Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello

Amplified
Compilation album by Apocalyptica
Released	May 30, 2006
Recorded	1996 - 2006
Genre	Cello metal, classical, chamber music
Length	1:44:46
Label	20-20 Entertainment
Apocalyptica chronology
Apocalyptica (2005) Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello (2006) Worlds Collide (2007)
Singles from Amplified
"Repressed (feat. Max Cavalera and Matt Tuck)" Released: May 19, 2006

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RockReviews	[2]

Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello is the second greatest hits album by Apocalyptica.

It consists almost entirely of the band's most notable covers and original songs, however it also contains two new songs: "Repressed" and Slayer's "Angel of Death". The album was released on Tuesday, May 30, 2006.

Track listing

CD 1: Instrumentals
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Enter Sandman" (Metallica cover)	Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich	Plays Metallica by Four Cellos	3:41
2.	"Harmageddon"	Eicca Toppinen	Inquisition Symphony	4:56
3.	"Nothing Else Matters" (Metallica cover)	Hetfield, Ulrich	Inquisition Symphony	4:48
4.	"Refuse/Resist" (Sepultura cover)	Max Cavalera	Inquisition Symphony	3:13
5.	"Somewhere Around Nothing"	Toppinen	Reflections	4:10
6.	"Betrayal/Forgiveness" (featuring Dave Lombardo)	Perttu Kivilaakso	Apocalyptica	5:13
7.	"Farewell"	Kivilaakso	Apocalyptica	5:32
8.	"Master of Puppets" (Metallica cover)	Hetfield, Ulrich, Hammett, Cliff Burton	Plays Metallica by Four Cellos	6:03
9.	"Hall of the Mountain King"	Edvard Grieg	Cult	3:29
10.	"One" (Metallica cover)	Hetfield, Ulrich	Inquisition Symphony	5:45
11.	"Heat"	Toppinen	Reflections	3:22
12.	"Čohkka"	Toppinen	Reflections	4:29
13.	"Kaamos" (Finnish for "Polar Night")	Toppinen	Cult	4:44
14.	"Deathzone"	Kivilaakso	Apocalyptica	4:36
15.	"Angel of Death" (Slayer cover)	Jeff Hanneman	previously unreleased	2:56
Total length:				1:07:53

CD 2: Vocals
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Repressed" (featuring Max Cavalera and Matt Tuck)	Toppinen, Cavalera, Matt Tuck	previously unreleased	4:27
2.	"Path Vol. 2" (featuring Sandra Nasić)	Toppinen	Cult: Special Edition	3:24
3.	"Bittersweet" (featuring Ville Valo and Lauri Ylönen)	Toppinen	Apocalyptica	4:26
4.	"Hope Vol. 2" (featuring Matthias Sayer)	Toppinen	Cult: Special Edition	4:03
5.	"En Vie" (featuring Manu)	Kivilaakso	Apocalyptica	3:28
6.	"Faraway Vol. 2" (featuring Linda Sundblad)	Toppinen	Reflections Revisited	5:12
7.	"Life Burns!" (featuring Lauri Ylönen)	Toppinen	Apocalyptica	3:08
8.	"Seemann" (Rammstein cover, featuring Nina Hagen)	Oliver Riedel	Reflections Revisited	5:20
Total length:				33:28

Limited Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Heat" (music video)	Toppinen		3:22
2.	"Wie Weit" (featuring Marta Jandová)	Toppinen	Apocalyptica	3:27
Total length:				6:49

Limited edition

The album has two versions: regular and limited. Limited edition included the "Heat"-video and bonustrack "Wie Weit". The quickest orders of this edition received an Apocalyptica key trailer.

References

1. Eduardo Rivadavia. "Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
2. "Music review of Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello CD by Apocalyptica (2006)". [RockReviews]. Retrieved 2012-01-14.