Course of Empire (album)

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Course of Empire
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1990
Label Carpe Diem Records
Zoo Entertainment (reissue)
Producer David Castell
Course of Empire chronology
Course of Empire
(1990)
Initiation
(1994)

Course of Empire is the first album from the heavy metal band Course of Empire. All songs were written by Course of Empire and produced by David Castell (Blue October, Burden Brothers, Deep Blue Something, SouthFM). The following August, Zoo Entertainment signed the band and reissued their CD with distribution through BMG

Track listing

  1. "Ptah" – 4:17
  2. "Coming Of The Century" – 4:04
  3. "God's Jig" – 4:02
  4. "Copious" – 3:34
  5. "Cradle Calls" – 4:32
  6. "Under The Skies" – 4:10
  7. "Peace Child" – 5:43
  8. "Sins Of The Fathers" – 3:25
  9. "Thrust" – 7:21
  10. "Mountains Of The Spoken" – 3:42
  11. "Dawn Of The Great Eastern Sun" – 6:37

Zoo Reissue

Zoo Entertainment remixed and remastered the album in January 1992, which resulted in significantly different track lengths.

  1. "Ptah" – 3:14
  2. "Coming Of The Century" – 4:04
  3. "God's Jig" – 4:02
  4. "Copious" – 3:31
  5. "Cradle Calls" – 4:03
  6. "Under The Skies" – 4:08
  7. "Peace Child" – 4:46
  8. "Sins Of The Fathers" – 3:26
  9. "Thrust" – 7:30
  10. "Mountains Of The Spoken" – 3:41
  11. "Dawn Of The Great Eastern Sun" – 6:39

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