Ode to Echo | ||||
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Released | March 11, 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2013, Sound Resources, Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, symphonic rock | |||
Length | 53:21 | |||
Label | Arion Records/Audio Resources | |||
Producer | Fred Schendel and Steve Babb | |||
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Ode to Echo is the fourteenth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on March 11, 2014.
It is the first album with drummer Aaron Raulston, and marks the return of former vocalists Carl Groves and Susie Bogdanowicz. Groves wasn't featured in a Glass Hammer album since Culture of Ascent in 2007, and Bogdanowicz's last album with the band was Three Cheers for the Broken-Hearted in 2009; in the three previous albums, all lead vocals were sung by new singer Jon Davison. [1]
Ode to Echo is also notable for featuring all the full-time vocalists in Glass Hammer history with Groves, Davison, Bogdanowicz, session member (and former full-time vocalist) Walter Moore sharing lead vocals, while band leaders Steve Babb and Fred Schendel (who sang lead vocals in some of the band's works) and original Glass Hammer singer Michelle Young provided backing vocals. [2]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Garden of Hedon" | Carl Groves | Alan Shikoh, Fred Schendel, Steve Babb, Groves | 6:57 |
2. | "Misantrog" | Groves | Schendel, Groves | 10:00 |
3. | "Crowbone" | Robert Low | Schendel | 7:22 |
4. | "I Am I" | Babb | Babb, Schendel | 8:15 |
5. | "The Grey Hills" | Babb | Babb, Groves | 4:47 |
6. | "Porpoise Song" | Gerry Goffin | Carole King | 3:37 |
7. | "Panegyric" | Schendel | Schendel | 4:11 |
8. | "Ozymandias" | Groves | Babb, Groves | 8:12 |
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