The Great Divide (Ice Age album)

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The Great Divide
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Studio album by
Released1999
RecordedSummer and fall of 1998
Genre Progressive metal
Length74:26
Label Magna Carta
Producer Jimmy Pappas
Ice Age chronology
The Great Divide
(1999)
Liberation
(2001)
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The Great Divide is the debut album by the progressive metal group Ice Age, released in 1999.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Josh Pincus except where noted; all music is composed by Ice Age.

No.TitleLength
1."Perpetual Child"10:29
2."Sleepwalker"5:24
3."Join" (Pincus, Aponte)5:55
4."Spare Chicken Parts" (Instrumental)8:50
5."Because of You"5:32
6."The Bottom Line"4:44
7."Ice Age"11:08
8."One Look Away"5:40
9."Miles To Go"5:01
10."To Say Goodbye, Part I: Worthless Words" (Instrumental)3:13
11."To Say Goodbye, Part II: On Our Way" (Pincus, Aponte)8:18
Total length:74:26

Personnel

Notes

The only voice heard (not counting the chicken sound effects) on the instrumental Spare Chicken Parts is a clip from 2001: A Space Odyssey of astronaut Dave Bowman saying "Open the pod bay doors, please, Hal."

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