Stratovarius "Best Of (Limited Edition Digipak, earMusic, 0210978EMU)"

Best Of is a compilation album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 6 May 2016. It has 28 different songs spanning the band's entire career, hand-picked and remastered by the band. It also includes one new track, Until the end of Days. The album is split into two CDs, the limited edition also containing a third CD with songs from the Wacken 2015 live performance.

Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. Until the End of Days 03:44  
2. My Eternal Dream 06:05   
3. Eagleheart 03:50   
4. Speed of Light 03:06   
5. S.O.S. 04:17
6. Forever Free 06:02  
7. Wings of Tomorrow 05:08
8. No Turning Back 04:22
9. Break the Ice 04:39  
10. Distant Skies 04:10  
11. Will the Sun Rise? 05:07  
12. A Million Light Years Away 05:20   
13. Under Flaming Skies 03:52
14. Darkest Hours 04:11
15. Winter Skies 05:42  
16. I Walk to My Own Song 05:04   
17. Maniac Dance 04:33

Time:  01:19:12  

Disc 2

1. Halcyon Days 05:32   
2. Will My Soul Ever Rest in Peace? 04:56   
3. Destiny 10:15   
4. Paradise 04:28  
5. Deep Unknown 04:28   
6. Elysium 18:06   
7. Black Diamond 05:41
8. If the Story Is Over 06:07  
9. Unbreakable 04:38  
10. Forever 03:07  
11. Shine in the Dark 05:06  
12. Hunting High and Low 04:08   

Time: 01:16:32

 

Disc 3

1. Intro 02:23  
2. Black Diamond (live at Wacken 2015) 05:38  
3. Eagleheart (live at Wacken 2015) 04:59
4. Against the Wind (live at Wacken 2015) 04:19   
5. Dragons (live at Wacken 2015) 04:15
6. Legions of the Twilight (live at Wacken 2015) 05:58   
7. Paradise (live at Wacken 2015) 05:57  
8. Shine in the Dark (live at Wacken 2015) 04:41  
9. Speed of Light (live at Wacken 2015) 03:42   
10. Unbreakable (live at Wacken 2015) 04:56
11. Hunting High and Low (live at Wacken 2015) 08:03   

Time:  54:51  

Limited 3-CD digipak, including a bonus CD which contains ten tracks recorded live at Wacken in 2015. The booklet contains a 2-pages long writing from keyboardist Jens Johansson dated Spring, 2016 and other lines of text written by the whole band.

"Until the End of Days" (track 1, CD1) is a previously unreleased track.

"Legions of the Twilight" (track 6, CD3) is actually "Legions" from Stratovarius' 1997 Visions full-length; though, the official compilation label it with a "full title" taken from one of the lines of the song ("stronger than steel, we're the legions of the twilight").

Recording information:

Remastered in 2016 at the FinnVox Studio in Helsinki, Finland.