''Citadel'' is the third studio album by American

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band

Starcastle Starcastle is an American progressive rock band from Champaign, Illinois, United States. Formed in 1969, the group played many shows under the names Pegasus and Mad John Fever before eventually settling on Starcastle. They inked their first reco ...

. It is the second of two Starcastle albums to be produced by Roy Thomas Baker, who produced many of

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's albums. Unlike their first two albums, ''Citadel'' features shorter, more concise compositions from the band. This trend would further continue in Starcastle's next album, Real to Reel.

Track listing

All songs written by Starcastle. Side 1 # "Shine On Brightly" - 5:14 # "Shadows of Song" - 5:08 # "Can't Think Twice" - 3:51 # "Wings of White" - 4:48 Side 2 # "Evening Wind" - 5:27 # "Change in Time" - 4:31 # "Could This Be Love?" - 3:23 # "Why Have They Gone?" - 6:53

Personnel

Band

Terry Luttrell Terry Luttrell (born 1947 Champaign, Illinois) is an American rock singer/musician best known as lead vocalist for both REO Speedwagon (1968–1972) and Starcastle (1973–1979). Bands Luttrell had played guitar with a local Champaign band, ...

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*Matthew Stewart -

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*Stephen Hagler - backing vocals, electric guitar *Gary Strater - backing vocals,

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, Moog Taurus *

Herb Schildt Herbert Schildt is an American computing author, programmer and musician. He has written books about various programming languages. He was also a founding member of the progressive rock band Starcastle. Life Schildt holds both graduate and un ...

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, Oberheim OB-X *Stephen Tassler - backing vocals,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Citadel (Album) 1977 albums Starcastle albums Albums produced by Roy Thomas Baker Epic Records albums