Under a Violet Moon

1999 studio album by Blackmore's Night

Under a Violet Moon is the second studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released May 25, 1999. Under a Violet Moon won the New Age Voice award for the best vocal album of the year.^[2]

Track listing

Personnel

Blackmore's Night

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitars, mandolin, bass, Renaissance drums, tambourine
• Candice Night – vocals, pennywhistle

Guest musicians

• John Ford – vocals, bass on #07, background vocals on #01 & 10
• Miri Ben-Ari – violin on #04 & 11
• Peter Rooth – bass on #01 & 16; drum programming on #07 & 08
• Mick Cervino - additional bass on #04
• Kevin Dunne – drums
• Mike Goldberg - military drum on #03
• Adam Forgione - additional keyboards on #04
• Jens Johansson – keyboards on #01, 04, 07 & 15
• Jeff Glixman, Roy McDonald - additional keyboards
• Jason Chapman - trumpet and flugelhorn on #08
• Thomas Roth - bagpipes, backing vocals on #10
• Albert Danneman - bagpipes, backing vocals on #10
• Albrecht Schmidt-Reinthaler - harpsichord on #10
• Jost Pogrzeba - percussion on #10
• Christof Heus - trumpet on #10
• Adolf Lehnberger - trombone on #10
• Gell Spitz - trumpet on #10
• Rolf Spitz - trombone on #10
• Mark Pender - trumpet
• Mr. & Mrs. Heller - hurdy-gurdy
• Scott Hazell, Sue Goehringer, John Gould, Trish - backing vocals

Charts

Packaging

The albums' cover image is inspired by the German old town street in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r423917
2. "Ritchie Blackmore discography". Official Blackmore's Night Website. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
3. "Offiziellecharts.de – Blackmore's Night – Under a Violet Moon" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
4. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
5. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.