''Silhouettes'' is the third studio album by Dutch

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band Textures. It was released on May 5, 2008, by

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. The first single from the album, "Old Days Born Anew" was released digitally on 14 March 2008 to the band's

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. On 1 April 2008 the second single, "Storm Warning" was released. It was announced on 11 April 2008 that due to a manufacturing delay, the album would not be released until 5 May 2008, except in

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, where the album was released on 21 April 2008. This is the second and last album to feature Eric Kalsbeek on vocals, the third and last album to feature Richard Rietdijk on synthesizer, and the first album to feature bassist Remko Tielemans.

Track listing

*All songs written and arranged by Textures.

Personnel

;Textures *Eric Kalsbeek -

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Jochem Jacobs Jochem Jacobs (born 26 March 1977) is a Dutch guitarist, producer and recording engineer, noted for his work as founder, guitarist and producer for Textures (band), Textures. He works at Split Second Sound, a studio in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He ...

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*Bart Hennephof -

, backing vocals *Richard Rietdijk -

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, keyboards *Remko Tielemans -

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Stef Broks Stef Broks (born 1st of May 1981, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands) is a Dutch musician, teacher and entrepreneur, best known for his work with Dutch progressive metal band Textures (2001-present). He is known for playing rock and metal with a fusi ...

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;Production *

- recording, mixing, mastering *Bart Hennephof - recording

External links

"Silhouettes" at discogs

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Silhouettes (Album) Textures (band) albums 2008 albums Listenable Records albums