{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Beyond Abilities | type = Album | artist = Warmen | cover = Beyond Abilities.jpg | alt = | released = 29 October 2001 | recorded = 2001 | venue = | studio = | genre = Power metal, neoclassical metal | length = 46:29 | label = Spinefarm Records | producer = Janne Wirman | prev_title = Unknown Soldier | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Accept the Fact | next_year = 2005 | misc = {{Singles | name = Beyond Abilities | type = Studio | single1 = Alone | single1date = 2001<ref name="AloneCharts">{{cite web |title=Warmen: Alone |url=http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/warmen/alone |website=Official Finnish Charts |publisher=Musiikkituottajat |access-date=30 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905003858/http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/warmen/alone |archive-date=5 September 2011 |language=Finnish |url-status=dead}}</ref> }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''AllMusic'' | rev1Score = 4/5<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last1=Torreano |first1=Bradley |title=Beyond Abilities Review by Bradley Torreano |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/beyond-abilities-mw0000657271#review |website=AllMusic |publisher=NETAKTION LLC |access-date=30 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607121228/https://www.allmusic.com/album/beyond-abilities-mw0000657271#review |archive-date=7 June 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Metal.de'' | rev2Score = 8/10<ref name="Metal.de">{{cite web |author1=Nephil |title=Warmen - Beyond Abilities Review |url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/warmen-beyond-abilities-2008/ |website=Metal.de |access-date=30 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130155652/https://www.metal.de/reviews/warmen-beyond-abilities-2008/ |archive-date=30 November 2021 |language=German |date=22 January 2002 |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev3 = ''{{ill|Powermetal.de|de|Powermetal.de}}'' | rev3Score = 6.5/10<ref name="Powermetal.de1">{{cite web |last1=Kubaschk |first1=Peter |title=Review - WARMEN - Beyond Abilities |url=https://powermetal.de/review/review-Warmen/Beyond_Abilities,1260,1289.html |website={{ill|Powermetal.de|de|Powermetal.de}} |access-date=30 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250530152853/https://powermetal.de/review/review-Warmen/Beyond_Abilities,1260,1289.html |archive-date=30 May 2025 |language=German |date=30 January 2002 |url-status=live}}</ref> }} '''''Beyond Abilities''''' is the second studio album by the Finnish power metal band Warmen, released in 2001. It has more tracks with vocals than its predecessor, ''Unknown Soldier''. The CD's name and title track, as well as the track "Salieri Strikes Back" come from the movie ''Amadeus''. "Alone" was released as a single and peaked at number 15 on the Official Finnish Charts.<ref name="AloneCharts"/>
==Reception== AllMusic wrote: "This is actually a very tight album, and the band not only plays but also writes memorable songs."<ref name="AllMusic"/> ''Metal.de'' called all the musicians extraordinary talented and placed the band in the top league of melodic metal.<ref name="Metal.de"/> A reviewer for ''{{ill|Powermetal.de|de|Powermetal.de}}'' highlighted the title track and "War of Worlds" as particularly well-executed and said the band sounds like Stratovarius.<ref name="Powermetal.de1"/> Another reviewer for Powermetal.de called the album pretentious and incredibly boring.<ref name="Powermetal.de2">{{cite web |last1=Dorn |first1=Rouven |title=Review - WARMEN - Beyond Abilities |url=https://powermetal.de/review/review-Warmen/Beyond_Abilities,1260,1290.html |website={{ill|Powermetal.de|de|Powermetal.de}} |access-date=30 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250530153143/https://powermetal.de/review/review-Warmen/Beyond_Abilities,1260,1290.html |archive-date=30 May 2025 |language=German |date=30 January 2002 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{ill|Vampster|de|Vampster}} gave an overall positive review and noted "Alone" as one of the highlights on the album.<ref name="Vampster">{{cite web |author1=Fierce |title=Reviews - WARMEN: Beyond Abilities |url=https://vampster.com/cd-reviews/warmen-beyond-abilities/ |website={{ill|Vampster|de|Vampster}} |access-date=4 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202192053/https://vampster.com/cd-reviews/warmen-beyond-abilities/ |archive-date=2 December 2023 |language=German |date=21 January 2002 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Track listing== # "Beyond Abilities" – 3:27 (Janne Wirman, Antti Wirman) # "Spark" (feat. Timo Kotipelto) – 4:31 (J. Wirman, Kotipelto, Marty Willson-Piper) # "Hidden" (feat. Kimberly Goss) – 3:27 (Roy Buchanan, Goss, J. Wirman, A. Wirman) # "Trip To..." – 3:07 (J. Wirman) # "Dawn" (feat. Pasi Nykänen) – 4:05 (Nykänen, Lauri Porra, J. Wirman) # "Singer's Chance" (feat. Timo Kotipelto) – 5:03 (Kotipelto, J. Wirman) # "Alone" (feat. Kimberly Goss) (Heart cover) – 3:46 (Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) # "Confessions" – 2:46 (Porra, J. Wirman) # "Salieri Strikes Back" – 5:17 (Porra, J. Wirman) # "War of Worlds" – 3:47 (J. Wirman) # "Finale" – 6:33 (Traditional, arr. J. Wirman) # "Dead Reflection" (feat. Kimberly Goss & Maija Salo) (Japanese bonus track) # "E.W.O. Suite No.1" (Japanese bonus track)
==Album notes== "Confessions" is a piano solo, but uses quotes from the movie ''Amadeus''. The track "Beyond Abilities" also uses a quote from that movie, "A young man trying to impress beyond his abilities. Too much spice, too, um... too many notes." The track "Salieri Strikes Back" is named after the character Salieri from the movie, and a real-life rival of Mozart.
==Personnel== *Timo Kotipelto, Kimberly Goss, Pasi Nykänen: all vocals *Janne Wirman: keyboards, synthesizers, piano *Mikko Karmila: grand piano *Antti Wirman, Sami Virtanen: guitars *Lauri Porra: bass guitar *Mirka Rantanen: drums, percussion
===Production=== *Arranged and produced by Janne Wirman *Recorded and engineered by Janne Wirman, Mikko Karmila and Sami Virtanen *Mixed by Mikko Karmila *Mastered by Mika Jussila
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==External links== *[http://www.discogs.com/Warmen-Beyond-Abilities/release/827748 ''Beyond Abilities'' at Discogs]
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