''The Essential Collection 1995–2005'' is a compilation studio album released by the melodic

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band

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. The double compact disc is a re-recording of songs from the Ten catalog, the original versions being available on previous releases. The new versions were recorded by the personnel listed below. According to Ten leader Gary Hughes, "The tracks included are completely fresh recordings of the songs and more in keeping with the way the current line-up play the material, with new ideas on the old themes."DotNetNuke
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Track listing

All songs written by

Gary Hughes Gary Hughes (born 5 July 1964) is an English hard rock singer, songwriter and musician. Apart from his work as a solo artist, Gary Hughes is the front man and main songwriter of Hard Rock/Melodic Rock band Ten. He has also worked as a produce ...

Disc one - Rockers

# "The Name of the Rose/Wildest Dreams" – 14:03 # "The March of the Argonauts/Fear the Force" – 7:53 # "Ten Fathoms Deep" – 7:10 # "Apparition" – 8:46 # "After the Love Has Gone" – 5:52 # "Remembrance For the Brave/Red" – 8:08 # "Spellbound" – 5:16 # "The Robe" – 10:09 # "Evermore" – 4:48

Disc two - Ballads

# "Till the End of Time" – 5:03 # "You're In My Heart" – 6:31 # "Yesterday Lies In the Flames" – 5:18 # "Virtual Reality" – 5:55 # "We Rule the Night" – 5:36 # "Silent Rain" – 6:12 # "Through the Fire" – 6:56 # "Sail Away" – 5:12 # "Rainbow In the Dark" – 5:25 # "Valentine" – 6:07 *Tracks listed are for the Asian version; the European version (FR CD 272) omits track 9 on disc two.

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Chris Francis – lead

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s *John Halliwell – rhythm guitars *

Paul Hodson Paul Hodson is an English hard rock singer, songwriter and musician. Biography Paul Hodson has been the keyboard player of the band Ten from 2001 until September 2011. He has also played for the band Hard Rain since 1997 as well as for his ...

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keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

*Steve McKenna –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Lee Morris –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

Production

*Mixing – Gary Hughes *Engineering – Gary Hughes, Roger Smith, Simon Brayshaw, Chris Francis, Paul Hodson, John Halliwell and Mark Sumner

References

External links

Heavy Harmonies page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Essential Collection, The Ten (band) albums 2005 compilation albums Albums produced by Gary Hughes