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in the early nineties, and was released in 1992. When recording demos for the album, Martin played all the instruments himself; for the finished product, however, a variety of musicians were involved. On this album, the singer covered "Jerusalem", which originally appeared on '' Tyr'', a Black Sabbath album on which Martin sang.

Track listing

Band members

* Tony Martin – guitars (2, 3, 4 (solo), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (acoustic)) *

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– guitars (3) * Paul Wright – guitars (2 (solo), 7, 9, 10) * Adrian Dawson – guitars (2 (solo), 7 (solo) 9 (solo), 10) * Carlo Fragnito – guitars (1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13) * Richard Cottle – keyboards & saxophone (1 (key+sax), 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) *

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– keyboards (5, 6, 12, 13) * Neil Murray – bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 13) *

Laurence Cottle Laurence Cottle (born 16 December 1961) is a Welsh bass guitarist and composer. Career His solo recordings have been mostly in jazz and jazz fusion. He was a member of the fusion quartet The Fents and appeared on their second album, ''The Ot ...

– bass (5, 6, 8, 9) *

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– drums (2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11) *

Nigel Glockler Nigel Glockler (born 24 January 1953) is an English musician, best known as the longtime drummer for the heavy metal band Saxon, which he first joined in 1981. Career Glockler began his musical career in 1980 as the drummer for the British band ...

– drums (1, 4, 6, 7, 13)

References

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