Phenomena (Phenomena album) explained

Phenomena
Type:	studio
Artist:	Phenomena
Cover:	Phenomena_ST1985.jpg
Released:	21 June 1985^[1]
Recorded:	1983–85
Length:	37:34
Label:	Bronze
Producer:	Tom Galley
Next Title:	Phenomena II: Dream Runner
Next Year:	1987

Phenomena is the eponymous 1985 debut album by the English rock project Phenomena. Devised by producer and songwriter Tom Galley, Phenomena is a loose concept album about various supernatural and paranormal phenomena.^[2] A science-fiction horror film based on the album (not to be confused with the Dario Argento film of the same name) was planned but never progressed beyond the completion of a script and several pieces of concept art.^{[3] [4]}

A follow-up album, Phenomena II: Dream Runner, was released in 1987.

Personnel

Main musicians

• Glenn Hughes – lead vocals (1–8), bass guitar (2, 6)
• Mel Galley – guitars (2–4, 6–8), backing vocals (6)
• John Thomas – guitars (1–3, 5–8)
• Neil Murray – bass guitar (1, 3–5, 7–8)
• Cozy Powell – drums (1, 3–5, 7–8)
• Ted McKenna – drums (2, 6)
• Richard Bailey – keyboards (1, 3–5, 7–9)
• Robin Smith – keyboards (2)
• Don Airey – keyboards (6)

Additional musicians

• Alison McGinnis – backing vocals (1, 3–5, 7–8)
• Pete Green – backing vocals (1–5, 7–8)
• Paul Robbins – backing vocals (8), choral arrangements (9)
• Neil Willars – boy vocal soloist (5, 9)
• Midland Boys Singers – choir vocals (9)
• Ric Sanders – fiddle (3)

Production

• Tom Galley – production, mixing
• Jon Jacobs – mixing, engineering
• Paul Robbins, Dan Priest – engineering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glenn Hughes timeline.
2. Web site: Phenomena biography . Allmusic . 15 July 2023.
3. Dickson . Dave . . The Twilight Zone . 97 . United Magazines ltd. . 27 June – 10 July 1985 . London, UK . 22 .
4. Web site: Galley . Tom . Phenomena artwork . Tom Galley's Phenomena . 15 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050210195321/http://www.phenomenamusic.co.uk/page4.htm . 10 February 2005.