Under a Violet Moon

Studio album by

Blackmore's Night

Released

May 25, 1999 (Germany) / July 13, 1999 (United States)

Recorded

During 1998/1999

Genre

folk rock, neo-Medieval

Length

58:49

Label

Edel (Germany)
Platinum Entertainment (United States)

Producer

Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman, Roy McDonald

Blackmore's Night chronology

Shadow of the Moon
(1997)

Under a Violet Moon
(1999)

Fires at Midnight
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Under a Violet Moon"	Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night	4:23
2.	"Castles and Dreams"	Blackmore, Night	3:33
3.	"Past Time with Good Company"	trad. by King Henry VIII	3:24
4.	"Morning Star"	Blackmore, Night	4:41
5.	"Avalon"	trad.	3:03
6.	"Possum Goes to Prague" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	1:13
7.	"Wind in the Willows" (feat. John Ford)	Alan Bell	4:12
8.	"Gone with the Wind" (Includes "Polyushko-polye" by Lev Knipper, a popular Russian song of mid-1930s.)	Blackmore, Knipper, Night	5:24
9.	"Beyond the Sunset" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	3:45
10.	"March the Heroes Home"	trad. by Michael Praetorius, Blackmore, Night	4:39
11.	"Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well)"	trad.	5:23
12.	"Catherine Howard's Fate"	Blackmore, Night	2:34
13.	"Fool's Gold"	Blackmore, Night	3:32
14.	"Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	2:31
15.	"Now and Then" (including the Prelude in C by J.S. Bach)	Night	3:11
16.	"Self Portrait" (Rainbow cover)	Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio	3:19

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

Chart (1999)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[3]	20
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	13
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)^[5]	16

Packaging

References

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

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Ritchie Blackmore Candice Night
Studio albums	Shadow of the Moon Under a Violet Moon Fires at Midnight Ghost of a Rose The Village Lanterne Winter Carols Secret Voyage Autumn Sky Dancer and the Moon All Our Yesterdays Nature's Light
Live albums	Past Times with Good Company Paris Moon A Knight in York
Compilation albums	Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection
Videography	Castles and Dreams Paris Moon
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