Not as Good as the Book
2008 studio album by The Tangent
Not as Good as the Book | ||||
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Studio album by The Tangent | ||||
Released | March 3, 2008 | |||
Recorded | January 2006 – November 2007 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 94:44 | |||
Label | Inside Out | |||
Producer | Andy Tillison | |||
The Tangent chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Maelstrom | [1] |
Allmusic | [2] |
DPRP | [3] |
Not as Good as the Book is the fourth studio album released by progressive rock group The Tangent. The Special Edition of the album includes a 100-page novella by Andy Tillison with illustrations by Antoine Ettori.
Track listing
All words and music written by Andy Tillison.
Disc one - A Crisis in Mid-Life
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "A Crisis in Mid-Life" | 7:13 |
2. | "Lost in London 25 Years Later" | 7:33 |
3. | "The Ethernet" | 10:13 |
4. | "Celebrity Purée" | 3:43 |
5. | "Not as Good as the Book" | 8:54 |
6. | "A Sale of Two Souls" | 7:16 |
7. | "Bat Out of Basildon" | 5:54 |
Total length: | 50:46 |
Disc two - Throwing Metal at the Sky
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Part One - Four Egos One War"
| 21:15 |
2. | "Part Two - The Full Gamut" | 22:43 |
Total length: | 43:58 |
"Four Egos One War" originally performed by Parallel or 90 Degrees.
Personnel
- Andy Tillison – organ, piano, Moog synthesizer, guitars and vocals
- Guy Manning – acoustic guitar, mandolin, bouzouki and vocals
- Jonas Reingold – bass guitar
- Jaime Salazar – drums
- Theo Travis – saxophone and flute
- Jakko Jakszyk – guitars and vocals
With guests:
- Julie King – lead vocals on "Ours"
- Unknown Frenchman – violin on "A Crisis In Mid-Life"
Cover artwork by Antoine Ettori
References
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- Andy Tillison
- Theo Travis
- Jonas Reingold
- Luke Machin
- Steve Roberts
- Göran Edman
- Guy Manning
- Paul Burgess
- Jakko Jakszyk
- Roine Stolt
- David Jackson
- Sam Baine
- Zoltan Csörsz
- Krister Jonsson
- Jaime Salazar
- Rikard Sjöblom
- David Zackrisson
- Robert Hansen
- Magnus Östgren
- David Million
- Dan Watts
- Lalle Larsson
- Marie-Eve de Gaultier
- Jonathan Barrett
- Dan Mash
- Simon Albone
- Dave Albone
- Michael Gilbourne
- Nick Rickwood
- Tony "Funkytoe" Latham
- Lindsay Frost
- Gavin Harrison
- Morgan Ågren
- Julie King
- David Longdon
- Not as Good as the Book (2008)
- The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery (2017)
- Proxy (2018)
- Pyramids and Stars (2004)
- Going Off on One (2007)
- London or Paris, Berlin or Southend On Sea (2012)
- A Place on the Shelf (2009)
- Beardfish
- The Flower Kings
- Karmakanic