''Watching in Silence'' is the debut astudio album by the American
heavy metal band
Circle II Circle, released in 2003. It featured guest appearances from lead vocalist
Zachary Stevens's former band mates from
Savatage
Savatage () was an American heavy metal band founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979 in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The band was first called Avatar, but, shortly before the release of their debut album ''Sirens'' (1983), they changed t ...
,
Jon Oliva and
Chris Caffery, who co-wrote most of the songs on the album.
Track listing
#"Out of Reach"
( Chris Caffery, Jon Oliva, Zachary Stevens) – 4:09
#"Sea of White"
(Caffery, Stevens) – 4:39
#"Into the Wind"
(Caffery, Matt LaPorte, Stevens) – 4:18
#"Watching in Silence"
(Oliva, Stevens) – 4:25
#"Forgiven"
(Oliva, Stevens) – 5:02
#"Lies"
(LaPorte, Oliva, Stevens) – 3:26
#"Face to Face"
(Caffery, Stevens) – 5:12
#"Walls"
(Oliva, Stevens) – 4:28
#"The Circle"
(Oliva, Stevens) – 3:30
#"F.O.S. (Fields of Sorrow)"
(Oliva, Stevens) – 6:39
Personnel
;Circle II Circle
*
Zachary Stevens –
lead vocals
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, producer, cover concept
*Matt LaPorte –
guitar
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*John Zahner – keyboards
*Kevin Rothney –
bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...
,
backing vocals
A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are u ...
*Christopher Kinder –
drums
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;Additional musicians
*
Jon Oliva – vocals,
keyboards, producer
*
Chris Caffery – guitars on "Out of Reach", "Sea of White" and "Face to Face"
;Production
*Jim Morris – co–producer, engineer, mixing with Circle II Circle, mastering
*Dan Campbell – executive producer, cover concept, design & artwork, management
*Thomas Ewerhard – design & artwork
References
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2003 debut albums
Circle II Circle albums
AFM Records albums