Guitar Noir
Guitar Noir | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 17, 1993[1] | |||
Recorded | 1991–93 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 57:34 | |||
Label | Permanent Records (UK) Viceroy Music (US) | |||
Producer | Steve Hackett | |||
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Guitar Noir is the tenth album by Steve Hackett, released in 1993. On this record, he started turning to a much darker guitar sound, yet still retaining the fluidity he has become known for.
Track listing (UK Version)
- "Sierra Quemada" (Steve Hackett) – 5:19
- "Take These Pearls" (Hackett, Aron Friedman) – 4:14
- "There Are Many Sides to the Night" (Hackett) – 7:23
- "In The Heart of the City" (Hackett) – 4:35
- "Dark As The Grave" (Hackett, Friedman) – 4:38
- "Lost in Your Eyes" (Hackett, Dave 'Taif' Ball, Julian Colbeck, Hugo Degenhardt) – 4:56
- "Little America" (Hackett, Ball, Colbeck, Degenhardt) – 4:55
- "Like An Arrow" (Hackett) – 2:51
- "Theatre of Sleep" (Hackett) – 3:04
- "Walking Away From Rainbows" (Hackett) – 3:10
- "Paint Your Picture" (Hackett) – 2:58
- "Vampyre with a Healthy Appetite" (Hackett) – 5:30
- "Tristesse" (Friedman) – 4:02
- 1997 remastered bonus tracks
- "Sierra Quemada" (demo) (Hackett) – 4:31
- "Take These Pearls" (rough mix) (Hackett, Friedman) – 4:11
- "In The Heart of the City" (original version) (Hackett) – 4:19
- "Vampyre with a Healthy Appetite" (demo) (Hackett) – 4:41
The original (1993) version of the CD did not include the track "Theatre of Sleep".
Track listing (US Version)
- "Lost in Your Eyes" (Hackett, Ball, Colbeck, Degenhardt) – 4:56
- "In The Heart of the City" (Hackett) – 4:35
- "Sierra Quemada" (Hackett) – 5:19
- "Vampyre with a Healthy Appetite" (Hackett) – 5:30
- "Take These Pearls" (Hackett, Friedman) – 4:14
- "Little America" (Hackett, Dave 'Taif' Ball, Colbeck, Degenhardt) – 4:55
- "There Are Many Sides to the Night" (Hackett) – 6:55
- "Walking Away From Rainbows" (Hackett) – 3:10
- "Like An Arrow" (Hackett) – 2:51
- "Dark As The Grave" (Hackett, Friedman) – 4:38
- "Paint Your Picture" (Hackett) – 2:58
- "Tristesse" (Friedman) – 4:02
- Cassandra (Hackett) – 3:42 (unlisted song featuring Brian May of Queen recorded in 1986)
Personnel (on UK Version)
- Steve Hackett – guitars, vocals (2–9, 11, 12), stepp (3, 10, 11), noises off (3), harmonica (6, 7, 12), string arrangements (8), rainstick (11)
- Julian Colbeck – keyboards (1, 4, 6, 7, 12), backing vocals (7)
- Dave "Taif" Ball – bass (1, 4, 6, 7, 12)
- Hugo Degenhardt – drums (1, 4, 6, 7, 12)
- Aron Friedman – keyboards (2, 5, 8, 13), programming (2, 5, 8, 13), string arrangements (8)
- Nick Magnus – keyboards (9), programming (9)
- Bimbo Acock – clarinet (9)
- Billy Budis – backing vocals (11)