The Whirlwind

The Whirlwind
Studio album by Transatlantic
Released	23 October 2009
Recorded	April 2009
Genre	Progressive rock, symphonic rock
Length	77:54
Label	Metal Blade Records (US)[1] Inside Out Music (Europe)
Producer	Transatlantic
Transatlantic chronology
Bridge Across Forever (2002) The Whirlwind (2009) Whirld Tour 2010: Live in London (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Lords of Metal	(92/100)[2]
Allmusic	(not rated)[3]

The Whirlwind is the third studio album by the band Transatlantic, released on 23 October 2009. It is available in three formats: a standard edition, a double disc special edition and a deluxe edition with a 105 minute making-of DVD.^[4]

The main album, while indexed into twelve tracks, is considered one song. It is represented as one track on the band's third and fourth live album Whirld Tour 2010: Live in London and More Never Is Enough: Live In Manchester & Tilburg 2010 respectively.^[5]

The bonus disc (which comes with the Special and Deluxe Editions) includes eight new studio recordings: four original Transatlantic songs and four cover songs. At the end of the second disc, there is a hidden track by the band, played on ukulele with vocals.

The album peaked number 21 in the Top Heatseekers chart and number 45 in the German album chart.^[6][7]

Track listing

• Written and arranged by Transatlantic.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Whirlwind" [1] I. "Overture / Whirlwind" (9:54) II. "The Wind Blew Them All Away" (6:10) III. "On the Prowl" (6:03) IV. "A Man Can Feel" (6:35) V. "Out of the Night" (4:22) VI. "Rose Colored Glasses" (7:54) VII. "Evermore" (4:10) VIII. "Set Us Free" (5:03) IX. "Lay Down Your Life" (5:11) X. "Pieces of Heaven" (2:17) XI. "Is It Really Happening?" (8:11) XII. "Dancing with Eternal Glory / Whirlwind (Reprise)" (12:04)"	77:54

Special edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Artist	Length
1.	"Spinning"	Stolt, Portnoy, Trewavas, Morse		9:58
2.	"Lenny Johnson"	Stolt		4:20
3.	"For Such a Time"	Morse, Trewavas		5:22
4.	"Lending a Hand"	Trewavas		8:43
5.	"The Return of the Giant Hogweed"	Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford	Genesis	8:26
6.	"A Salty Dog"	Gary Brooker	Procol Harum	4:59
7.	"I Need You"	George Harrison and Gerry Beckley	America / The Beatles	4:39
8.	"Soul Sacrifice"	Santana	Santana	10:00
Total length:				56:27

• Note: "I Need You" is a combination of The Beatles' "I Need You" and America's "I Need You"
• Note: "Soul Sacrifice" ends at 8:38, followed by silence and a hidden track.

Personnel

Transatlantic

• Neal Morse — keyboards, acoustic guitars, percussion, and vocals
• Mike Portnoy — drums and vocals
• Roine Stolt — electric guitars, vocals, percussion, additional mellotron, minimoog & soundscapes
• Pete Trewavas — bass guitar, vocals, occasional VST Synth & orchestration

Additional Musicians

• Chris Carmichael — real strings
• Marc Papeghin — French horn
• Collin Leijenaar, Jessica Koomen, Henk Doest - Fingersnaps

Production

• Arranged & Produced by Transatlantic
• Engineered by Jerry Guidroz
• Mixed by Richard Mouser
• Mastered by Robert Vosigen at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood CA

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8]	40
French Albums (SNEP)[9]	134
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	45
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11]	59
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[12]	21

External links

• Encyclopaedia Metallum page

References

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2. The Whirlwind review lordsofmetal.nl. Retrieved on 2010-08-10.
3. Mesenov, Sergey. "The Whirlwind - Transatlantic | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
4. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind Deluxe Edition Box Set www.radiantrecords.com. Retrieved on 2009-09-21.
5. "More Never Is Enough - Transatlantic | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
6. "Transatlantic | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013. op Heatseekers
7. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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9. "Lescharts.com – Transatlantic – Kaleidoscope". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
10. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
11. "Swedishcharts.com – Transatlantic – Kaleidoscope". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
12. "Transatlantic – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Transatlantic. Retrieved 10 September 2014.