Wolflight

Wolflight
Studio album by Steve Hackett
Released	30 March 2015
Genre	Progressive rock, progressive metal
Length	55:31
Label	Century Media
Producer	Steve Hackett and Roger King
Steve Hackett chronology
Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2014)Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall2014 Wolflight (2015) The Night Siren (2017)The Night Siren2017

Wolflight is the 24th studio album by musician Steve Hackett. The album debuted at no. 31 in the UK album chart.^[1]

Track listing - CD edition

All tracks by Steve Hackett except where noted.

1. "Out of the Body"
2. "Wolflight" (S. Hackett/Jo Hackett)
3. "Love Song to a Vampire"
4. "The Wheel's Turning" (S. Hackett/J. Hackett/Roger King)
5. "Corycian Fire" (S. Hackett/J. Hackett/King)
6. "Earthshine"
7. "Loving Sea" (S. Hackett/J. Hackett)
8. "Black Thunder" (S. Hackett/J. Hackett)
9. "Dust and Dreams" (S. Hackett/King)
10. "Heart Song"

Track listing - Vinyl edition

The vinyl edition also included a 12-track CD of the album ("Pneuma", "Midnight Sun" and "Caress" are absent from the CD version).

All tracks by Steve Hackett except where noted:

Side 1

1. "Out of the Body"
2. "Wolflight" (Hackett/Jo Hackett)
3. "Love Song to a Vampire"

Side 2

1. "The Wheel's Turning" (Hackett/Jo Hackett/King)
2. "Corycian Fire" (Hackett/Jo Hackett/King)
3. "Earthshine"
4. "Loving Sea" (Hackett/Jo Hackett)

Side 3

1. "Black Thunder" (Hackett/Jo Hackett)
2. "Dust and Dreams" (Hackett/King)
3. "Heart Song"

Side 4

1. "Pneuma"
2. "Midnight Sun"
3. "Caress"

Track listing - CD/Blu-ray edition

This edition of the album contains a Blu-ray disk with a 5.1 surround sound version of the album. "Caress" is missing from both the CD and Blu-ray on this edition. All tracks by Steve Hackett except where noted.

1. "Out of the Body"
2. "Wolflight" (S. Hackett/Jo Hackett)
3. "Love Song to a Vampire"
4. "The Wheel's Turning" (S. Hackett/J. Hackett/Roger King)
5. "Corycian Fire" (S. Hackett/J. Hackett/King)
6. "Earthshine"
7. "Loving Sea" (S. Hackett/J. Hackett)
8. "Black Thunder" (S. Hackett/J. Hackett)
9. "Dust and Dreams" (S. Hackett/King)
10. "Heart Song"
11. "Pneuma"
12. "Midnight Sun"

Personnel

• Steve Hackett: guitars (all tracks), banjo (8), oud (5, 9), tiple (7), harmonica (4, 8), percussion (1, 4, 7), lead, harmony and backing vocals (2-5, 7, 8, 10)
• Roger King: keyboards (all tracks), programming (all tracks)
• Nick Beggs: bass (all tracks except 3), Chapman Stick (8)
• Chris Squire: bass (3)
• Gary O'Toole: drums (1-5, 8)
• Hugo Degenhardt: drums (9, 10)
• Rob Townsend: sax (4, 8), duduk (5)
• Christine Townsend: violin (1-4, 8), viola (1-4, 8)
• Amanda Lehmann: vocals (2-4, 8)
• Jo Hackett: vocals (4)
• Malik Mansurov: tar (2)
• Sara Kovács: didgeridoo (2)^[2]

Produced by Hackett/King
Recorded, mixed and mastered by King
Mansurov & Kovács recorded by Tamas Barabas

Design by Harry Pearce
Photographic artwork by Maurizio and Angéla Vicedomini

Reception

Despite enjoying only moderate chart success internationally, the album was highly rated by www.ultimateclassicrock.com, which included Wolflight in its shortlist of the Best Classic Albums of 2015 (so far), on July 4, 2015.^[3]

It said Hackett had used a variety of musical genres and added: "He boldly breaks free of the historical constrictions surrounding the Genesis Revisited projects, even as he recalls the striking instrumental turns that defined his early legacy."

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