''The Name of the Rose'' is the second studio album released by the melodic

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

band Ten. The album was released only four months apart from the band's first album X, since the songs were already written and recorded.

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 ...

except where noted. # "The Name of the Rose" – 8:31 # "Wildest Dreams" – 5:33 # "Don't Cry" – 5:00 # "Turn Around" – 3:52 # "Pharaoh's Prelude: Ascension to the Afterlife" – 3:54 # "Wait For You" – 5:31 # "The Rainbow" – 6:03 (Gary Hughes, Zoe Hughes) # "Through the Fire" – 8:19 # "Goodnight Saigon" – 7:02 # "Wings of the Storm" – 5:02 # "Standing In Your Light" – 7:18 Bonus Tracks Release Europe: #

"The Quest" – 4:52 # "You're My Religion" – 6:48 2015 japanese SHM-CD remaster (AVALON MICP-11209) bonus tracks: #

"The Quest" - 4:52 # "Round & Round" - 5:27

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 ...

Vinny Burns Vinny Burns (born 4 April 1965, Oldham, Lancashire) is an English hard rock guitarist and producer, best known for his work with the bands Dare (band), Dare, Ten (band), Ten and Bob Catley. He has also been a member of Asia (band), Asia, Ultrav ...

– 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 * Ged Rylands –

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* Martin "Shelley" Shelton –

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 ...

*Greg Morgan –

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 ...

*Mark Harrison – bass guitar *Brian Cox –

*Howard Smith –

*Andy Thompson –

*Jason Thanos –

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

(Track 9) *Oliver Bowden –

(Track 11) *Thierey Cardinet –

(Track 11) *Damien Guasp –

(Track 11) *Jee Jacquet –

(Track 11)

Production

*Executive Producers – Mark Ashton and Vinny Burns *Mixing – Mike Stone *Engineer – Mike Stone, Audu Obaje and Ray Brophy

Concepts

*"Wildest Dreams" is about a utopic perfect woman. *"Pharaoh's Prelude" and "Wait for You" are based on Egyptian Mythology. *"The Rainbow" tells the story of a socialite that commits suicide. *"Goodnight Saigon" is about the Vietnam War.

External links

Heavy Harmonies page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Name Of The Rose Ten (band) albums 1996 albums Albums produced by Mike Stone (record producer)