Fourth Dimension (Stratovarius album) explained

Fourth Dimension
Type:studio
Artist:Stratovarius
Cover:Fourth Dimension (Stratovarius album) cover.jpg
Recorded:June–October 1994
Studio:Soundtrack Studios, Helsinki
Length:59:20
Label:Noise
Producer:Timo Tolkki
Prev Title:Dreamspace
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Episode
Next Year:1996

Fourth Dimension is the fourth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 11 April 1995 through Noise Records.[1] The album is the band's first to feature vocalist Timo Kotipelto as well as the last with keyboardist Antti Ikonen and drummer Tuomo Lassila, thus being the last Stratovarius album to date featuring an all-Finnish line-up.

Founding member and guitarist Timo Tolkki, who had served as the band's vocalist for their first three albums, still provided background vocals on Fourth Dimension before handing over lead singing duties to Kotipelto for all subsequent albums. The track "030366" is likely a reference to Tolkki's birthday of 3 March 1966.

For a couple of months, the recording sessions for this album ran parallel and in the same studio as Tolkki's then-upcoming solo studio album Classical Variations and Themes. In said album, Lassila and Ikonen also provided drums and keyboards, respectively.

Critical reception

Steve Huey at AllMusic described Fourth Dimension as "melodic Euro-metal" and picking up where Dreamspace (1994) left off. He recommended it for fans of Judas Priest, Scorpions and other similar heavy metal bands.[2]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[3] 33
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 26

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stratovarius&titel=Fourth+Dimension&cat=a "Stratovarius - Fourth Dimension (album)"
  2. Huey, Steve. "Fourth Dimension - Stratovarius". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. fi.
  4. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.