This was Steve Hackett’s first rock album since the 2006 release Wild Orchids, this album marked a change in record label and management.
Track listing October 30th 2009 release
“Fire on the Moon” (Steve Hackett)
“Nomads” (Hackett/Jo Lehmann)
“Emerald and Ash” (Hackett/Roger King)
“Tubehead” (Hackett/King)
“Sleepers” (Hackett/King/Lehmann/Nick Clabburn)
“Ghost in the Glass” (Hackett/King)
“Still Waters” (Hackett/Lehmann)
“Last Train to Istanbul” (Hackett/King/Lehmann)
Track listing April 2010 release
“Fire on the Moon” (Steve Hackett)
“Nomads” (Hackett/Jo Lehmann)
“Emerald and Ash” (Hackett/Roger King)
“Tubehead” (Hackett/King)
“Sleepers” (Hackett/King/Lehmann/Nick Clabburn)
“Ghost in the Glass” (Hackett/King)
“Still Waters” (Hackett/Lehmann)
“Last Train to Istanbul” (Hackett/King/Lehmann)
Special edition bonus CD
“Blood on the Rooftops” [Live] (Steve Hackett/Phil Collins)
“A Tower Struck Down” [Live] (S. Hackett/John Hackett)
“Firth of Fifth” [Live] (Tony Banks/Collins/Peter Gabriel/S. Hackett/Mike Rutherford)
“Fly on a Windshield” [Live] (Banks/Collins/Gabriel/S. Hackett/Rutherford)
“Broadway Melody of 1974” [Live] (Banks/Collins/Gabriel/S. Hackett/Rutherford)
“Every Star in the Night Sky” (S. Hackett/King/Clabburn/Lehmann)
Personnel
Studio tracks
Steve Hackett – vocals, guitars (1-8)
Roger King – keyboards, programming (1-8)
Nick Beggs – bass guitar, Chapman stick (2,3,5,6,7)
Dick Driver – double bass (5)
John Hackett – flute (5,8)
Lauren King – backing vocals (7)
Ferenc Kovacs – violin (8)
Amanda Lehmann – vocals (3,5,7)
Jo Lehmann – backing vocals (7)
Anthony Phillips – 12 string guitar (3,5)
Chris Squire – bass guitar (1,2)
Christine Townsend – violin, viola (5,6,8)
Rob Townsend – soprano sax (3,8) Anklung on “Every Star in the Night Sky” by Egerhazi Attila, Barabas Tamas, Kovacs Ferenc, Kovacs Zoltan, Banai Szilard, Steve Hackett, Jo Lehmann
Live tracks
Steve Hackett – guitars, vocals
Nick Beggs – bass guitar, Chapman stick, vocals
Roger King – keyboards
Gary O’Toole – drums, vocals
Rob Townsend – sax, flute, whistle, percussion
Production
The majority of the album was recorded in Steve’s front room in Twickenham using an Apple computer and the Apple recording software Logic.
Engineered by Roger King.
