''In the House of Stone and Light'' is the debut album by

Martin Page Martin George Page (born 23 September 1959) is an English singer-songwriter and bassist. Page has collaborated with artists such as Paul Young, Starship (band), Starship, Robbie Robertson, Earth, Wind & Fire, Heart (band), Heart, Robbie William ...

, released in 1994. It features the title song, "

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", which was a substantial ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit (peaking at number 14) and AC (number 1) hit.

EPK

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has been made for the album. It features Martin Page himself, lyricist

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, musician

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, and other friends of Page. In the EPK they talk about his past with his band,

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, his collaborations with Taupin, and the album and Page himself. As stated in the EPK, "Shape the Invisible" is Page's favorite on his debut album. As described by him in his video EPK: "My favorite song is 'Shape the Invisible', purely because of what the lyrics say. I was reading a book about Leonardo DaVinci and he mentioned that this shape the invisible in a sentence, and I thought what a great title. And at the time I wrote the song, there is as there always is trouble in the world, and I really wrote it as a wish song." Also stated in the EPK by Page, about the song "I Was Made For You": "I did a song called 'I Was Made For You' and that song has a distinct kind of Gaelic feel to it." For the song "Light In Your Heart", Page states: "There's a song called 'A Light In Your Heart' which I wrote with Bernie Taupin, and this song has been around ." Taupin then adds, "'Light In My Heart' is a very simple song, I mean it's a very direct emotional piece of work." Page comments, "I feel very strong that 'Light In Your Heart' is one of Bernie's best lyrics."

Track listing

All tracks written by Martin Page, except tracks 6 and 9 (Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)

Personnel

– All lead vocals, instrumentation as noted for individual tracks

"In the House of Stone and Light"

*Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, guitars, programming, background vocals *

Jimmy Copley James Frank Copley (29 December 1953 – 13 May 2017) was an English rock drummer. Copley was largely a session musician and worked with Jeff Beck, Graham Parker, Upp, Paul Young, Magnum, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan and Glenn Hughes of Deep Pu ...

– Drums *Paul Joseph Moore – Keyboards *

– Guitar * Neil Taylor – Guitar * Bill Dillon – Guitar,

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– Background vocals

"Shape the Invisible"

*Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, guitar, programming, background vocals *Paul Joseph Moore – Keyboards *Neil Taylor – Guitar,

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*Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan *Jimmy Copley – Drums *

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– Additional drums

"I Was Made For You"

*Martin Page – Bass, fretless bass, keyboards, programming, background vocals *Paul Joseph Moore – Keyboards *Neil Taylor – Guitar, ebow *Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan *Phil Collins – Drums

"Keeper of the Flame"

*Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, programming, background vocals, handclaps *Neil Taylor – Guitar *Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan, mandolin *Jimmy Copley – Drums * Trevor Thornton – Tribal sidesticks,

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, handclaps *Geoffrey Oryema – Background vocals * Brian Fairweather, Diane Poncher, Susan Poncher – Handclaps

"In My Room"

*Martin Page – Fretless bass, keyboards,

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, programming, background vocals *Neil Taylor – Guitar *Bill Dillon – Crying guitar, guitar, guitorgan *Brian Fairweather –

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*Trevor Thornton – Drums, tambourine

"Monkey in My Dreams"

*Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, programming, handclaps, background vocals *Neil Taylor – Guitar *Bill Dillon – Rubber bass, guitar, guitorgan *Trevor Thornton – Live snare, tambourine, gong tom, sidesticks *

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– Background vocals

"Put on Your Red Dress"

*Martin Page – Fretless bass, keyboards, guitar, programming, background vocals *Paul Joseph Moore – Keyboards *Neil Taylor – Guitar *Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan, acoustic guitar *Jimmy Copley – Drums *Trevor Thornton – Tambourine

"Broken Stairway"

*Martin Page – Acoustic piano, bass, fretless bass, keyboards *Jack Hues – Keyboards *Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan

"Light in Your Heart"

*Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, programming, background vocals *Neil Taylor – Guitar *Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan *Phil Collins – Drums *Brenda Russell – Background vocals

"The Door"

*Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, programming, background vocals *Jack Hues – Acoustic steel guitar,

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*Neil Taylor – Guitar *Brian Fairweather – Nylon string guitar *Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan, mandolin *Jimmy Copley – Drums *Trevor Thornton – Gong tom Martin Page- ''In the House of Stone and Light'' CD Liner Notes. Retrieved 12-24-2012.

Production

*Arranged & Produced By Martin Page *Engineered By Jeff Lorenzen, Martin Page & Ed Thacker *Mixed By

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; assisted by Kyle Bess, Bill Cooper, Greg Goldman & Rail Jon Rogut *Digital Editing By Jeff Lorenzen *Mastered By Dave Collins

References

{{Authority control 1994 debut albums Martin Page albums Mercury Records albums