The Village Lanterne

The Village Lanterne is the fifth studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released on Steamhammer US on 4 April 2006. It featured the single "Just Call My Name (I'll Be There)".

The Village Lanterne
Studio album by Blackmore's Night
Released	4 April 2006
Genre	Celtic, folk rock, neo-Medieval, hard rock
Length	60:52
Label	SPV Steamhammer (US)
Producer	Pat Regan
Blackmore's Night chronology
Castles and Dreams (2005) The Village Lanterne (2006) Winter Carols (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The song "Olde Mill Inn" was included as soundtrack in the 2008 movie Yes Man.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"25 Years"	Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night	4:58
2.	"Village Lanterne"	Blackmore, Night	5:14
3.	"I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore"	Blackmore, Night	4:50
4.	"The Messenger" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	2:55
5.	"World of Stone"	trad., Blackmore, Night	4:26
6.	"Faerie Queen / Faerie Dance"	Blackmore, Night	4:57
7.	"St. Teresa"	Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman, Joan Osborne	5:26
8.	"Village Dance" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	1:58
9.	"Mond Tanz / Child in Time"	Blackmore / Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice	6:12
10.	"Streets of London"	Ralph McTell	3:48
11.	"Just Call My Name (I'll Be There)"	Blackmore, Night	4:49
12.	"Olde Mill Inn"	Blackmore, Night	3:21
13.	"Windmills"	Blackmore, Night	3:27
14.	"Street of Dreams"	Blackmore, Joe Lynn Turner	4:31

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Call It Love" (originally the B-side to the Candice Night solo single "Alone with Fate" in 2002)	Night	2:53
2.	"Street of Dreams" (extra track including Joe Lynn Turner as guest vocalist)	Blackmore, Turner	4:30
3.	"All Because of You" (radio edit from Fires at Midnight; released as single in 2004)	Blackmore, Night	3:26
4.	"Once in a Garden" (Japan version only)	Night	3:30

Personnel

• Ritchie Blackmore – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, various drums, hurdy-gurdy
• Candice Night – lead vocals, backing vocals, shawms, rauchpfeife, recorder, chanters
• Pat Regan and the Minstrel Hall Consort – keyboards
• Sir Robert of Normandie (Robert Curiano) – bass
• Sisters of the Moon: Lady Madeline and Lady Nancy (Madeline and Nancy Posner) – harmony vocals
• Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski) – keyboards
• Sarah Steiding – violin
• Anton Fig – drums
• Albert Dannemann – bagpipes, backing vocals
• Ian Robertson and Jim Manngard – backing vocals
• Joe Lynn Turner – guest vocals on the bonus version of "Street of Dreams"

Charts performance

Year	Chart	Position
2006	Germany	13
	Japan	32
	Finland[3]	33
	Sweden	52
	Italy	65
	Switzerland	67
	Japan	77

Certifications

Country	Date	Award	Amount (units)
Russia	2006	Gold	25,000

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r825604
2. "Soundtracks for Yes Man (2008)". the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
3. http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blackmore%27s+Night&titel=The+Village+Lanterne&cat=a

External links

• Lyrics at Blackmore's Night official site