Still the Orchestra Plays

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Still the Orchestra Plays
File:Savatage Still the Orchestra Plays.jpg
Compilation album by Savatage
Released March 2, 2010
Recorded 19852009
Genre Heavy metal
Progressive metal
Power metal
Length 129:03 (CD)
Label earMUSIC/Edel Records
Producer Jon Oliva
Paul O'Neill
Savatage chronology
Poets and Madmen
(2001)Poets and Madmen2001
Still the Orchestra Plays
(2010)
Streets: A Rock Opera - Narrated Version
(2013)Streets: A Rock Opera - Narrated Version2013

Still the Orchestra Plays - Greatest Hits, Volume 1 & 2 is a greatest hits compilation album by the American heavy metal group Savatage, released in 2010. The title for the compilation was taken from the lyrics in the title track to the band's 1989 release, Gutter Ballet. It was the first release of any kind by the band in almost nine years. The final three tracks on the second disc were brand new acoustic recordings made by Jon Oliva in 2009, featuring him on lead vocals. The set also featured the long awaited official DVD release of the band's Japan Live '94 video, which until then had only existed on VHS and bootleg DVDs.

Track listing

CD 1: Greatest Hits, Volume 1
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Power of the Night" (from Power of the Night, 1985) Jon Oliva Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva 5:16
2. "Hall of the Mountain King" (from Hall of the Mountain King, 1987) Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 5:33
3. "24 Hours Ago" (from Hall of the Mountain King, 1987) Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 4:56
4. "Legions" (from Hall of the Mountain King, 1987) Jon Oliva Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva 4:52
5. "Gutter Ballet" (from Gutter Ballet, 1989) Paul O'Neill Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 6:20
6. "Summer's Rain" (from Gutter Ballet, 1989) Paul O'Neill Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 4:34
7. "When the Crowds are Gone" (from Gutter Ballet, 1989) Paul O'Neill Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 5:46
8. "Ghost in the Ruins" (from Streets: A Rock Opera, 1991) Paul O'Neill Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 5:34
9. "If I Go Away" (from Streets: A Rock Opera, 1991) Paul O'Neill Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 5:18
10. "NYC Don't Mean Nothing" (from Streets: A Rock Opera, 1991) Paul O'Neill Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 4:03
11. "Edge of Thorns" (from Edge of Thorns, 1993) Paul O'Neill Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 5:56
12. "All That I Bleed" (from Edge of Thorns, 1993) Paul O'Neill Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 4:40
CD 2: Greatest Hits, Volume 2
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Handful of Rain" (from Handful of Rain, 1994) Paul O'Neill Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 5:03
2. "Chance" (from Handful of Rain, 1994) Paul O'Neill Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 7:50
3. "One Child" (from Dead Winter Dead, 1995) Paul O'Neill Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 5:15
4. "I Am" (from Dead Winter Dead, 1995) Paul O'Neill Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 4:36
5. "Anymore" (from The Wake of Magellan, 1998) Paul O'Neill Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 5:19
6. "Hourglass" (from The Wake of Magellan, 1998) Paul O'Neill Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill, Al Pitrelli 8:07
7. "The Wake of Magellan" (from The Wake of Magellan, 1998) Paul O'Neill Chris Caffery, Johnny Lee Middleton, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 6:11
8. "Morphine Child" (from Poets and Madmen, 2001) Paul O'Neill Chris Caffery, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 5:34
9. "Anymore" (Acoustic version, originally taken from The Wake of Magellan, recorded in 2009) Paul O'Neill Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 4:44
10. "Not What You See" (Acoustic version, originally taken from Dead Winter Dead, recorded in 2009) Paul O'Neill Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill 4:14
11. "Out on the Streets" (Acoustic version, originally taken from Sirens, recorded in 2009) Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva 4:55
DVD: Live in Japan 1994
No. Title Length
1. "Taunting Cobras"    
2. "Edge of Thorns"    
3. "Chance" (Short version)  
4. "Conversation Piece"    
5. "Nothing Going On"    
6. "He Carves His Stone"    
7. "Jesus Saves"    
8. "Watching You Fall"    
9. "Castles Burning"    
10. "All That I Bleed"    
11. "Stare Into the Sun"    
12. "Damien"    
13. "Handful of Rain"    
14. "Sirens"    
15. "Gutter Ballet"    
16. "Hall of the Mountain King"