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Lightwork

Lightwork is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend, released on November 4, 2022. The album has been described by Devin as a return to a "song oriented album", with "more traditional arrangements", after his latest releases (Empath and The Puzzle). Lyrically, the album addresses the struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic, while reflecting about the post-pandemic future.

Track listing

Personnel

  • Devin Townsend – guitar, bass guitar, vocals, synths
  • Darby Todd – drums
  • Morgan Ågren – additional drums
  • Federico Paulovich – additional drums
  • Diego Tejeida – additional keyboards
  • Nathan Navarro – additional bass guitar
  • Elektra Women's Choir – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden"), choir vocals
  • Echo Picone – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden")
  • Jonas Hellborg – additional bass guitar (on "Dimensions")
  • Mike Keneally – guitar solo (on "Dimensions")
  • Rhys Fulber – additional programming (on "Equinox")
  • Hutch Hutchinson – bass guitar (on "Vacation")
  • Joy Lapps – steel pan drums (on "Vacation")
  • Ché Aimee Dorval – additional vocals
  • Anneke van Giersbergen – additional vocals
  • Aman Khosa – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden")
  • Tanya Ghosh – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden")
  • Elizabeth Zharoff – additional choir vocals
  • Tia Rose Maxfield – additional choir vocals
  • Brian Diamond – additional choir vocals
  • Ram Dass – voice sample (on "Lightworker")
Technical and artwork personnel

Charts

Nightwork

Nightwork is a bonus album released with the deluxe edition of Lightwork. According to Devin Townsend, the songs that ended up on Nightwork do not form a "throwaway album", they are songs that thematically didn't fit the main record. Some critics have pointed out the more experimental nature of Nightwork, compared to Lightwork.

Track listing

Personnel

  • Devin Townsend – guitar, bass guitar, vocals, synths
  • Morgan Ågren – drums
  • Aman Khosa – additional vocals (on "Precious Sardine")
  • Tanya Ghosh – additional vocals (on "Precious Sardine")
  • Mattias Eklund – additional instrumentation (on "Sober")
  • Steve Vai – additional instrumentation (on "Starchasm Pt. 2")
  • Anneke van Giersbergen – vocals (on "Starchasm Pt. 2")
Technical personnel
  • Devin Townsend – production, mixing, engineering

References