Spirit (Eluveitie album)

Spirit is the debut studio album by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. It was released on June 1, 2006, by Fear Dark Records and re-released by Twilight Records in 2007.[5]

Spirit
Studio album by
Released1 June 2006
RecordedDecember 2005
StudioKlangschmiede Studio E
Ballhorn Studio (Kyburg, Zürich, Switzerland)
GenreFolk metal, melodic death metal, Celtic metal
Length50:50
LabelFear Dark
ProducerTobias Schönemann[1]
Eluveitie studio album chronology
Spirit
(2006)
Slania
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos[2]
The Metal Observer[3]
Sputnik Music[4]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Chrigel Glanzmann; all music is composed by Glanzmann, except "Of Fire, Wind & Wisdom" and "The Endless Knot" composed by Glanzmann and Ivo Henzi

No.TitleLength
1."Spirit"2:32
2."Uis Elveti"4:24
3."Your Gaulish War"5:11
4."Of Fire, Wind & Wisdom"3:05
5."Aidû"3:10
6."The Song of Life"4:01
7."Tegernakô"6:42
8."Siraxta"5:39
9."The Dance of Victory"5:24
10."The Endless Knot"7:00
11."AnDro"3:35
Total length:50:50

Personnel

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  • Accordion – Toby Roth
  • Accordion [Zugerörgeli (helvetic Accordeon)] – Sarah Wauquiez
  • Acoustic Guitar – Chrigel Glanzmann
  • Arranged By – Eluveitie
  • Artwork By [Booklet] – Chrigel Glanzmann
  • Artwork By [Cover] – Ghislaine Ayer
  • Artwork By [Front/back Cover] – Travis Smith
  • Backing Vocals – Sevan Kirder
  • Bagpipes [Gaita] – Sevan Kirder
  • Bagpipes [Shepard Pipe] – Chrigel Glanzmann
  • Bagpipes [Uilleann Pipes] – Chrigel Glanzmann
  • Bass – Rafi Kirder
  • Co-producer – Markus Stock, Tobias Schönemann
  • Crumhorn – Sarah Wauquiez
  • Drums – Merlin Sutter
  • Engineer [Acoustic Instruments & Clean Vocals] – Klaus Grimmer
  • Engineer [Drums, Guitars, Bass & Vocals] – Markus Stock
  • Fiddle – Linda Suter, Meri Tadic
  • Flute [Irish Flute] – Sevan Kirder
  • Guitar – Ivo Henzi, Simeon Koch
  • Hurdy Gurdy – Sarah Wauquiez
  • Instruments [Bass-shalm] – Sarah Wauquiez
  • Lead Vocals – Chrigel Glanzmann
  • Mandolin [Mandola] – Chrigel Glanzmann
  • Mastered By – Martijn van Groeneveldt*
  • Mixed By – Markus Stock
  • Photography [Bandphotograph] – Ghislaine Ayer
  • Photography [Groupfoto] – Travis Smith
  • Photography [Portraitphotographs] – Christoph Oeschger

Producer – Eluveitie

  • Tin Whistle – Chrigel Glanzmann, Sevan Kirder
  • Vocals – Linda Suter, Meri Tadic, Sarah Wauquiez
  • Vocals [Additional Grunts] – Meri Tadic
  • Whistle [Low Whistle] – Chrigel Glanzmann, Sevan Kirder

References

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  1. ^ "Allmusic page". AllMusic. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  2. ^ Erickson, Alexander (February 16, 2008). "Chronicles of Chaos review". Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Melzer, Alex (August 25, 2006). "Metal Observer review". Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  4. ^ Ward, Kyle (May 17, 2008). "Sputnik review". Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  5. ^ "Eluveitie signs with Nuclear Blast Records". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-12-04.