Reckoning Night

Reckoning Night is the fourth full-length studio album by the Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica, as well as the first to feature keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg. The track "Don't Say a Word" continues the so called Caleb saga, a series of songs that started on Silence's "The End of This Chapter" and is continued on Unia's "Caleb", The Days of Grays's "Juliet", The Ninth Hour's "Till Death's Done Us Apart",^[4] and Talviyö's "The Last of the Lambs".^[5]

Reckoning Night
Studio album by Sonata Arctica
Released	22 September 2004
Recorded	April – June 2004
Studio	Tico Tico Studio
Genre	Power metal
Length	55:20
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Sonata Arctica, Markus Staiger
Sonata Arctica chronology
Winterheart's Guild (2003) Reckoning Night (2004) Don't Say a Word (EP) (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Metal Storm	[2]
Lords of Metal	(9.2/10)[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tony Kakko, except for "My Selene" by Jani Liimatainen^[6]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Misplaced"	4:42
2.	"Blinded No More"	5:33
3.	"Ain't Your Fairytale"	5:26
4.	"Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night..."	3:21
5.	"Don't Say a Word"	5:48
6.	"The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Real Puppet"	4:44
7.	"My Selene"	5:28
8.	"Wildfire"	4:36
9.	"White Pearl, Black Oceans..."	8:47
10.	"Shamandalie"	4:04
11.	"Wrecking the Sphere" (Japanese Bonus Track)	7:02
12.	"Jam" (Hidden Track)	2:51
Total length:		55:20

• The hidden track "Jam" is on all albums, but is often mistaken for the Japanese/Korean-only bonus track "Wrecking the Sphere". "Jam" is a jammed Flamenco-style tune (as the name implies) and is significantly shorter than "Wrecking the Sphere", which is a typical song.
• Also released as limited and numbered seabag (1,000 copies, available only per Nuclear Blast mailorder) with digipack CD, T-Shirt and gimmicks.

Personnel

• Tony Kakko – Vocals
• Jani Liimatainen – Guitars
• Henrik Klingenberg – Keyboards, Deep/harsh backing vocals (on "Wildfire")
• Marko Paasikoski – Bass
• Tommy Portimo – Drums
• Nik Van-Eckmann – Male voice (on "Don't Say a Word", "White Pearl, Black Oceans..." and "Wildfire")

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7]	2
French Albums (SNEP)[8]	132
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	71
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10]	14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11]	57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12]	85

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[13]	Gold	19,733[13]