Ceremonial (Pink Cream 69 album)

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Ceremonial
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Studio album by
Released25 January 2013
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length49:21
Label Frontiers
Producer Dennis Ward
Pink Cream 69 chronology
In10sity
(2007)
Ceremonial
(2013)
Headstrong
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Forces (6/10) [1]

Ceremonial is the 11th album by Hard rock band Pink Cream 69, released in 2013. It's the band's first album with a new line-up change, this time featuring drummer Chris Schmidt replacing founding member Kosta Zafiriou.

Contents

Background

Some statements about the album written by bass player/producer Dennis Ward and vocalist David Readman: "We deliberately called the album “Ceremonial" because we feel it's kind of a celebration of music styles we all grew up with, regardless of what PC69 has done in the past", Ward. "There were various projects that I was involved in over the last couple of years", adds singer David Readman. "But the work on “Ceremonial" felt like coming home. A real relief." [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Alfred Koffler and Dennis Ward, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Land of Confusion" 4:40
2."Wasted Years" 3:55
3."Special"Ward4:02
4."Find Your Soul" 3:42
5."The Tide"Ward4:13
6."Big Machine"David Readman, Ward4:01
7."Let the Thunder Roll"Ward3:38
8."Right from Wrong"Readman, Uwe Reitenauer3:33
9."Passage of Time" 4:27
10."I Came to Rock" 4:30
11."King for One Day"Readman4:05
12."Superman" 4:35

Personnel

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References

  1. McDonald, Jim. "Pink Cream 69 – Ceremonial". Metal Forces Magazine.com. Metal Forces . Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  2. Pink Cream 69 Official Fansite