''The Inconsolable Secret'' is the eighth studio album by American

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band

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, released on July 12, 2005, by Arion Records/Sound Resources. It is the last album with singer Walter Moore as band member (though he would continue to collaborate with the band, including on 2014's ''

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''), and also the first without band leader Fred Schendel acting as drummer. A special edition of the album was released on June 25, 2013, with an additional third disc featuring five songs entirely re-recorded by the band, with new members

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and Kamran Alan Shikoh on vocals and guitar respectively. The name "inconsolable secret" comes from C.S. Lewis's sermon, ''The Weight of Glory''.C.S. Lewis The Weight of Glory (New York: Macmillan and Co., 1966), pp. 4-5.

Track listing

Personnel

Glass Hammer * Walter Moore –

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* Susie Bogdanowicz – lead vocals * Fred Schendel –

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and

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s, vocals * Steve Babb – keyboards, bass, vocals Additional musicians * Matt Mendians –

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* Sarah Snyder – vocals * Flo Paris – vocals on “Long and Long Ago” and “Having Caught a Glimpse” * Eric Parker –

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* The Adonia String Trio ** Rebecca James –

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** Susan Hawkins-Whitacre –

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** Rachel Hackenberger –

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* Bethany Warren – backing vocals and

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* Stephanie Rumpza –

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and choir * Haley McGuire, Summer Hullender, Elimy Hammett and Natalie Pittman – choir * Tom Hammett – vocals * Laura Lindstrom – vocals on “Morrigan’s Song” * David Carter – lead guitar on "Long and Long Ago" Production * Fred Schendel and Steve Babb –

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– mastering * Roger Dean –

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New personnel in 2013 re-issue *

– lead vocals on "Long and Long Ago" and "The Morning She Woke" * Kamran Alan Shikoh – electric and

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s on "The Morning She Woke" and "The Knight of the North" * Johnny Bruhns – electric guitar on "Long And Long Ago" * David Wallimann – electric guitar on "Having Caught A Glimpse" * Donna Curry –

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on "Long And Long Ago" and "Having Caught A Glimpse" * Kelly Luther Stultz –

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choir * Josh Greene –

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choir

References

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