''Shine'' is the fourth studio album by the
symphonic metal band
Edenbridge Edenbridge may mean:
* Edenbridge (band), a symphonic metal band from Austria
*Edenbridge, Kent, a town in England
*Edenbridge, Saskatchewan, a former Jewish settlement in Canada
*Humber Valley Village
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. Produced by
Dennis Ward, it features 12 tracks that have been compared to the style of
Edguy,
Stratovarius
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and
Masterplan.
Reception
The German edition of ''
Metal Hammer
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'' awarded 5 out of 7 points but noted that singer Sabine Edelsbacher could not convey as much
pathos as
Amy Lee
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,
Sharon den Adel or
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. She is a soprano with a three and a half o ...
. She was instead found reminiscent of
Candice Night
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when singing slower, medievally inspired tracks.
[ The reviewer for ''Rock Hard'' wrote that Edenbridge had found a balance between romanticism and ]kitsch
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The avant-garde opposed kitsch as melodramatic and superficial affiliation wi ...
, but requested more uptempo
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tracks.
Track listing
Credits
Musicians
*Sabine Edelsbacher – vocals
*Lanvall – guitar, bass, keyboards
*Roland Navratil – drums
*Andreas Eibler – guitar
Guest musicians
* Dennis Ward – backing vocals
*Astrid Stockhammer – violin
Productions
*Mixed by Dennis Ward
*Mastered by Jürgen Lusky
*Cover Design by Thomas Ewerhard, idea by Mike Koren
References
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2004 albums
Edenbridge (band) albums
Massacre Records albums