Perfect Balance

Perfect Balance
Studio album by Balance of Power
Released	2001
Recorded	POD Studios & Summit Studios, 2000
Genre	Power metal, progressive metal, Christian metal
Length	63:26
Label	Avalon Marquee (Japan) Massacre Records (Europe) Nightmare Records (US)
Producer	Lionel Hicks
Balance of Power chronology
Ten More Tales of Grand Illusion (1999) Perfect Balance (2001) Heathen Machine (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Kerrang!	[1]

Perfect Balance is the fourth album by English heavy metal band Balance of Power. It was released in 2001 and is the last album to feature lead singer Lance King.

Production and recording

Perfect Balance was produced and engineered by Lionel Hicks. It was recorded at POD Studios and Summit Studios, both in London, England. Mixing was handled by Todd Fitzgerald, Lance King and Lionel Hicks at Oarfin Studios, in Minneapolis, US. The tracks "Time of Our Lives" and "The Other Side of Paradise" were the only ones mixed by Dennis Ward, with King and Hicks. ^[2]

Art design was done by Will Putnam and Lance King.

Track listing

All songs written by Lance King, Tony Ritchie, and Pete Southern, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Higher Than the Sun"		7:03
2.	"Shelter Me"	Ritchie	5:17
3.	"Fire Dance"		6:50
4.	"One Voice"		5:24
5.	"The Pleasure Room"		6:03
6.	"Killer or the Cure"		5:37
7.	"House of Cain"	King, Ritchie	5:06
8.	"Hard Life"		6:35
9.	"Searching for the Truth"		4:47

Japanese Edition additional tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Time of Our Lives"	3:05
11.	"The Other Side of Paradise"	3:12

Personnel

Band members

• Lance King – lead vocals
• Pete Southern – guitar
• Bill Yates – guitar
• Tony Ritchie – bass guitar
• Lionel Hicks – drums

Additional musicians

• Leon Lawson – keyboards

Production and recording

• Lionel Hicks – producer, engineer, mixer
• Lance King – mixer
• Todd Fitzgerald – mixer
• Dennis Ward – mixer on tracks 10 and 11
• Will Putnam and Lance King – art design

References

1. Shiels, Liam (28 July 2001). "Albums". Kerrang! . No. 863. UK: EMAP. p. 49.
2. Perfect Balance on Balance-of-power. All vocal tracks recorded by Lance King at Nightmare Records, US.

External links

• Perfect Balance on Balance of Power's official website
• Perfect Balance on Amazon
• Perfect Balance on AllMusic