One (Tesseract album)
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| Studio album by Tesseract | ||||
| Released | 22 March 2011 | |||
| Recorded | Metropolis Studios, UK and 4D Sounds | |||
| Genre | Progressive metal, ambient, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 54:31 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Acle Kahney, Amos Williams, Francesco Cameli | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Bloody Disgusting | (positive)[2] |
| Pop Matters | [3] |
One is the debut studio album by British progressive metal band Tesseract released on 22 March 2011,[4] the album features six tracks, with the third track "Concealing Fate" split into 6 parts for a total length of twenty seven minutes and forty seconds. This is Tesseract's only full length release with vocalist Daniel Tompkins. A bonus track entitled "Hollow" was released digitally to those who pre-ordered One from Century Media.
A live studio play through of Concealing Fate was also included as a bonus DVD along with the album. In September 2011 an instrumental version was released digitally and in October that year both the album and the instrumental version were released on vinyl as a double LP.[5] Nascent was released as a promotional single in February 2011, music videos were released for both Nascent and Deception. Acoustic renditions of Perfection, April and Origin were featured on the Perspective EP.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Tesseract.
| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Lament" | 4:53 | |
| 2. | "Nascent" | 4:09 | |
| 3. | "Concealing Fate, Part One: Acceptance" | 8:33 | |
| 4. | "Concealing Fate, Part Two: Deception" | 5:22 | |
| 5. | "Concealing Fate, Part Three: The Impossible" | 4:50 | |
| 6. | "Concealing Fate, Part Four: Perfection" | 2:38 | |
| 7. | "Concealing Fate, Part Five: Epiphany" | 1:29 | |
| 8. | "Concealing Fate, Part Six: Origin" | 4:44 | |
| 9. | "Sunrise" | 3:57 | |
| 10. | "April" | 4:49 | |
| 11. | "Eden" | 9:08 | |
Total length: |
54:31 | ||
| Pre-order bonus track | ||||||||||
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| 12. | "Hollow" | 4:22 | ||||||||
Total length: |
58:53 | |||||||||
Chart performance
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Top Hotseekers[6] | 36 |
Personnel
- Acle Kahney - Guitars
- Amos Williams - Bass guitar
- Daniel Tompkins - Vocals
- James Monteith - Guitars
- Jay Postones - Drums
Production
- Acle Kahney - programming, mixing, digital editing, engineering
- Amos Williams - artwork design, programming, mixing, digital editing, producing
- Francesco Cameli - engineering, mixing, producing
- Rob Mestas - post-production
- Greg Marriott - additional engineering
- Ronan Phelan - additional engineering
- Rob Mestas - digital editing
- Mo Panella - digital editing
- Andrew Baldwin - mastering
References
- ↑ Eduardo Rivadavia. "One - Tesseract | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ Jonathan Barkan. "Bloody Disgusting - [Album Review] TesseracT ‘One’". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ Adrien Begrand. "TesseracT: One | PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ TESSERACT Stream 'Eden' Track Online BW&BK Magazine Retrieved March 02, 2011
- ↑ "TesseracT - One /black 2 LP". CMDistro. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ "One - Tesseract | Awards | AllMusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 27, 2013.