The Cross & the Crucible

Infobox Album
Name = The Cross & the Crucible
Type = studio
Artist = Pallas


Released = 10 July 2001
Recorded = 2000–2001 at The Mill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Genre = Neo-progressive rock
Length = 63:36
Label = InsideOut
Producer = Niall Matthewson and Graeme Murray
Reviews =
* DPRP (10/10) [http://www.dprp.net/reviews/0129.htm#pallas-tcatc link]
Last album = "Beat the Drum" (1998)
This album = "The Cross & the Crucible" (2001)
Next album = "The Dreams of Men" (2005)

"The Cross & the Crucible" is the fifth studio album by the British neo-progressive band Pallas, released in 2001.

Track listing

# "The Big Bang" – 3:08
# "The Cross & the Crucible" – 9:17
# "For the Greater Glory" – 7:37
# "Who's to Blame?" – 4:45
# "The Blinding Darkness" – 6:41
# "Towers of Babble" – 8:11
# "Generations" – 5:21
# "Midas Touch" – 11:16
# "Celebration!" – 7:24

Personnel

* Alan Reed – vocals, acoustic guitar
* Niall Matthewson – acoustic & electric guitars, tambourine
* Ronnie Brown – keyboards
* Graeme Murray – electric & fretless basses, background vocals
* Colin Fraser – drums, acoustic & electronic percussion

Additional personnel

* Claire Bleadsdale, Laura Sinclair, Trevor Gray, Alastair Taylor, Laura Harrow – background vocals