At the Edge of Light is the twenty-fifth studio album by British musician Steve Hackett, released on 25 January 2019 by InsideOut Records.
Release
The album was announced on 25 October 2018. Available formats include CD, a two LP and CD set, a digital download, and as a CD and DVD digipak mediabook with a 5.1 surround sound mix and a behind the scenes documentary.
On 30 November 2018, "Under the Eye of the Sun" was released as the first single off the album.
Track listing
Personnel
Music
- Steve Hackett â electric & acoustic guitars, 12 string guitar, dobro, bass guitar, harmonica, vocals
- Durga McBroom â vocals on "Underground Railroad"
- Lorelei McBroom â vocals on "Underground Railroad"
- Nick D'Virgilio â drums on "Those Golden Wings"
- Simon Phillips â drums on "Hungry Years"
- Sheema Mukherjee â sitar on "Shadow and Flame"
- Malik Mansurov â tar on "Fallen Walls and Pedestals"
- Jonas Reingold â bass guitar on "Beasts in Our Time", "Under the Eye of the Sun" and "Hungry Years"
- Paul Stillwell â didgeridoo on "Under the Eye of the Sun"
- Gulli Briem â drums, percussion on "Under the Eye of the Sun"
- Rob Townsend â tenor saxophone, flute, duduk, bass clarinet on "Beasts in Our Time" and "Under the Eye of the Sun"
- Amanda Lehmann â vocals on "Under the Eye of the Sun", "Underground Railroad", "Those Golden Wings", "Hungry Years" and "Peace"
- John Hackett â flute on "Beasts in Our Time", "Under the Eye of the Sun", "Those Golden Wings" and "Conflict"
- Gary O'Toole â drums on "Fallen Walls and Pedestals"
- Roger King â keyboards, programming, orchestral arrangements (except on "Descent")
- Benedict Fenner â keyboards, programming on "Hungry Years" and "Descent"
- Dick Driver â double bass on "Under the Eye of the Sun" and "Hungry Years"
- Christine Townsend â violin, viola on "Those Golden Wings"
Production
- Steve Hackett - production
- Roger King â production, engineering (except on "Descent")
- Benedict Fenner â production, engineering on "Descent"
Charts
References