Back Through Time

Track listing

Personnel

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

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

  Reception

• About.com - 3 Stars - "There are no surprises here, just plenty of salty buccaneer lyrics, keytar-flavored melodies, and maddeningly infectious choruses."
• Revolver - 3 Stars - "An entertaining, if repetitive, collection of power-shanties, it’s ready to please anyone with brine on the brain."
• Rock Sound - 7/10 - "With accordion embedded songs about midgets, it’s quite hard to dispute with how much fun their songs can be, and that’s where Alestorm succeed, in wanting nothing more than having a good time."
• ' - 7.5/10 - "Like Korpiklaani and Finntroll, Alestorm is one of those “go to” bands when you want an album to crank up, cut loose and raise a glass, and in that area Back Through Time does its job very well."
• - 6/10 - "Alestorm’s greatest strength is also their greatest weakness – nothing here is groundbreaking by their standards, and it is all rather predictable, as far as pirate-themed metal goes."
• ' - 3.5 Stars - "Back Through Time sure is a lot of fun. So raise a pint of your favorite brew, Matey, and hail Alestorm. Recommended."
• ' - 8.3/10 - "This is music to sing along with and drink to, and if that’s your cup of tea, then Back Through Time will leave you fully satisfied -- albeit a bit hung over the next morning."
• ' - 8.5/10 - "The whole album appears to be more courageous and aims to be more diversified while on the other hand staying safely on shore. There’s a lot of songs to bawl and bark, epic hook lines and musical surprises - what else do you need?"
• - 2/5 - "Back Through Time sounds like a band who are cynically churning out yet another record to keep the bills paid, without any real inspiration."