# Dreamspace

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{{About|the music album|the art installation and accident|Maurice Agis}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Dreamspace
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Stratovarius](/source/Stratovarius)
| cover      = Dreamspace cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1994|2|9|df=y}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = Rauhala Estate; [Sibelius Academy](/source/Sibelius_Academy); [University of Helsinki](/source/University_of_Helsinki) Department of Musicology; Swat Team Palace; Soundtrack Studios
| genre      = {{hlist|[Heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music)|[power metal](/source/power_metal)}}
| length     = {{Duration|m=63|s=52}}
| label      = [Noise](/source/Noise_Records)
| producer   = [Timo Tolkki](/source/Timo_Tolkki)
| prev_title = [Twilight Time](/source/Twilight_Time_(album))
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = [Fourth Dimension](/source/Fourth_Dimension_(Stratovarius_album))
| next_year  = 1995
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Dreamspace
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Wings of Tomorrow" / "Dreamspace
 | single1date = 1995<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Stratovarius-Wings-Of-Tomorrow/release/2162354 "Stratovarius – Wings Of Tomorrow"]. [Discogs](/source/Discogs). Retrieved 2014-10-18.</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Dreamspace''''' is the third studio album by [power metal](/source/power_metal) band [Stratovarius](/source/Stratovarius), released on 9 February 1994 through [Noise Records](/source/Noise_Records).<ref name=finnishcharts>[http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stratovarius&titel=Dreamspace&cat=a "Stratovarius - Dreamspace (album)"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023044751/http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stratovarius&titel=Dreamspace&cat=a |date=October 23, 2014 }}. ''finnishcharts.com''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-10-18.</ref> It is the last Stratovarius album to feature guitarist [Timo Tolkki](/source/Timo_Tolkki) on vocals (after which [Timo Kotipelto](/source/Timo_Kotipelto) became the lead singer on 1995's ''[Fourth Dimension](/source/Fourth_Dimension_(Stratovarius_album))''), as well as the first to feature bassist [Jari Kainulainen](/source/Jari_Kainulainen).<ref name=history>[http://old.stratovarius.com/index2.php?section=history "History"]. stratovarius.com. Retrieved 2014-10-18.</ref> Sami Kuoppamäki was asked to record drums for some of the songs after drummer Tuomo Lassila was unable to finish the sessions due to tendonitis.

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1       = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score  = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic/>
}}

Steve Huey at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) gave ''Dreamspace'' four stars out of five, saying that it "demonstrates the band coming into its own, honing its melodic Euro-metal attack to a razor-sharp point."<ref name=allmusic>Huey, Steve. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/dreamspace-mw0000760977 "Dreamspace - Stratovarius"]. ''[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)''. [All Media Network](/source/All_Media_Network). Retrieved 2014-10-18.</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_music = [Timo Tolkki](/source/Timo_Tolkki)
| title1 = Chasing Shadows
| lyrics1 = Tolkki
| length1 = 4:38
| title2 = 4th Reich
| lyrics2 = Tolkki
| length2 = 5:49
| title3 = Eyes of the World
| lyrics3 = Tolkki
| length3 = 5:56
| title4 = Hold On to Your Dream
| lyrics4 = Tolkki, [Tuomo Lassila](/source/Tuomo_Lassila)
| length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Magic Carpet Ride
| lyrics5 = Tolkki
| length5 = 4:49
| title6 = We Are the Future
| lyrics6 = Tolkki
| length6 = 5:19
| title7 = Tears of Ice
| lyrics7 = Tolkki
| length7 = 5:15
| title8 = Dreamspace
| lyrics8 = Tolkki
| length8 = 5:57
| title9 = Reign of Terror
| lyrics9 = Tolkki
| length9 = 3:28
| title10 = Thin Ice
| lyrics10 = Lassila
| length10 = 4:23
| title11 = Atlantis
| lyrics11 = (instrumental)
| length11 = 1:07
| title12 = Abyss
| lyrics12 = Lassila
| length12 = 4:59
| title13 = Shattered
| lyrics13 = Lassila
| length13 = 3:29
| title14 = Wings of Tomorrow
| lyrics14 = Tolkki
| length14 = 5:09
| total_length = 63:52
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title15 = Full Moon
| lyrics15 = Tolkki
| length15 = 4:33
}}

==Personnel==
*[Timo Tolkki](/source/Timo_Tolkki) – vocals, guitar, [engineering](/source/audio_engineer), [mixing](/source/mixing_engineer), [production](/source/record_producer)
*Antti Ikonen – keyboards, computer
*[Tuomo Lassila](/source/Tuomo_Lassila) – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8–12, 14), [percussion](/source/percussion_instrument), [flute](/source/flute)
*[Sami Kuoppamäki](/source/Sami_Kuoppam%C3%A4ki) – drums (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 13)
*[Jari Kainulainen](/source/Jari_Kainulainen) – bass guitar
*Sole – [oboe](/source/oboe)
*Mikko Karmila – mixing

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (1994)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([Oricon](/source/Oricon))<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[Oricon Entertainment](/source/Oricon)|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| align="center"| 26
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.stratovarius.com/pages/albums.php?item=13 Dreamspace] at stratovarius.com

{{Stratovarius}}

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Category:Stratovarius albums
Category:1994 albums
Category:Noise Records albums

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