''Sunsets on Empire'' is a studio album by

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, the fourth with original material since he left

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in 1988. It was mostly written together with

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, who co-composed six out of ten tracks on the original version, (plus one bonus track on the Japanese and remastered edition) and also produced the album.

Tim Bowness Tim Bowness (born 29 November 1963) is an English singer and songwriter primarily known for his work as part of the band No-Man, a long-term project formed in 1987 with Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson. Music career In addition to recording album ...

, Wilson's partner in

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, has additional writing credits on one track. Two permanent members of Fish's line-up, keyboardist Foster Paterson, and guitarist Robin Boult co-wrote one and two tracks, respectively. Unfortunately, the album and tour were flops and lost Fish hundreds of thousands of pounds, which meant he had to fold his Dick Brothers label. Roadrunner and Chocolate Frog/Snapper would subsequently reissue the album.

Track listing

# "The Perception of Johnny Punter" ( Derek Dick,

) – 8:36 # "Goldfish & Clowns" (Dick, Wilson) – 6:36 # "Change of Heart" (Dick, Robin Boult) – 3:41 # "What Colour Is God?" (Dick, Wilson) – 5:50 # "Tara" (Dick, Foster Paterson) – 5:11 # "Jungle Ride" (Dick, Boult) – 7:33 # "Worm in a Bottle" (Dick, Boult) – 6:23 # "Brother 52" (Dick, Wilson) – 6:05 # "Sunsets on Empire" (Dick, Wilson) – 6:54 # "Say It with Flowers" (Dick, Wilson,

) – 4:15 Total time: 61:04

Bonus track on the Japanese and remastered version

"Do Not Walk Outside This Area" (Dick, Wilson) – 6:29

Total time: 67:34

2015 ''The Remasters'' edition

Disc One Original studio album

Disc Two Demos with Steven Wilson + bonus tracks # "Goldfish and Clowns (demo)" – 6:37 # "Sunsets on Empire (demo)" – 6:53 # "What Colour Is God? (demo)" – 5:57 # "Do Not Walk Outside This Area (demo)" – 6:11 # "The Perception of Johnny Punter (demo)" – 8:34 # "Say It with Flowers (demo)" – 4:11 # "The Perception of Johnny Punter (USA version)" – 8:38 # "Do Not Walk Outside This Area" – 6:29 # "Tara (radio edit)" – 4:03 # "Goldfish and Clowns (radio edit)" – 4:14 # "What Colour Is God? (Max Rael remix)" – 7:01 Total time: 68:44 Disc Three Live # "Change of Heart (live Haddington 2006)" – 3:44 # "Tara (live Haddington 2006)" – 5:30 # "Worm in a Bottle (live Haddington 2006)" – 5:20 # "Goldfish and Clowns (live Haddington 1998)" – 6:44 # "Jungle Ride (live Poland 1997)" – 8:09 # "The Perception of Johnny Punter (live Poland 1997)" – 11:15 # "What Colour Is God? (live Poland 1997)" – 5:53 # "Brother 52 (live Poland 1997)" – 6:07 # "Sunsets on Empire (live Poland 1999)" – 8:59 Total time: 61:34

Personnel

– lead vocals (all) *

– lead guitar (1, 10), rhythm guitar (1, 8, 9), keyboards (1-6, 8-10), string arrangement (1), loops/sampler (2, 4, 5, 8) * Robin Boult – rhythm guitar (1-4, 6-9), 12 string guitar (1-6, 8, 10), lead guitar (5, 8), e-bow (5, 8) * Frank Usher – lead guitar (1, 7, 8), rhythm guitar (2-4, 7, 8) * Foss Patterson – Hammond organ (1,2, 7-9), piano (1, 2, 5, 9), keyboards (3, 5, 6), backing vocals (4), string arrangement (5) *

Ewen Vernal Ewen Vernal (born 27 February 1964) is a Scottish musician. Born in Glasgow to a musical family, Vernal began taking piano lessons at 8 years old — inspired by a Beatles-singing mother and a choir-leading, saxophone-playing father. Singing ...

– bass (1-9) * Dave Stewart – drums (1-9) * Chris Gaugh – cello (1, 5) * Brian Hale – violin (1, 5) * Dave Haswell – percussion (2, 5, 6) *

Martyn Bennett Martyn Bennett (17 February 1971 – 30 January 2005) was a Canadian-Scottish musician who was influential in the evolution of modern Celtic fusion, a blending of traditional Celtic and modern music. He was a piper, violinist, composer and pro ...

– violin (6, 8) *

Fraser Speirs Fraser Speirs is a Glasgow-based harmonica player. Originally trained as a medical illustrator, Speirs has been performing for over 30 years and is now an internationally known performer and teacher. He continues to perform with such musicians ...

(misspelled as "Spiers") – harmonica (6) * "Doc" – voice on telephone (8) * Terence Jones – French horn (9) * Lorna Bannon – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 9) * Don Jack – backing vocals (1) * Chris Thomson – backing vocals (1) * Katherine Garrett – backing vocals (3, 6) * Annie McCraig – backing vocals (9)

Charts

References

External links

Discography information on Fish's official website
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