''Beyond the Shrouded Horizon'' is the twenty-first studio album by English guitarist and songwriter

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Background and recording

"Loch Lomond" is named after the loch of the same name in Scotland. Hackett described the track as blues-influenced which changes to European music once the strings are heard. The lyrics contain many contradictory images, such as a hummingbird in the snow. Though the song contains what sound like bagpipes, Hackett revealed that the sound is in fact a mix of bagpipe samples and a saxophone with the reed "turned around the other way".

Track listing

#"Loch Lomond" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Roger King) – 6:50 #"The Phoenix Flown" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 2:08 #"Wanderlust" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 0:44 #"Til These Eyes" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 2:41 #"Prairie Angel" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett,

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) – 2:59 #"A Place Called Freedom" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 5:57 #"Between the Sunset and the Coconut Palms" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 3:18 #"Waking to Life" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 4:50 #"Two Faces of Cairo" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 5:13 #"Looking for Fantasy" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 4:33 #"Summer's Breath" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 1:12 #"Catwalk" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 5:44 #"Turn This Island Earth" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, Steve Howe, Roger King, Jonathan Mover) – 11:51 ;Bonus CD (limited special edition only) #"Four Winds: North" (Steve Hackett, King) – 1:35 #"Four Winds: South" (Steve Hackett, King) – 2:06 #"Four Winds: East" (Steve Hackett, Fenner) – 3:34 (previously appeared on Japan edition of ''Darktown'' as "The Well at the World's End") #"Four Winds: West" (Steve Hackett, King) – 3:04 (previously appeared on

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's ''The Book of Bilbo and Gandalf'' as "Galadriel") #"Pieds En L'Air" (

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) – 2:26 #"She Said Maybe" (Steve Hackett, King) – 4:21 #"Enter the Night" (Steve Hackett, Jo Hackett, King) – 4:00 (vocal version of "Depth Charge," aka "Riding the Colossus," from various previous albums) #"Eruption: Tommy" (

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) – 3:37 (previously appeared on Japan edition of ''Wild Orchids'') #"Reconditioned Nightmare" (Hackett) – 4:06 (previously appeared on Japan edition of ''Wild Orchids'')

Personnel

;Normal release *

– guitars, vocals, harmonica (1–13) *

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– bass, chapman stick, pink ukulele (1, 6) *Dick Driver – double bass (4, 7, 10, 13) * John Hackett – flute (9) vocals (7) *Roger King – keyboards, programming (1–13) *Amanda Lehmann – vocals (1, 6, 8) guitar (5, 6) *Gary O'Toole – drums (1, 2, 5, 8, 9) vocals (1, 6,) * Simon Phillips – drums (12, 13) *

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– bass (10, 12, 13) *Richard Stewart – cello (4, 7, 9, 10) *Christine Townsend – violin, viola (4, 7, 9, 10) *Rob Townsend – saxophone, whistle, bass clarinet (1, 4, 5, 6, 8) ;Bonus CD *

– guitars, vocals (1–4, 6–9) *Dick Driver – double bass (5) *Benedict Fenner – keyboards, programming (3) *Roger King – keyboards, programming (1, 2, 6–9) *Amanda Lehmann – vocals (7) *Gary O'Toole – drums, vocals (7) *Simon Phillips – drums (1) *

– bass (1, 7) *Richard Stewart – cello (5) *Christine Townsend – violin, viola (5) ;Cover photo: *Harry Pearce

References

External links

Official site
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