Reckoning Night
Studio album by
Sonata Arctica
Released22 September 2004
RecordedApril – June 2004
StudioTico Tico Studio
GenrePower metal, symphonic metal
Length55:20
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerSonata Arctica, Markus Staiger
Sonata Arctica chronology
Winterheart's Guild
(2003)		 Reckoning Night
(2004)		 Don't Say a Word (EP)
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Metal Storm[2]
Lords of Metal(9.2/10)[3]

Reckoning Night is the fourth full-length studio album by the Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica, as well as the first to feature keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg. The track "Don't Say a Word" continues the so called Caleb saga, a series of songs that started on Silence's "The End of This Chapter" and is continued on Unia's "Caleb", The Days of Grays's "Juliet", The Ninth Hour's "Till Death's Done Us Apart"[4] and Talviyö's "The Last of the Lambs".[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tony Kakko, except for "My Selene" by Jani Liimatainen[6]

No.TitleLength
1."Misplaced"4:42
2."Blinded No More"5:33
3."Ain't Your Fairytale"5:26
4."Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night..."3:21
5."Don't Say a Word"5:48
6."The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Real Puppet"4:44
7."My Selene"5:28
8."Wildfire"4:36
9."White Pearl, Black Oceans..."8:47
10."Shamandalie"4:04
11."Wrecking the Sphere" (Japanese Bonus Track)7:02
12."Jam" (Hidden Track)2:51
Total length:55:20
  • The hidden track "Jam" is on all albums, but is often mistaken for the Japanese/Korean-only bonus track "Wrecking the Sphere". "Jam" is a jammed Flamenco-style tune (as the name implies) and is significantly shorter than "Wrecking the Sphere", which is a typical song.
  • Also released as limited and numbered seabag (1,000 copies, available only per Nuclear Blast mailorder) with digipack CD, T-Shirt and gimmicks.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[8] 132
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 71
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 85

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[13] Gold 19,733[13]

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Metal Storm review
  3. ↑ Lords of Metal review
  4. ↑ "Sonata Arctica reveals details about Finnish Tour 2018". Sonata Arctica's official Facebook page. Facebook. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Giffin, Brian (3 September 2019). "SONATA ARCTICA // A Little Understanding". Hysteria Magazine. Hysteria Media PTY LTD. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Reckoning Night - Sonata Arctica - The Official Website".
  7. ↑ "Sonata Arctica: Reckoning Night" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Sonata Arctica – Reckoning Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Sonata Arctica – Reckoning Night" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  11. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Sonata Arctica – Reckoning Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Sonata Arctica – Reckoning Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Sonata Arctica" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
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