Ghost in the Ruins: A Tribute to Criss Oliva
Ghost in the Ruins: A Tribute to Criss Oliva is a live album by the American heavy metal band Savatage, released in 1995 on Fresh Fruit. The recordings were made between 1987 and 1990, so it looks back over a stretch of the band's career that takes in Hall of the Mountain King and Gutter Ballet, rather than documenting a single night on the road.
As the title says, the record is a tribute to Criss Oliva, and it includes a track called "Criss Intro", which the Japanese edition lists as a guitar solo. That edition, titled Final Bell: Tribute to Christopher Michael Oliva, came out on Zero Corporation in 1997. Many of the tracks were later added to reissues of other Savatage albums by the German label SPV in 2002, but the original release remains the place to hear them gathered together.
Ghost in the Ruins: A Tribute to Criss Oliva: tracklist and credits
13 tracks · 1:02:51Tracklist
- 1City Beneath the SurfacePaul O’Neill and Jon Oliva5:40
- 224 Hours AgoMiddleton, O’Neill, Oliva, Oliva4:48
- 3LegionsCriss Oliva and Jon Oliva5:06
- 4Strange WingsO’Neill, Oliva, Oliva4:02
- 5Gutter BalletO’Neill, Oliva, Oliva6:14
- 6When the Crowds Are GoneO’Neill, Oliva, Oliva7:10
- 7Of Rage and WarO’Neill, Oliva, Oliva4:30
- 8The Dungeons Are CallingCollins, Oliva, Oliva4:49
- 9SirensPaul O’Neill and Jon Oliva3:38
- 10HoundsO’Neill, Oliva, Oliva7:20
- 11Criss Intro1:14
- 12Hall of the Mountain KingGrieg, Middleton, O’Neill, Oliva, Oliva6:38
- 13Post Script1:42
- Produced by
- Paul O'Neill, Jon Oliva
- Recorded
- 1987–1990
- Labels
- Fresh Fruit, Nuclear Blast America (US), Fresh Fruit/SPV (Germany), Zero Corporation (Japan)
- Length
- 1:02:51
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| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 13 February 1996 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 15 December 1995 | |
| Wikidata | 15 December 1995 |
4 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 February 1996 | DE | Fresh Fruit | 4001617121429 | original |
| 25 April 2000 | US | Nuclear Blast America | 727361647728 | other |
| 2011 | DE | earMUSIC | 4029759072959 | other |
| 2 December 2011 | — | earMUSIC | 4029759072959 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 300×300 | upscaled |