Windows (Amanda Somerville album)

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Windows
Amanda Somerville Windows.jpg
Studio album by Amanda Somerville
Released Dec 30, 2008 [1]
May 05, 2009 [2]
Recorded 2003-2008
Studio Gate Studios and Pathway Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany
Genre Pop, rock, jazz
Length50:44
Label Hya! Records
self-release
Producer Sascha Paeth and Miro

Windows is a solo studio album by American singer Amanda Somerville.

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The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.

Amanda Somerville American singer-songwriter and vocal coach

Amanda Somerville is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who resides in Wolfsburg, Germany. She is known primarily for her work with many European symphonic metal bands.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Amanda Somerville, except where indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mayday" 4:41
2."Point of Safe Return" 4:08
3."Moth" 3:51
4."My Song for You" 3:54
5."Get Me" 4:40
6."Inner Whore" 3:42
7."Out" (Lunatica cover) Sascha Paeth 3:46
8."Carnival" 4:10
9."Clean"Somerville, Paeth3:28
10."Sometimes"Somerville, Ashley Peacock4:23
11."All That I Am" 5:10
12."Windows" 4:51

Personnel

Sascha Paeth German musician

Sascha Paeth is a German guitarist, bassist, musical producer, and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After Forever and Epica. He owns the "Gate Studios", Wolfsburg previously used for recordings with his former band Heavens Gate.

Michael Rodenberg German musician

Michael Rodenberg, nickname Miro, is a German keyboard player and musical producer known for working with power metal bands such as Angra, Shaaman, Luca Turilli, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot and Heavens Gate. He mainly works in conjunction with his some-time bandmate Sascha Paeth.

Robert Hunecke-Rizzo is a German bass player, guitarist and drummer, known for his work with Heavens Gate, Luca Turilli, and Kamelot.

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