Number Seven (album)

Number Seven
Studio album by Phideaux Xavier
Released	May 29, 2009
Genre	Progressive rock Psychedelic rock
Length	62:39
Label	Bloodfish Media
Producer	Gabriel Moffat
Phideaux Xavier chronology
Doomsday Afternoon (2007) Number Seven (2009) Seven and 1/2 (2010)

Number Seven is the seventh studio album by American musician Phideaux Xavier. It is a concept album based on their main character; a dormouse. Inside, it features 20 pages of artwork where we can see the dormouse and the other characters.

The album's first and last song are Dormouse - A Theme and Dormouse - An End (reminiscent on King Crimson's In the Wake of Poseidon). It is divided in three acts.^[1]

Musical Styles

The album is played by the live band, with no outside musicians or orchestra. Its musical style is closer to their albums Chupacabras and Doomsday Afternoon. It is a blend of progressive rock and psychedelic rock with chamber jazz and classical music.^[2]

Track listing

One: Dormouse Ensnared

1. "Dormouse - A Theme" - 1:08
2. "Waiting for the Axe to Fall" - 6:13
3. "Hive Mind" - 4:00
4. "The Claws of a Crayfish" - 5:41
5. "My Sleeping Slave" - 3:26

Two: Dormouse Escapes

1. "Darkness at Noon" - 1:50
2. "Prequiem" - 1:53
3. "Gift of the Flame" - 6:07
4. "Interview with a Dormouse" - 1:17
5. "Thermonuclear Cheese" - 1:54
6. "The Search for Terrestrial Life" - 5:32
7. "A Fistful of Fortitude" - 2:41

Three: Dormouse Enlightened

1. "Love Theme From "Number Seven" - 7:06
2. "Storia Senti" - 6:42
3. "Infinite Supply" - 4:57
4. "Dormouse - An end - 2:16

Remastered edition

One: Dormouse Ensnared

1. "Dormouse - A Theme" - 1:08
2. "Waiting for the Axe to Fall" - 19:22

Two: Dormouse Escapes

1. "Darkness at Noon" - 3:44
2. "Gift of the Flame" - 6:58
3. "Interview With a Dormouse" - 0:28
4. "Thermonuclear Cheese" - 1:55
5. "The Search for Terrestrial Life" - 8:14

Three: Dormouse Enlightened

1. "Love Theme From "Number Seven" - 13:50
2. "Infinite Supply" - 4:59
3. "Dormouse - An End - 2:17

Personnel

• Phideaux Xavier - Acoustic Guitar, electric twelve-string Guitar, Piano & Vocals
• Ariel Farber - Violin & Vocals
• Rich Hutchins - Drums & Chant
• Mathew Kennedy - Electric Bass Guitar & Chant
• Gabriel Moffat - Electric Guitar & Lap Steel Guitar
• Molly Ruttan - Vocals & Percussion
• Linda Ruttan-Moldawsky - Vocals
• Mark Sherkus - Keyboards & Electric Guitar
• Jonny Unicorn - Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals & Chant

• Mixed by Gabriel Moffat
• Artwork by Linda Ruttan-Moldawsky
• Graphic Production by Molly Ruttan

Notes

1. ^ http://www.epicprog.net/cdreviewsphideauxnumber7.htm
2. ^ http://www.bloodfish.com/main.html