Elegy (Amorphis album)

Elegy
Studio album by Amorphis
Released	May 14, 1996
Recorded	Sunlight Studio, Stockholm, Sweden MD Studio & Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland
Genre	Progressive metal, Heavy metal, melodic death metal
Length	56:35
Label	Relapse
Producer	Amorphis
Amorphis album chronology
Black Winter Day (1995) Elegy (1996) My Kantele (1997)

Elegy is the third studio album by the then-emerging Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Better Unborn"	Holopainen	5:52
2.	"Against Widows"	Laine	4:06
3.	"The Orphan"	Holopainen, Laine	5:17
4.	"On Rich and Poor"	Holopainen, Rantala	5:19
5.	"My Kantele"	Holopainen	5:02
6.	"Cares"	Koivusaari, Holopainen, Laine	4:29
7.	"Song of the Troubled One"	Holopainen, Laine	4:08
8.	"Weeper on the Shore"	Laine, Rantala	4:52
9.	"Elegy"	Rantala	7:21
10.	"Relief"	Laine	4:09
11.	"My Kantele - Acoustic Reprise"	Holopainen	5:55
Total length:			56:35

2004 Digipak release

All songs are live performances

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Better Unborn"	6:00
13.	"Against Widows"	4:05
14.	"The Castaway"	4:54
15.	"Black Winter Day"	3:39

Note: "Against Widows" and "The Castaway" were recorded live at Ilosaarirock on July 12, 1997.

Credits

Band members

• Pasi Koskinen - Vocals
• Tomi Koivusaari - Rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar), Vocals, Tambourine
• [[Esa Holopainen] - Lead guitar, acoustic guitar), Electric sitar
• Olli-Pekka Laine - Bass
• Kim Rantala - Keyboards, Accordion
• Pekka Kasari - Drums

Production

• Dave Buchanan - Assistant mixing
• Joullo Lehtola - Photography
• Tomas Skogsberg - Engineering
• Mikko Karmila - Engineering
• Kristian Wahlin - Artwork
• Kaj Hiilesmaa - Engineering
• Eric Horst - Art direction
• Matthew F. Jacobson - Executive producer
• William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. - Executive producer
• Dave Shirk - Mastering
• Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman - Mixing