''Dreamspace'' is the third studio album by

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band

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on vocals (after which

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became the lead singer on 1995's '' Fourth Dimension''), as well as the first to feature bassist

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."History"
stratovarius.com. Retrieved 2014-10-18. Sami Kuoppamäki was asked to record drums for some of the songs after drummer Tuomo Lassila was unable to finnish the sessions due to tendonitis.

Critical reception

Steve Huey at

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gave ''Dreamspace'' four stars out of five, saying that it "demonstrates the band coming into its own, honing its melodic Euro-metal attack to a razor-sharp point."Huey, Steve
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Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, guitar,

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, mixing, production *Antti Ikonen – keyboards, computer *

Tuomo Lassila Tuomo Ollinpoika Lassila (born 1965) is a Finnish percussionist and heavy metal drummer. He is best known as the former drummer, founding member and co-songwriter of the power metal band Stratovarius from 1985 to 1995. Currently he is the princip ...

– drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8–12, 14),

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* Sami Kuoppamäki – drums (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 13) *

– bass guitar *Sole –

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*Mikko Karmila – mixing

Charts

References

External links

Dreamspace
at stratovarius.com {{Authority control Stratovarius albums 1994 albums Noise Records albums