To Watch the Storms

To Watch The Storms
Studio album by Steve Hackett
Released	2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Progressive rock, Heavy rock
Label	Camino Records (UK), InsideOut Music (US)
Producer	Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett chronology
Genesis Files (2002) To Watch The Storms (2003) Metamorpheus (2005)

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To Watch The Storms is a studio rock album by Steve Hackett. It's his first studio album in 4 years since Darktown in 1999. It was recorded with his current touring band including his brother John and producer and keyboardist Roger King. It shows Steve's compositional trademark which gave his earlier classics, Voyage of the Acolyte and Spectral Mornings grace. The album is released in three formats including a standard and special editions. There is also a Japanese edition with an extra track not included on the UK releases.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Standard Edition (CAMCD31) 1.2 Special Edition (CAMCD31SE) 1.3 Japanese Edition (UICE1064) 1.4 Digital Downloads 2 Personnel 3 Facts 4 References

Track listing

Standard Edition (CAMCD31)

1. Strutton Ground
2. Circus of Becoming
3. The Devil Is An Englishman
4. Frozen Statues
5. Mechanical Bride
6. Wind, Sand and Stars
7. Brand New
8. This World
9. Rebecca
10. The Silk Road
11. Come Away
12. The Moon Under Water
13. Serpentine Song

Special Edition (CAMCD31SE)

Includes 4 bonus tracks, a 40 page booklet with extended sleeve notes from Steve and original Kim Poor artwork for each track. Packaged in slipcase.

1. Strutton Ground
2. Circus of Becoming
3. The Devil Is An Englishman
4. Frozen Statues
5. Mechanical Bride
6. Wind, Sand and Stars
7. Brand New
8. This World
9. Rebecca
10. The Silk Road
11. Pollution B
12. Fire Island
13. Marijuana, Assassin Of Youth
14. Come Away
15. The Moon Under Water
16. Serpentine Song
17. If You Only Knew

Japanese Edition (UICE1064)

Includes 4 bonus tracks and an obi strip. Packaged in a slipcase.

1. Strutton Ground
2. Brand New
3. This World
4. Circus of Becoming
5. The Devil Is An Englishman
6. Frozen Statues
7. Mechanical Bride
8. Wind, Sand and Stars
9. Rebecca
10. The Silk Road
11. Come Away
12. The Moon Under Water
13. Serpentine Song
14. Flame
15. Pollution B
16. Fire Island
17. If You Only Knew

Digital Downloads

1. Brand New (edit)

Personnel

• Steve Hackett - Vocals, Guitar
• Roger King - Keyboards
• Rob Townsend - Brass, Woodwind
• Terry Gregory - Basses, Vocals
• Gary O’Toole - Drums, Vocals
• John Hackett - Flute on "Serpentine Song"
• Ian McDonald - Saxophone on "Brand New"
• Jeanne Downs - Backing Vocals
• Sarah Wilson - Cello
• Howard Gott - Violin

Facts

• "The Devil Is An Englishman" is a cover version of the song by Thomas Dolby.
• This is the first album where digital downloads were tested for the first time.

References

Steve Hackett Bands Genesis · GTR · Quiet World Solo Discography Voyage of the Acolyte · Please Don't Touch · Spectral Mornings · Defector · Cured · Highly Strung · Bay of Kings · Till We Have Faces · Momentum · Guitar Noir · Blues with a Feeling · Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited · A Midsummer Night's Dream · Darktown · Sketches of Satie · Feedback 86 · Genesis Files · To Watch the Storms · Metamorpheus · Wild Orchids · Tribute · Out of the Tunnel's Mouth · Beyond the Shrouded Horizon Live Albums Time Lapse · There Are Many Sides to the Night · The Tokyo Tapes · Live Archive Series · Somewhere in South America... · Hungarian Horizons · Live Rails Compilations The Unauthorised Biography Videos & DVDs Steve Hackett Live · The Tokyo Tapes · Somewhere in South America... · Hungarian Horizons · Once Above a Time · Spectral Mornings Related Articles Camino Records · John Hackett