Satellite is the second album by Welsh progressive rock band Panic Room. This album saw the band retreat somewhat from the very 'progressive' approach to their debut album Visionary Position and the result is a more cohesive, song-orientated album.[citation needed]
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| Released | 25 January 2010 | |||
| Recorded | Sonic One Studios, Llangennech, Wales, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 58:50 | |||
| Label | Firefly Music Ltd. | |||
| Producer | Jonathan Edwards, Anne-Marie Helder & Tim Hamill | |||
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The album was recorded at Sonic One Studios in Wales by Tim Hamill and the artwork was designed and created by Teslin Davies.
Pre-orders of the album were released in 2009. A special edition, complete with a bonus disc containing four extra songs is available exclusively from the band's own website and at live concerts. The single disc retail version was released on 25 January 2010.[2] This was the final album to feature the original lineup, as Alun Vaughan left the band during the summer of 2010.[3]
Track listing
editSatellite
edit- "Freedom to Breathe" (Edwards/Helder) - 5:33
- "Picking Up Knives" (Edwards/Helder) − 5:10
- "I Am a Cat" (Edwards/Helder) − 4:37
- "The Fall" (Edwards/Helder) − 6:16
- "Black Noise" (Helder/Vaughan) − 3:59
- "Yasuni" (Davies/Edwards/Helder) − 5:14
- "Sunshine" (Edwards/Helder) − 6:02
- "Into the Fire" (Edwards/Field/Helder) − 5:00
- "Dark Star" (Edwards/Helder) − 5:11
- "Muse" (Edwards/Helder) − 3:43
- "Satellite" (Edwards/Helder) − 8:05
Little Satellite - two-disc version only available from the band's website
edit- "5th Amendment" (Edwards/Helder) − 4:17
- "The Great Divide" (Helder/Vaughan) − 5:30
- "Go" (Edwards/Helder) − 4:08
- "Sandstorms" (Edwards/Helder) − 10:08
Personnel
edit- Anne-Marie Helder – lead/backing vocals; electric/acoustic guitars; keyboards; piano
- Paul Davies – electric/acoustic guitars
- Alun Vaughan – bass guitars
- Jonathan Edwards – keyboards; piano; Fender Rhodes
- Gavin Griffiths – drums
References
edit- ^ Thompson, Dave. "Satellite - Panic Room : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Panic Room - Satellite - CD - Available from". System Records. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ Panic Jon (28 July 2010). "Goodbye & Hello - Panic Room Announcement". Panicroom.omgforum.net. Retrieved 8 March 2012.