| Age of the Joker | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Edguy |
| Cover: | Edguy-Age of The Joker.jpg |
| Caption: | Cover art by Dan Frazier |
| Released: | 26 August 2011 |
| Recorded: | Peppermint-Park, Hannover Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany, April–May 2011 |
| Genre: | Power metal, hard rock |
| Length: | 65:34 |
| Label: | Nuclear Blast |
| Producer: | Sascha Paeth |
| Prev Title: | Fucking with F*** – Live |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
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".[1] A music video was shot for "Robin Hood", featuring German comedian Bernhard Hoecker and parodying the film The Adventures of Robin Hood.[2]
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.[3]
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."
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