Master of Paradise
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| Studio album by Tony MacAlpine | ||||
| Released | November 2, 1999[1] | |||
| Recorded | Early 1999 at Clear Lake Audio in North Hollywood, Los Angeles; Allen Street Studios in New York City, New York | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, instrumental rock | |||
| Length | 49:37 | |||
| Label | Shrapnel | |||
| Producer | Tony MacAlpine | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
Master of Paradise is the ninth studio album by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, released on November 2, 1999 through Shrapnel Records. This marks the first (and so far only) time MacAlpine himself has provided vocals on any of his releases, as all but two of the tracks contain singing; the final two being instrumental. Early pressings of the album suffered from a mastering error, which resulted in the overall volume being very low.[3] This was corrected on later pressings, but yet another manufacturing error arose afterwards which remained uncorrected, this time involving the track listing: the order was printed incorrectly on the back cover, along with an image of MacAlpine mistakenly reversed to show him playing a left-handed guitar. The correct track listing is shown below.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Tony MacAlpine, except where noted.| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Maker Is King" | 3:49 | |
| 2. | "Tears of Darkness" | 5:24 | |
| 3. | "Live to Die" | 6:50 | |
| 4. | "Circus" | 4:14 | |
| 5. | "Still" | 5:05 | |
| 6. | "Master of Paradise" | 6:14 | |
| 7. | "Time" | 5:18 | |
| 8. | "Imagination" | 4:55 | |
| 9. | "Final Hour" | 4:32 | |
| 10. | "Au bord d'une source" (Franz Liszt) | 3:16 | |
Total length: |
49:37 | ||
| Misprint | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Tears of Darkness" | |||||||||
| 2. | "Live to Die" | |||||||||
| 3. | "Circus" | |||||||||
| 4. | "Still" | |||||||||
| 5. | "Time" | |||||||||
| 6. | "Master of Paradise" | |||||||||
| 7. | "Imagination" | |||||||||
| 8. | "Maker Is King" | |||||||||
| 9. | "Final Hour" | |||||||||
| 10. | "Au bord d'une source" | |||||||||
Personnel
- Tony MacAlpine – vocals, guitar, keyboard, engineering, production
- Atma Anur – drums
- Larry Dennison – bass
- Brian Levi – engineering, mixing
- Albert Law – editing, mastering
References
- ↑ "Solo Discography". tonymacalpine.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
- ↑ Huey, Steve. "Master Of Paradise - Tony MacAlpine". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
- ↑ MacAlpine, Tony. "Session Notes: Master Of Paradise". tonymacalpine.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
External links
- In Review: Tony MacAlpine "Master Of Paradise" at Guitar Nine Records
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