Wild Orchids (album)

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Wild Orchids
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Studio album by
Released11 September 2006
Recorded2006
Genre Progressive rock
Label Camino Records (UK)
Producer Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett chronology
Metamorpheus
(2005)
Wild Orchids
(2006)
Tribute
(2008)
Professional ratings
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Wild Orchids is the 18th studio album by Steve Hackett, released in 2006. It follows on from the success of the previous studio outings To Watch the Storms in 2003 and Metamorpheus in 2005. The album is released in three formats including a standard and special editions. There is also a Japanese edition with two extra tracks not included on the UK releases.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Hackett; except "Transylvanian Express" and "A Dark Night in Toytown" by Hackett, King, Glück; "Waters of the Wild" and "Down Street" by Hackett, King; "Set Your Compass" by S.Hackett, John Hackett; "Ego & Id" by J.Hackett, N.Clabburn; "Man in the Long Black Coat" by Bob Dylan

  1. "A Dark Night in Toytown"
  2. "Waters of the Wild"
  3. "Set Your Compass"
  4. "Down Street"
  5. "A Girl Called Linda"
  6. "To a Close"
  7. "Ego & Id"
  8. "Man in the Long Black Coat"
  9. "Wolfwork"
  10. "Why"
  11. "She Moves in Memories"
  12. "The Fundamentals of Brainwashing"
  13. "Howl"
  1. "Transylvanian Express" – 3:44
  2. "Waters of the Wild" – 5:35
  3. "Set Your Compass" – 3:38
  4. "Down Street" – 7:34
  5. "A Girl Called Linda" – 4:44
  6. "Blue Child" – 4:25
  7. "To a Close" – 4:49
  8. "Ego & Id" – 4:08
  9. "Man in the Long Black Coat" – 5:07
  10. "Cedars of Lebanon" – 4:02
  11. "Wolfwork" – 4:49
  12. "Why" – 0:47
  13. "She Moves in Memories" – 5:00
  14. "The Fundamentals of Brainwashing" – 3:01
  15. "Howl" – 4:31
  16. "A Dark Night in Toytown" – 3:42
  17. "Until the Last Butterfly" – 2:29
  1. "Transylvanian Express"
  2. "Waters of the Wild"
  3. "Set Your Compass"
  4. "Down Street"
  5. "A Girl Called Linda"
  6. "To a Close"
  7. "Ego & Id"
  8. "Man in the Long Black Coat"
  9. "Cedars of Lebanon"
  10. "Wolfwork"
  11. "Why"
  12. "She Moves in Memories"
  13. "The Fundamentals of Brainwashing"
  14. "Howl"
  15. "A Dark Night in Toytown"
  16. Eruption
  17. Reconditioned Nightmare
  1. "Man in the Long Black Coat" (edit)
  2. "The Fundamentals of Brainwashing" (edit)

Personnel

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References

  1. Monger, James Christopher (2011). "Wild Orchids – Steve Hackett | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.