''Bay of Kings'' is the seventh studio album from English guitarist

Steve Hackett Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis ...

, released in October 1983 on Lamborghini Records. His first album consisting entirely of instrumental classical guitar music, Hackett's former record company

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refused to release it over concerns about its commercial viability. Hackett left the label and released ''Bay of Kings'' through independent record company Lamborghini Records, started by Patric Mimran who owned the said car company at that time. It was later reissued by Hackett's own label,

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. The album cover originally used a nude painting by his wife at the time,

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, but at her insistence it was replaced for the Camino reissue by a new painting of Hackett. (The original Japanese issue of the album replaced the nude cover with one that featured a drawing of a guitar.)"Hackett to Bits - An Interview with Steve Hackett" (2001 interview on World of Genesis homepage)
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Track listing

#"Bay of Kings" – 4:57 #"The Journey" – 4:15 #"Kim" – 2:25 #"Marigold" – 3:37 #"St. Elmo's Fire" – 3:08 #"Petropolis" – 2:46 #"Second Chance" – 1:59 #"Cast Adrift" – 2:15 #"Horizons" – 1:47 #"Black Light" – 2:32 #"The Barren Land" – 3:46 #"Calmaria" – 3:23 #"Time Lapse at Milton Keynes" – 3:57 (reissue bonus track) #"Tales of the Riverbank" (traditional) – 2:02 (reissue bonus track) #"Skye Boat Song" (traditional) – 1:37 (reissue bonus track)

Musicians

– guitar, keyboards *Nick Magnus – synthesizer, keyboards * John Hackett – flute, keyboards

References

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