Wolflight

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Wolflight
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Studio album by
Released30 March 2015
Recorded2012–2014
StudioVarious
Genre Progressive rock, progressive metal
Length55:31
Label Inside Out Music
Producer Steve Hackett and Roger King
Steve Hackett chronology
Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(2014)
Wolflight
(2015)
The Total Experience Live In Liverpool
(2016)

Wolflight is the 23rd studio album by musician Steve Hackett. The album debuted at no. 31 in the UK album chart. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Steve Hackett, with additional writers noted.

CD edition

  1. "Out of the Body"
  2. "Wolflight" (Jo Hackett)
  3. "Love Song to a Vampire"
  4. "The Wheel's Turning" (J. Hackett, Roger King)
  5. "Corycian Fire" (J. Hackett, King)
  6. "Earthshine"
  7. "Loving Sea" (J. Hackett)
  8. "Black Thunder" (J. Hackett)
  9. "Dust and Dreams" (King)
  10. "Heart Song"

Vinyl edition

The vinyl edition also included a 12-track CD of the album ("Pneuma", "Midnight Sun" and "Caress" are absent from the CD version).

Side 1

  1. "Out of the Body"
  2. "Wolflight" (Jo Hackett)
  3. "Love Song to a Vampire"

Side 2

  1. "The Wheel's Turning" (Jo Hackett, Roger King)
  2. "Corycian Fire" (J. Hackett, King)
  3. "Earthshine"
  4. "Loving Sea" (J. Hackett)

Side 3

  1. "Black Thunder" (J. Hackett)
  2. "Dust and Dreams" (Roger King)
  3. "Heart Song"

Side 4

  1. "Pneuma"
  2. "Midnight Sun"
  3. "Caress"

CD/Blu-ray edition

This edition of the album contains a Blu-ray disk with a 5.1 surround sound version of the album. "Caress" is missing from both the CD and Blu-ray on this edition.

  1. "Out of the Body"
  2. "Wolflight" (J. Hackett)
  3. "Love Song to a Vampire"
  4. "The Wheel's Turning" (J. Hackett, Roger King)
  5. "Corycian Fire" (J. Hackett, King)
  6. "Earthshine"
  7. "Loving Sea" (J. Hackett)
  8. "Black Thunder" (J. Hackett)
  9. "Dust and Dreams" (King)
  10. "Heart Song"
  11. "Pneuma"
  12. "Midnight Sun"

Personnel

Technical

Reception

Despite enjoying only moderate chart success internationally, the album was highly rated by www.ultimateclassicrock.com, which included Wolflight in its shortlist of the Best Classic Albums of 2015 (so far), on 4 July 2015. [3]

It said Hackett had used a variety of musical genres and added: "He boldly breaks free of the historical constrictions surrounding the Genesis Revisited projects, even as he recalls the striking instrumental turns that defined his early legacy."

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References

  1. "STEVE HACKETT | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com .
  2. Wolflight liner notes, InsideOut, 2015
  3. "Top 20 Albums of 2015".