Number Seven (Phideaux Xavier album) explained

Number Seven
Type:Studio
Artist:Phideaux Xavier
Cover:Number Seven (Phideaux Xavier album - cover art).jpg
Released:May 29, 2009
Genre:Progressive rock
Psychedelic rock
Length:62:39
Label:Bloodfish Media
Producer:Gabriel Moffat
Prev Title:Doomsday Afternoon
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Snowtorch
Next Year:2011

Number Seven is the seventh studio album by American musician Phideaux Xavier. It is a concept album based on its main character; a dormouse. Inside, it features 20 pages of artwork featuring the dormouse and other characters.

The album's first and last song are "Dormouse – A Theme" and "Dormouse – An End" (reminiscent of King Crimson's In the Wake of Poseidon). It is divided into three acts.[1]

Musical styles

The album is played by the live band, with no outside musicians or orchestra. Its musical style is closer to the albums Chupacabras and Doomsday Afternoon. It is a blend of progressive rock and psychedelic rock with chamber jazz and classical music.[2]

Remastered edition

A remastered version of the album was released in April 2010.[3] Phideaux later said about the original release of Number Seven: "[...], we made a mistake with the first issue of Number Seven by breaking up the songs into smaller sub-bits for people to have easy access to. People couldn't really find the 'songs' of Number Seven."[4] The remastered version of the album fused many of the original version's short tracks into longer tracks.

Track listing

Remastered edition[5]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CD & DVD Reviews . Epic Prog . 2012-03-03.
  2. http://www.bloodfish.com/main.html
  3. Web site: Number Seven (Remastered) publish website . 2012-09-12.
  4. Web site: Phideaux interview with DPRP’s Brian Watson . 2012-09-12.
  5. Web site: Number Seven (Remastered) publish website . 2012-09-12.