Back Through Time

Back Through Time is the third studio album by Scottish heavy metal band Alestorm. It was released on 3 June 2011 by Napalm Records and is the first Alestorm recording to feature Gareth Murdock on bass and Peter Alcorn on drums.^[6][13][14] The album is available in jewelcase, digipack, LP and special edition boxset formats which includes two bonus cover songs.^[6][15] Alestorm did a Back Through Time World Tour starting in Australia and New Zealand.^[16][17] The album reached number 42 on the German albums chart.^[18]

Back Through Time
Studio album by Alestorm
Released	3 June 2011
Recorded	January–March 2011
Studio	LSD Studios, Lübeck, Germany
Genre	Power metal[1][2][3] heavy metal[2][3] folk metal[1] pirate metal[4] thrash metal[3]
Length	40:07
Label	Napalm[5]
Producer	Lasse Lammert[6]
Alestorm chronology
Black Sails at Midnight (2009) Back Through Time (2011) Sunset on the Golden Age (2014)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[7]
AllMusic	[8]
Dangerdog Music Reviews	[2]
EspyRock	[9]
Hardrock Haven	[1]
Jukebox Metal	[10]
Metal Review	(8.3/10)[11]
Reflections of Darkness	[3]
Revolver	[12]
Rock Sound	[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Back Through Time"	Christopher Bowes	Christopher Bowes	5:03
2.	"Shipwrecked"	Christopher Bowes	Christopher Bowes	3:31
3.	"The Sunk'n Norwegian"	Christopher Bowes	Christopher Bowes	4:07
4.	"Midget Saw"	Christopher Bowes & Alan Carr	Christopher Bowes & Peter Alcorn	3:18
5.	"Buckfast Powersmash"	Christopher Bowes & Tim Shaw	Christopher Bowes	2:33
6.	"Scraping the Barrel"	Christopher Bowes	Christopher Bowes	4:40
7.	"Rum"	Christopher Bowes	Christopher Bowes	3:29
8.	"Swashbuckled"	Christopher Bowes	Christopher Bowes	3:53
9.	"Rumpelkombo"	Chris Boltendahl[19]	Christopher Bowes	0:07
10.	"Barrett's Privateers" (Stan Rogers cover)	Stan Rogers	Stan Rogers	4:41
11.	"Death Throes of the Terrorsquid"	Christopher Bowes	Christopher Bowes	7:45
Total length:				40:07

LTD edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"I Am a Cider Drinker" (The Wurzels cover)	Tommy Banner, Pete Budd	Johannes Bouwens	2:58
13.	"You Are a Pirate" (LazyTown cover)	Mark Valenti, Ken Pontac	Mark Valenti, Ken Pontac	1:33
Total length:				44:38

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Personnel

• Christopher Bowes – lead vocals, keyboards
• Dani Evans – guitars, backing vocals
• Gareth Murdock – bass, backing vocals
• Peter Alcorn – drums

With:

• Lord Jaldaboath – narration (track 1)
• Ken Sorceron (Abigail Williams) – co-lead vocals (track 11)
• Lasse Lammert – guitar solo (track 6), vibraslap
• Heri Joensen (Týr) – guitar solo (track 10)
• Chris Jones – accordion
• Maria Odvody – violin
• Tobias Hain – trumpet
• Florian Frambach – trumpet
• Derek Fobaire – trombone
• Hans-Jørgen Martinus Hansen (Svartsot) – whistles
• Brenden Casey – backing vocals
• Gordon Krei – orchestral arrangements, programming

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20]	42
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[21]	29
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[22]	12
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[23]	23