Reason (Shaman album) explained

Reason
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shaman
Cover:	Shaaman_reason.jpg
Released:	August 23, 2005
Recorded:	Creative Studios, Nossoestudio, São Paulo, Brazil Fasm Auditorium, São Paulo, Brazil Sonhos e Sons, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany
Genre:	Heavy metal, power metal
Length:	49:20
Label:	Deckdisc (Brazil) AFM (Europe and US) Victor (Japan)
Producer:	Sascha Paeth, Philip Colodetti, Shaman
Prev Title:	RituAlive
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Immortal
Next Year:	2007

Reason is the second studio album by the Brazilian heavy metal band Shaman, first released in 2005. "Innocence" was released as the band's first single.^[1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by André Matos, except "More" (lyrics by Andrew Eldritch).

Personnel

Shaaman

• André Matos – vocals, piano, keyboards
• Hugo Mariutti – guitars
• Luís Mariutti – bass
• Ricardo Confessori – drums

Additional personnel

• Miro – keyboard arrangements and programming, sound effects
• Junior Rossetti – keyboards, sound effects
• Fabio Ribeiro – organ
• Marcus Viana – violin, cello, Indian dioruba, rabbab
• Helder Araujo – sitar, tablas
• Amanda Somerville – backing vocals, narration, vocal coaching
• The São Paulo State Symphony Ensamble:
  • Svetlana Terechkova, Andrea Campos Misiuk, Soraya Landim, Matthew Thomas Thorpe, Camila Tamae Yasuca, Cesar Augusto Miranda – violins
  • Svetlana Bogatyreva, Tania Campos Kier – violas
  • Douglas Kier, Wilson Sampaio – cellos

Production

• Sascha Paeth – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
• Philip Colodetti – co-producer, engineer, mastering
• Glenn Zolotar, Ricardo Nagata, Luizinho Mazzei, Eduardo Avellar, Evandro Lopez – engineers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shaman - Reason . 2012-10-13 . Encyclopaedia Metallum.