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The Blessed and the Damned

The Blessed and the Damned
Greatest hits album by
Iced Earth
ReleasedJuly 26, 2004
Recorded1990–2001
Genre
Length2:04:48
LabelCentury Media
Iced Earth chronology
The Glorious Burden
(2004) 		The Blessed and the Damned
(2004) 		Overture of the Wicked
(2007)
Alternate album cover
"The Damned" cover version of the album
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The Blessed and the Damned is a double CD best of compilation album by American heavy metal band Iced Earth. The CD-booklet can be reversed, to show either angels or demons on the cover. The booklet also includes Jon Schaffer's comments on previous albums and his life. Even though the CD was released after The Glorious Burden, the biography in the booklet makes no mention of it. This is probably because Iced Earth left their record label Century Media Records prior to The Glorious Burden, and signed with SPV. In turn, Century Media released this compilation album.

Track listing

Disc one

No.TitleLyricsMusicOriginal albumLength
1."Burning Times"
  • Barlow
  • Schaffer
Something Wicked This Way Comes3:43
2."Wolf"SchafferSchafferHorror Show5:20
3."The Hunter"SchafferSchafferThe Dark Saga3:55
4."Curse the Sky"Schaffer
Iced Earth4:43
5."Melancholy (Holy Martyr)"SchafferSchafferSomething Wicked This Way Comes4:44
6."Stormrider"Schaffer
  • Shawver
  • Schaffer
Night of the Stormrider4:48
7."Burnt Offerings"Schaffer
  • Shawver
  • Schaffer
Burnt Offerings7:21
8."Travel in Stygian" (live)SchafferSchafferAlive in Athens9:06
9."Dark Saga"SchafferSchafferThe Dark Saga3:43
10."Written on the Walls"Gene Adam
Iced Earth6:07
11."Damien"SchafferSchafferHorror Show9:11

Disc two

No.TitleLyricsMusicOriginal albumLength
1."Angels Holocaust"SchafferSchafferDays of Purgatory4:54
2."Desert Rain"Schaffer
  • Schaffer
  • Abell
Days of Purgatory6:38
3."Last December"SchafferSchafferBurnt Offerings3:23
4."Watching Over Me"SchafferSchafferSomething Wicked This Way Comes4:26
5."Pure Evil" (live)Schaffer
  • Shawver
  • Schaffer
Alive in Athens6:37
6."The Path I Choose"Schaffer
  • Shawver
  • Schaffer
Night of the Stormrider5:55
7."I Died for You"SchafferSchafferThe Dark Saga3:47
8."Disciples of the Lie"SchafferSchafferSomething Wicked This Way Comes4:04
9."When the Night Falls"SchafferSchafferDays of Purgatory7:50
10."Jack"BarlowSchafferHorror Show4:12
11."Iced Earth"SchafferSchafferIced Earth5:23
12."Violate" (live)SchafferSchafferAlive in Athens4:12

Personnel

  • Jon Schaffer − rhythm guitar, backing vocals on all songs. vocals on track 6 on disc one
  • Matt Barlow − vocals on tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9, and 11 on disc one; tracks 1–5, 7–10, and 12 on disc two
  • Gene Adam − vocals on tracks 4 and 10 on disc one; track 11 on disc two
  • John Greely − vocals on track 6 on disc two
  • Randall Shawver − lead guitar on tracks 3–4, 6–7, and 9–10 on disc one; tracks 1–3, 6–7, 9, and 11 on disc two
  • Larry Tarnowski − lead guitar on tracks 1–2, 5, 8, and 11 on disc one; tracks 4–5, 8, 10, and 12 on disc two
  • Dave Abell − bass on tracks 3–4, 6–7, and 9–10 on disc one; tracks 3, 6–7, and 11 on disc two
  • James MacDonough − bass on tracks 1, 5, and 8 on disc one; tracks 1, 2, 4–5, 8, 9 and 12 on disc two
  • Steve Di Giorgio − bass on tracks 2 and 11 on disc one, and track 10 on disc two
  • Mark Prator − drums on tracks 3 and 9 on disc one; track 7 on disc two
  • Richey Secchiari − drums on track 6 on disc one; track 6 on disc two
  • Mike McGill − drums on tracks 4 and 10 on disc one; track 11 on disc two
  • Richard Christy − drums on tracks 2 and 11 on disc one; track 10 on disc two
  • Brent Smedley − drums on tracks 1, 5, and 8 on disc one; tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 12 on disc two
  • Rodney Beasley − drums on track 7 on disc one; track 3 on disc two
  • Leo Hao – cover art
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blessed_and_the_Damned