Till We Have Faces (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Till We Have Faces
Type = Album
Artist = Steve Hackett


Released = 1984
Recorded = 1983-84
Genre = Rock
Length = 41:02
Label = Start Records, Ltd.
Lamborghini Records
Producer = Steve Hackett
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:v5420rjac48z link]
Last album = "Bay of Kings" (1983)
This album = "Till We Have Faces"
(1984)
Next album = "Momentum" (1988)

"Till We Have Faces" is the eighth solo album by guitarist Steve Hackett. The album is rock, with elements of world music. The majority of the album was recorded in Brazil, while the final mixing was done in London. The name of the album comes from a novel by C.S.Lewis, whose work is a long-time influence on Hackett.

As with most of Steve Hackett's records, the sleeve painting was created by his wife Kim Poor, the Brazilian artist.

Track listing (original LP/CD version)

#"Duel" (Steve Hackett) – 4:50
#"Matilda Smith-Williams Home for the Aged" (Hackett, Nick Magnus) – 8:04
#"Let Me Count the Ways" (Hackett) – 6:06
#"A Doll That's Made in Japan" – 3:57
#"Myopia" (Hackett, Magnus) – 2:56
#"What's My Name" (Hackett, Magnus) – 7:05
#"The Rio Connection" (Hackett) – 3:24
#"Taking the Easy Way Out" (Hackett) – 3:49
#"When You Wish upon a Star" (Ned Washington, Leigh Harline) – 0:51

Track listing (1994 CD reissue)

#"What's My Name" - 7:06
#"The Rio Connection" - 3:21
#"Matilda Smith-Williams Home for the Aged" (modified version) - 8:07
#"Let Me Count The Ways" - 6:06
#"A Doll That's Made In Japan" - 3:57
#"Duel" - 4:48
#"Myopia" - 2:56
#"Taking The Easy Way Out" - 3:50
#"The Gulf" - 6:33
#"Stadiums Of The Damned" - 4:37
#"When You Wish Upon A Star" - 0:48

Note: Bonus tracks "The Gulf" and "Stadiums Of The Damned" were from the (then) unreleased "Feedback 86". The version of "The Gulf" heard here is missing a brief intro, is faded out early, and has added backing vocals.

Personnel

*Steve Hackett – guitars, guitar synth, koto, rainstick, Etruscan guitar, marimba, percussion, harmonica, vocals
*Nick Magnus – keyboards, percussion, drum programming
*Rui Mota – drums
*Sérgio Lima – drums
*Ian Mosley – drums, percussion
*Waldemar Falcão – flute, percussion
*Fernando Moura – Rhodes piano
*Ronaldo Diamante – bass
*Clive Stevens – wind synthesizer
*Kim Poor – Japanese voice on "Doll"
*The Brazilian Percussionists – Sidinho Moreira, Junior Homrich, Jaburu, Peninha, Zizinho, Baca

ee also

*"Till We Have Faces" - A novel by C.S. Lewis