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| Blackoustic | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | October 10, 2012[1] |
| Recorded | 2012 |
| Genre | Acoustic rock |
| Label | Earmusic |
| Producer | Jani Liimatainen and Timo Kotipelto |
Blackoustic is a collaborative acoustic album by Stratovarius and Cain's Offering vocalist Timo Kotipelto and ex-Sonata Arctica and Cain's Offering guitarist Jani Liimatainen (credited as Kotipelto & Liimatainen). The album was released on October 19, 2012, and entered the Finnish charts at #13 the first week.[1] The album is self-financed. While initially only sold during performances, the album was eventually released through the Earmusic label, which had released the prior Stratovarius albums since Polaris.[1]
All songs from the album are covers, except for "Where My Rainbow Ends" written by Liimatainen. Regarding the song, Liimatainen commented, "I remembered a song I wrote last winter. Originally it was an instrumental track, but after listening back to it I thought that the melody would work very well with vocals. We rearranged the song into our acoustic format and as a slave of habit I wrote the lyrics for it the night before our last day of recording. It turned out surprisingly beautiful and delicate."[1]
After the release of the album the duo began touring, performing in shows taking place through November 23, 2012.[2]
- ^ a b c d "STRATOVARIUS Singer, Ex-SONATA ARCTICA Guitarist: 'Blackoustic' Lands On Finnish Chart". Blabbermouth.Net. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
- ^ "KOTIPELTO & LIIMATAINEN 'BLACKOUSTIC' - OUT OCTOBER 19TH 2012". earMUSIC. 2012-09-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-10-30.