video) 06:14
Time: 50:14
- Track 9, "The Black Sabbath Medley", is a non-lp bonus track consisting of: "Symptom of the Universe", "Sweet Leaf", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", "Into the Void", "Electric Funeral", "Supernaut" and "Black Sabbath", in that order.
- The cover is a portion of Journey of Life: Youth (1842) by the American painter Thomas Cole.
- "Epstle 81" (Märk hur vår skugga), was written by Swedish poet/musician Carl Michael Bellman (1740 - 1795).
The video of "Mirror Mirror" is in MPG-format. Directed by Michael Johansson & Ulf Magnusson.
Booklet features lyrics, photos and brief 'synopsis' of the songs by Leif Edling.
Recording information:
Tracks 1-9:
- Recorded August 1988 at Nacka Recording House, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Mixed at Montezuma Recording, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Mastered at Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Remastered at Masterplant Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Produced by Candlemass.
Rex Gisslén – mixing at Montezuma Studios, Stockholm
Peter Dahl – mastering at Polar Studios, Stockholm
Wendy Kramer – artwork, graphics
Micke Lind – remastering
Micke Mårtensson – artwork, layout
Ulf Magnusson – photography
- Track 2:1 recorded live at the Elm Street Club in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Track 2:2 recorded live in Holland.
- Track 2:3 recorded during the 1990 Candlemass - Live album, but omitted from the final cut. Taken from a mixing board back-up tape.
- Track 2:4 recorded live in Milton Keynes.
- Track 2:5 is an interview with Lars Johansson, Leif Edling & Messiah Marcolin conducted by Martin Carlsson for Megalomaniac zine.
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