''As Far as the Eye Can See'' is the debut album of Welsh

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(or second album overall, as 2002's ''

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'' was released under the previous band name of Tetra Splendour), released on 28 March 2006. After being dropped by

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, the band recorded a new album at

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, containing new songs (with newly hired keyboard player Ian Russell) and unreleased Tetra Splendour material. The

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for the album's first single, "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)", was directed by actor

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. In 2008, the track "Light for the Deadvine" was featured in the penultimate scene of " Wilson's Heart", the season finale of the fourth season of the

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Track listing

Personnel

* Gareth Jones -

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(All tracks),

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(All tracks),

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(track 10),

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* Peter Roberts –

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(All tracks), guitar (All tracks), brass arrangement (track 10), sampling (All tracks) * Kris Blight -

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(All tracks) * John Maloney –

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(All tracks) * Sam Williams –

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(track 3), producer (tracks 1-7, 9-11),

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(5),

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(1-7, 9-11), brass arrangement (10), remix arrangement (10)

Technical personnel

* Gregg Wattenberg –

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, A&R * Jo Hunt –

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* John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers – mastering * Dan Austin – producer,

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, mixing (tracks 8, 12, 10- original version) * Diana Meltzer – A&R * Louis Read – producer (track 10), engineer (1-7, 9-11), audio mixing (1-7, 9, 11),

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(10) * Darren Majewski – coordination, A&R * Nathan Seabrook – inlay photography * Jake Beaumont Nesbitt –

* Emma Jayne Lewis –

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(track 5) * Ted Jensen – mastering Live keyboard player Ian Russell did not actually feature on As Far As The Eye Can See; he is not credited on the album's liner notes, and all keyboard parts on the album were played by Jones, Roberts and Williams.

Notes

References

Amazon.com
- Retrieved on October 30, 2006

- Retrieved on October 30, 2006

External links

People in Planes' Official Site
{{Authority control 2006 debut albums People in Planes albums Albums produced by Dan Austin