''Lightwork'' is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian musician

Devin Townsend Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. He has also ...

, released on November 4, 2022. The album has been described by Devin as a return to a "song oriented album", with "more traditional arrangements", after his latest releases (''

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'' and '' The Puzzle''). Lyrically, the album addresses the struggles of the

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, while reflecting about the post-pandemic future.

Track listing

Personnel

– guitar, bass guitar, vocals, synths * Darby Todd – drums *

Morgan Ågren Morgan Ågren (born 1967) is a Swedish drummer who plays with the progressive rock band Kaipa (band), Kaipa. Biography A native of Umeå, Västerbotten County, Västerbotten, Ågren began playing drums at a young age, eventually joining forces ...

– additional drums * Federico Paulovich – additional drums * Diego Tejeida – additional keyboards * Nathan Navarro – additional bass guitar * Elektra Women's Choir – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden"), choir vocals * Echo Picone – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden") *

Jonas Hellborg Jonas Hellborg (born 7 June 1958) is a Swedish bass guitarist. He has collaborated with John McLaughlin, Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi, Bill Laswell, Shawn Lane, Jens Johansson, Anders Johansson, Ginger Baker, Michael Shrieve, V. Selvaga ...

– additional bass guitar (on "Dimensions") *

Mike Keneally Michael Joseph Keneally (born December 20, 1961) is an American guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer. Keneally leads his own band, and is also known for a stint with Frank Zappa and for extensive work as a session musician with a range ...

– guitar solo (on "Dimensions") *

Rhys Fulber Nowell Rhys Fulber (born October 10, 1970) is a Canadian electronic musician and producer. He is a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium, along with Bill Leeb. He also records under his own name and under the name Conjure One. Biograph ...

– additional programming (on "Equinox) *

Hutch Hutchinson James "Hutch" Hutchinson (born January 24, 1953) is an American session bassist best known for his work with Bonnie Raitt. Though his work takes him nearly everywhere he primarily resides in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, and Haiku-Pauw ...

– bass guitar (on "Vacation") * Joy Lapps – steel pan drums (on "Vacation") *

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– additional vocals *

Anneke van Giersbergen Anna Maria "Anneke" van Giersbergen (born 8 March 1973) is a Dutch singer, songwriter and guitarist who became known worldwide as the lead singer for the rock band The Gathering between 1994 and 2007. She also has a solo career. The project wa ...

– additional vocals * Aman Khosa – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden") * Tanya Ghosh – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden") *

Elizabeth Zharoff Elizabeth McCune (née Ford; born March 19, 1986), known professionally as Elizabeth Zharoff, is an American YouTuber, video game sound designer, and opera singer. After largely putting her operatic career on hold, she devoted herself to the topi ...

– additional choir vocals * Tia Rose Maxfield – additional choir vocals * Brian Diamond – additional choir vocals *

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– voice sample (on "Lightworker") ;Technical and artwork personnel *

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–

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* Devin Townsend – production, mixing, engineering * Troy Glessner – mixing assistant, mastering * Nygel Asselin – mix setup, engineering * John "Bandstack" Beatle Bailey – engineering * Travis Smith – artwork, layout * Paul Harries – photography

Charts

Nightwork

''Nightwork'' is a bonus album released with the deluxe edition of ''Lightwork''. According to Devin Townsend, the songs that ended up on ''Nightwork'' do not form a "throwaway album", they are songs that thematically didn't fit the main record. Some critics have pointed out the more experimental nature of Nightwork, compared to Lightwork.

Track listing

Personnel

– guitar, bass guitar, vocals, synths *

– drums * Aman Khosa – additional vocals (on "Precious Sardine") * Tanya Ghosh – additional vocals (on "Precious Sardine") * Mattias Eklund – additional instrumentation (on "Sober") *

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– additional instrumentation (on "Starchasm Pt. 2") *

– vocals (on "Starchasm Pt. 2") ;Technical personnel * Devin Townsend – production, mixing, engineering

References

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