Steve returns from a wilderness of sorts with a fantastic album that journeys through nightmares and observations, a worthy addition to anyone’s music collection.
Track listing
“Omega Metallicus” (Hackett) – 3:48
“Darktown” (Hackett) – 4:59
“Man Overboard” (Hackett) – 4:17
“The Golden Age of Steam” (Hackett) – 4:09
“Days of Long Ago” (Diamond, Hackett) – 3:23
“Dreaming With Open Eyes” (Hackett) – 6:54
“Twice Around the Sun” (Hackett) – 7:15
“Rise Again” (Hackett) – 4:26
“Jane Austen’s Door” (Hackett) – 6:13
“Darktown Riot” (Hackett) – 3:10
“In Memoriam” (Hackett) – 7:59
Personnel
Billy Budis – cello
John Colbeck – keyboards
Julian Colbeck – keyboards
Hugo Degenhardt – drums
Jim Diamond – vocals
Ben Fenner – mellotron
Bob Fenner – guitar, recorder
Aron Friedman – piano, keyboards
John Hackett – flute, pan pipes
Steve Hackett – guitar, harmonica, piano, strings, violin, vocals, choir, chorus, 12 string guitar, woodwind, rainstick, sequencing, orchestration, 12-string bass guitar, nylon string guitar, voiceover
Roger King – bass, drums, flageolet, keyboards, woodwind, wood
Ian McDonald – saxophone
Jerry Peal – strings, bells, woodwind
Doug Sinclair – bass, fretless bass
John Wetton – bass samples
Production
Richard Buckland – engineer, ambience
Billy Budis – engineer, mixing, management
Jamie McKena – choir coordinator
Sleeve Design
Paul Cox – photography, portrait photography
Harry Pearce – photography
Lippa Pearce – design
