Awaken the Guardian

Infobox Album | Name = Awaken the Guardian
Type = studio
Artist = Fates Warning


Released = 1986
Recorded = September-October 1986
Genre = Progressive Metal
Length = 47:46
Label = Metal Blade
Producer = Fates Warning, Brian Slagel
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yihxlf0e5cqt~T1 link]
This album = "Awaken the Guardian"
(1986)
Next album = "No Exit"
(1988)
Last album = "The Spectre Within"
(1985)

Awaken the Guardian is the third album by Fates Warning. It was first released in 1986, and was later re-released as a double album with "No Exit" in 1992.

The album was reissued in 2005 with a bonus disc of demos with live audio tracks and video from December 28, 1986 performance at the Sundance in Long Island, New York. This show is the only known video footage of the Awaken the Guardian lineup performing live.

It was the first album released on the Metal Blade record label to chart in the Billboard 200, reaching position 191. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3005742&cdi=6274286&cid=02%2F14%2F1987]

Track listing

# "The Sorceress" (Arch, Matheos) – 5:43
# "Valley of the Dolls" (Arch, Matheos) – 5:22
# "Fata Morgana" (Arch, Matheos) – 5:25
# "Guardian" (Arch, Matheos) – 7:33
# "Prelude to Ruin" (Arch, Matheos) – 7:23
# "Giant's Lore (Heart of Winter)" (Arch, Aresti) – 6:00
# "Time Long Past" (Matheos) – 1:50
# "Exodus" (Arch, Matheos) – 8:31

Bonus Tracks
# The Sorceress (Demo)
# Valley of the Dolls (Demo)
# Prelude to Ruin (Demo)
# Fata Morgana (Live)
# Damnation (Live)
# The Apparition (Live)
# The Sorceress (Live)
# Guardian (Live)
# Die Young (Live)

Live at Sundance, Long Island, NY DVD
# Valley of the Dolls
# Pirates of the Underground
# Orphan Gypsy
# Fata Morgana
# Traveler in Time
# The Sorceress
# Guardian
# Prelude to Ruin
# Damnation
# The Apparition
# Die Young
# Kiss of Death

Personnel

* John Arch - Vocals
* Frank Aresti - Guitar
* Kevin Beauchamp - Assistant Engineer
* Scott Campbell - Assistant Engineer
* Joe DiBiase - Bass
* Steve Himelfarb - Assistant Engineer
* Jim Matheos - Guitar
* Bill Metoyer - Engineer
* Mick Rock - Photography
* Eddy Schreyer - Mastering, Remastering
* Steve Zimmerman - Drums

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)