Far from the Madding Crowd (album)
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| Far From the Madding Crowd | ||
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| Studio album by Wuthering Heights | ||
| Released | January 2004 | |
| Recorded | May-June 2003 | |
| Genre | Progressive metal/Folk Metal | |
| Length | 61:04 | |
| Label | Locomotive Records | |
| Producer(s) | Tommy Hansen | |
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| Wuthering Heights chronology | ||
| To Travel For Evermore (2002) |
Far From the Madding Crowd (2004) |
The Shadow Cabinet (2006) |
Far From the Madding Crowd is the third full-length album by Danish band Wuthering Heights. The title is taken from the novel by Thomas Hardy, though the subject matter of the songs themselves has little to do with the content of the novel, having more in common with the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- Gather ye Wild 01:46
- The Road Goes Ever On 07:49
- Tree 05:03
- Longing for the Woods Part I - The Wild Children 05:35
- Highlands Winds 06:55
- Longing for the Woods Part II - The Ring of Fire 06:14
- The Bollard 03:29
- Bad Hobbits Die Hard 03:22
- Longing for the Woods Part III - Hernes Prophecy 08:38
- Land of Olden Glory 06:21
- Lament for Lorien 05:52
The Japanese edition of the album contains the bonus track
- 12. Memory Within A Memory (Instrumental)
- 13. The Tapdancer/Gather Ye Wild (reprise) 4:08 (USA bonus-track)
[edit] Line-up:
- Erik Ravn : guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals
- Nils Patrik Johansson : vocals
- Rune S. Brink : keyboards
- Henrik Flyman : guitar
- Morten Gade Sørensen : drums, percussion
[edit] Guest musicians:
- Jette Hansen : bagpipe
- Lisbeth Sagen : violin
- Ulrik Tofte Jespersen : flute
- Henrik Svanekær : banjo
- Tommy Hansen : backing vocals
[edit] Credits:
- Music & Lyrics by Erik Ravn
- Except The Bollard (music&lyrics by Pilegaard/Jespersen/The McGalster Clan), Lament For Lórien (music by Rune S. Brink, Erik Ravn)
- Recorded at Jailhouse Studios, Horsens, May-June 2003
- Preproduction recorded at The Cave and Digital Bitch, Copenhagen, Summer 2002-Spring 2003
- Produced, mixed & engineered by Tommy Hansen
- Mastered by Joe Gastwirt
- Cover art by David Wyatt
- Photos by Anders C Nielsen
- Design, layout and image manipulation by Michael Bennett
