Critical Mass (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Critical Mass
Type = studio
Artist = Threshold


Released = September 2, 2002
Recorded = March 2002 - June 2002
Genre = Progressive metal
Length = 59:54
Label = InsideOut Music
Producer = Karl Groom, Richard West
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difqxqraldke link]
* DPRP rating|7.5|10 [http://www.dprp.net/reviews/0233.htm#mass link]
Last album = "Hypothetical"
(2001)
This album = "Critical Mass"
(2002)
Next album = "Subsurface"
(2004)

"Critical Mass" is the sixth album by British progressive metal band Threshold. It was recorded in early 2002 and released in September. It is also the last album to feature original bassist Jon Jeary, who left immediately after the release. He was repleced by Steve Anderson, who appears on the live album Critical Energy.

Track listing

#"Phenomenon" (Richard West) – 5:28
#"Choices" (Karl Groom, Jon Jeary) – 8:19
#"Falling Away" – 6:53
#"Fragmentation" (Groom, Jeary) – 6:34
#"Echoes of Life" (West) – 8:55
#"Round and Round" (Groom, Jeary) – 5:26
#"Avalon" (West) – 4:45
#"Critical Mass" (Groom, Jeary) – 13:34
#*I. Fission
#*II. Fusion
#*III. Lucky

* The Limited Edition comes with a bonus CD featuring a multimedia section and the following tracks:
#"Phenomenon (radio edit)" - 3:47
#"Do Unto Them" (Andrew McDermott) - 4:26
#"New Beginning" (Nick Midson) - 5:43

Notes

The song "Round and Round" contains a quote from The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.The song New Beginning contains a quote from the I Ching Hexagram 32.

Personnel

*Karl Groom – guitar (lead)
*Johanne James – drums
*Jon Jeary – bass guitar
*Andrew "Mac" McDermott – vocals
*Nick Midson – guitar (rhythm)
*Richard West – keyboards