Stratofanius wrote:MetalPlatypus wrote:Johansson wrote 4 songs
Actually Jens has made 5 songs for strato (Run Away, Glory of the World, Keep the Flame, Why Are We Here, Ride Like the Wind)
That´s true, I forgot Ride like the wind. Anyway here are the final statistics:
TOLKKI wrote 113 songs wrote 90 lyrics
JOHANSSON wrote 5 songs wrote 6 lyrics
KOTIPELTO wrote 3 songs wrote 24 lyrics
I don´t think there is any doubt that Strato is completely Tolkki´s band. In the same way than Nightwish is Holopainen´s band. I am personally happy about that, since based on Kotipelto´s solo records, I don´t think he is good enough composer for Strato. His solo records sound to me like without dynamics. The songs don´t really stay in your mind and I don´t usually remember the songs. There are some very good songs like Reasons and Beauty has come, but most songs I don´t like. But this is just my opinion, so please don´t kill me for that. I think he is perfect for Stratovarius, but maybe that is not enough for him. On the other hand, he is doing solo records where he can do everything, so there should be no problems.