''Beyond the Shrouded Horizon'' is the twenty-first studio album by English guitarist and songwriter

Steve Hackett Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English guitarist who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis (band), Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three l ...

Background and recording

"Loch Lomond" is named after the loch of the same name in Scotland. Hackett described the track as blues-influenced which changes to European music once the strings are heard. The lyrics contain many contradictory images, such as a hummingbird in the snow. Though the song contains what sound like bagpipes, Hackett revealed that the sound is in fact a mix of bagpipe samples and a saxophone with the reed "turned around the other way".

Track listing

#"Loch Lomond" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King) – 6:50 #"The Phoenix Flown" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 2:08 #"Wanderlust" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 0:44 #"Til These Eyes" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 2:41 #"Prairie Angel" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett,

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Jonathan Mover Jonathan Mover, a.k.a. "Mover", is an American drummer. He is a former member of the bands Marillion and GTR. Early life and career Mover was raised in the Boston area and began playing drums at age thirteen. Primarily self-taught, he stu ...

) – 2:59 #"A Place Called Freedom" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 5:57 #"Between the Sunset and the Coconut Palms" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 3:18 #"Waking to Life" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 4:50 #"Two Faces of Cairo" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 5:13 #"Looking for Fantasy" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 4:33 #"Summer's Breath" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 1:12 #"Catwalk" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 5:44 #"Turn This Island Earth" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Steve Howe, Roger King, Jonathan Mover) – 11:51 ;Bonus CD (limited special edition only) #"Four Winds: North" (Steve Hackett, King) – 1:35 #"Four Winds: South" (Steve Hackett, King) – 2:06 #"Four Winds: East" (Steve Hackett, Fenner) – 3:34 (previously appeared on Japan edition of ''Darktown'' as "The Well at the World's End") #"Four Winds: West" (Steve Hackett, King) – 3:04 (previously appeared on

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's ''The Book of Bilbo and Gandalf'' as "Galadriel") #"Pieds En L'Air" (

Peter Warlock Philip Arnold Heseltine (30 October 189417 December 1930), known by the pseudonym Peter Warlock, was a British composer and music critic. The Warlock name, which reflects Heseltine's interest in occult practices, was used for all his published ...

) – 2:26 #"She Said Maybe" (Steve Hackett, King) – 4:21 #"Enter the Night" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 4:00 (vocal version of "Depth Charge," aka "Riding the Colossus," from various previous albums) #"Eruption: Tommy" (

Thijs van Leer Thijs van Leer (; born 31 March 1948) is a Dutch singer and keyboardist, best known as the founding member of the rock band Focus as its primary vocalist, keyboardist, and flautist. Born and raised in Amsterdam among a musical family, van Leer ...

) – 3:37 (previously appeared on Japan edition of ''Wild Orchids'') #"Reconditioned Nightmare" (Hackett) – 4:06 (previously appeared on Japan edition of ''Wild Orchids'')

Personnel

;Normal release *

– guitars, vocals, harmonica (1–13) *

Nick Beggs Nicholas Beggs (born 15 December 1961Larkin, Colin (1997) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 270-271) is an English musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of the Mute Go ...

– bass, chapman stick, pink ukulele (1, 6) *Dick Driver – double bass (4, 7, 10, 13) * John Hackett – flute (9) vocals (7) *Roger King – keyboards, programming (1–13) *Amanda Lehmann – vocals (1, 6, 8) guitar (5, 6) *Gary O'Toole – drums (1, 2, 5, 8, 9) vocals (1, 6,) * Simon Phillips – drums (12, 13) *

Chris Squire Christopher Russell Edward Squire (4March 1948 – 27June 2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Yes. He was the longest-serving original member, having r ...

– bass (10, 12, 13) *Richard Stewart – cello (4, 7, 9, 10) *Christine Townsend – violin, viola (4, 7, 9, 10) *Rob Townsend – saxophone, whistle, bass clarinet (1, 4, 5, 6, 8) ;Bonus CD *

– guitars, vocals (1–4, 6–9) *Dick Driver – double bass (5) *Benedict Fenner – keyboards, programming (3) *Roger King – keyboards, programming (1, 2, 6–9) *Amanda Lehmann – vocals (7) *Gary O'Toole – drums, vocals (7) *Simon Phillips – drums (1) *

– bass (1, 7) *Richard Stewart – cello (5) *Christine Townsend – violin, viola (5) ;Cover photo: *Harry Pearce

Charts

References

External links

Official site
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