Edguy "Age Of The Joker (2CDS Digipak, Embossed Sleeve, Germany, Nuclear Blast, NB 2714-0/27361 27140)"

Age of the Joker is the ninth studio album by the German power metal band Edguy. It was released on 26 August 2011 through Nuclear Blast.

Alongside the normal release, a double disc digipak edition was also issued, featuring b-sides, single versions of two album songs, as well as a cover of the Slade hit "Cum on Feel the Noize". A music video was shot for "Robin Hood", featuring German comedian Bernhard Hoecker and parodying the film The Adventures of Robin Hood.

The album was listed at many charts throughout Europe, reaching No. 3 in Germany, No. 10 in Czech Republic, No. 13 in Switzerland, No. 30 in Austria and No. 63 in France.

In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Jon O'Brien wrote: "Age of the Joker makes little concession to anything remotely close to the 21st century, but it's difficult to dislike a record that both wears its retro intentions so boldly on its sleeve and displays a sense of humor that's lacking in many of their fellow over-earnest hair metal revivalists."

Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. Robin Hood 08:26  
2. Nobody's Hero 04:33   
3. Rock of Cashel 06:20
4. Pandora's Box 06:47   
5. Breathe 05:05
6. Two Out of Seven 04:29  
7. Faces in the Darkness 05:24
8. The Arcane Guild 05:00
9. Fire on the Downline 05:48
10. Behind the Gates to Midnight World 08:58   
11. Every Night Without You 04:52

Time:  01:05:42  

Disc 2

1. God Fallen Silent 05:04  
2. Aleister Crowley Memorial Boogie 04:34
3. Cum on Feel the Noize (Slade cover) 03:53
4. Standing in the Rain 04:02   
5. Robin Hood (Single Version) 04:54   
6. Two Out of Seven (Single Version) 03:39

Time:  26:06  

Recording information:

Produced by Sascha Paeth.

Recorded at Peppermint-Park - Hanover & Gatestudio - Wolfsburg in April & May 2011.

Recorded by Sascha Paeth, Oiaf Reitmeier and Simon Oberender.

Mixed & mastered at Gatestudio - Wolfsburg, Germany.

Mixed by Sascha Paeth.

Olaf Reitmeier - engineer

Simon Oberender - engineer, mastering