''Metallic Spheres'' is the tenth studio album released by

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group

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in October 2010 and features

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guitarist

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and

Killing Joke Killing Joke are an English rock music, rock band from Notting Hill, London, England, formed in 1979 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (musician), Youth (bass). Their first album, ''Ki ...

bassist Youth. The album spent three weeks on the UK charts, peaking at number 12.

Reception

Track listing

# "Metallic Side" (28:42) ## "Metallic Spheres" ## "Hymns to the Sun" ## "Black Graham" ## "Hiding in Plain View" ## "Classified" # "Spheres Side" (20:12) ## "Es Vedra" ## "Hymns to the Sun (Reprise)" ## "Olympic" ## "Chicago Dub" ## "Bold Knife Trophy" # "Cult of Youth Ambient Mix (Parts 1 & 2)" (Edit) (5:35) (

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-only bonus track) All tracks written by David Gilmour, Alex Paterson, and Youth, except: * "Hymns to the Sun" written by Gilmour, Paterson, Youth, and

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* "Black Graham" written by Gilmour, Paterson, Youth, and Marcia Mello * "Hiding in Plain View" written by Gilmour, Paterson, Youth, and

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Personnel

– guitars, vocals *

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– sound manipulation, keyboards, turntables *

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– bass, keyboards, programming * Tim Bran – keyboards, programming * Marcia Mello – acoustic guitar (on "Black Graham") * Dominique Le Vac – backing vocals

Production

The album was produced by

and recorded in June, 2009 at "The Dreaming Cave", in

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. Engineering was done by Tim Bran (of

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) and David Nock. Mixing was done by Youth, with mix engineering from Bran, Nock and Michael Rendall at "The Study" in 2010. Mastering was done by Andy Baldwin at Metropolis Studios in

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. A headphone version was released as the second disc of the deluxe 2-CD edition, with

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by Mike Brady, recording by Mike Brady, David Nock and Michael Rendall, and mixing by Youth.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Metallic Spheres The Orb albums 2010 albums David Gilmour albums Albums produced by Youth (musician) Ambient albums by English artists