Babylon (Ten album)
Babylon is the fifth studio album released by the melodic hard rock band Ten.
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| Released | August 28, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Melodic Hard rock, Hard rock | |||
| Length | 58:36 | |||
| Label | Frontiers Records FR CD 046 | |||
| Producer | Gary Hughes | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
Track listing
All songs written by Gary Hughes.
- "The Stranger" – 7:20
- "Barricade" – 5:22
- "Give In This Time" – 5:24
- "Love Became The Law" – 4:41
- "The Heat" – 5:41
- "Silent Rain" – 6:27
- "Timeless" – 4:54
- "Black Hearted Woman" – 5:35
- "Thunder In Heaven" – 6:58
- "Valentine" – 6:14
2016 japanese SHM-CD remaster (AVALON MICP-11298) track list:
- "The Stranger"
- "Barricade"
- "Give In This Time"
- "Dawn Star" (bonus track) - 6:07
- "Love Became The Law"
- "The Heat"
- "Silent Rain"
- "Timeless"
- "Black Hearted Woman"
- "Thunder In Heaven"
- "Valentine"
Personnel
- Gary Hughes – vocals
- Vinny Burns – Lead guitars
- John Halliwell – Rhythm guitars
- Steve McKenna – bass guitar
- Greg Morgan – drums
- Don Airey – keyboards
- Gavin Fernie – the voice of Meridian
- Georgina Rudden – the voice at Cryotech and Lex's computer
Production
- Mixing – Audu Obaje
- Engineers – Audu Obaje, Neil Amison, Kirk Podmore, Vinny Burns and Gary Hughes
Concepts
- The concept of the album revolves around a futuristic story about a computer programmer and his tragic love affair.
Trivia
- The album originally meant to feature an eleventh song, named "Dawn Star". However, the record company insisted on removing the track from the final release. The track saw the light of day on October 2010 when it was featured in the setlist of the Rocktopia Podcast, AhORa Rock.
- The cover of the album was designed by Luis Royo making it the second TEN release to feature a cover designed by this artist. The first cover he made for the band was for their 1998 release Spellbound.
Chart positions
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | ||
| German Albums Chart[2] | 100 |
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