The Breaking of the World

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The Breaking of the World
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 31, 2015
Recorded2014, Sound Resources, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Genre Progressive rock, symphonic rock
Length1:04:16
Label Arion Records/Audio Resources
Producer Fred Schendel, Steve Babb
Glass Hammer chronology
Ode to Echo
(2014)
The Breaking of the World
(2015)
Valkyrie
(2016)

The Breaking of the World is the fifteenth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on March 31, 2015. [1] It is the band's first album since the departure of vocalist Jon Davison, who left in 2014 to concentrate on his efforts in Yes.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLead vocalsLength
1."Mythopoeia"Steve BabbBabb, Alan ShikohCarl Groves8:34
2."Third Floor ("A Play in One Act")"Fred SchendelShikoh, SchendelSchendel, Susie Bogdanowicz11:03
3."Babylon"SchendelBabbGroves7:55
4."A Bird When it Sneezes"InstrumentalShikohInstrumental0:34
5."Sand"SchendelSchendelGroves5:46
6."Bandwagon"GrovesSchendelGroves6:19
7."Haunted"GrovesSchendelBogdanowicz, Michele Lynn5:51
8."North Wind"BabbShikohGroves9:25
9."Nothing, Everything"BabbBabbGroves8:49
Total length:1:04:16

Personnel

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