Master of Paradise

Master of Paradise
Studio album by Tony MacAlpine
Released	November 2, 1999[1]
Recorded	Early 1999 at Clear Lake Audio in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; Allen Street Studios in New York City, New York
Genre	Heavy metal, instrumental rock
Length	49:37
Label	Shrapnel
Producer	Tony MacAlpine
Tony MacAlpine chronology
Live Insanity (1997) Master of Paradise (1999) Chromaticity (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Master of Paradise is the ninth studio album by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, released on November 2, 1999 through Shrapnel Records. This marks the first (and so far only) time MacAlpine himself has provided vocals on any of his works, as all but two of the tracks contain singing; the final two being instrumental. Early pressings of the album suffered from a mastering error, which resulted in the overall mix being very low in volume.^[3] This was subsequently corrected on later pressings, but yet another manufacturing error arose afterwards; this time involving the track listing, of which the order was printed incorrectly on the back cover (along with an image of MacAlpine, mistakenly reversed to show him playing a left-handed guitar). The correct track listing is shown below.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tony MacAlpine, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Maker Is King"	3:49
2.	"Tears of Darkness"	5:24
3.	"Live to Die"	6:50
4.	"Circus"	4:14
5.	"Still"	5:05
6.	"Master of Paradise"	6:14
7.	"Time"	5:18
8.	"Imagination"	4:55
9.	"Final Hour"	4:32
10.	"Au bord d'une source" (Franz Liszt)	3:16
Total length:		49:37

Personnel

• Tony MacAlpine – electric guitar, vocals, keyboard, engineering, production
• Atma Anur – drums
• Larry Dennison – bass guitar
• Brian Levi – engineering, mixing
• Albert Law – editing, mastering

References

1. ^ "Solo Discography". tonymacalpine.com. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ MacAlpine, Tony. "Session Notes: Master Of Paradise". tonymacalpine.com. Retrieved 2008-10-26.