The Twilight Chronicles Explained

The Twilight Chronicles
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ten
Cover:	Ten - The Twilight Chronicles.jpeg
Released:	August 25, 2006^[1]
Genre:	Hard rock, symphonic rock
Length:	71:01 (76:55)
Label:	Frontiers Records
Producer:	Gary Hughes
Prev Title:	The Essential Collection 1995–2005
Prev Year:	2005
Year:	2006
Next Title:	Stormwarning
Next Year:	2011

The Twilight Chronicles is the eighth studio album released by the British hard rock band Ten. The album marked a shift in the band's sound, relying more heavily on symphonic orchestrations and musical landscape, more so than ever before.

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Hughes.

1. "The Prologue (The Elysian Fields)/Rome" – 12:19
2. "The Chronicles" – 6:43
3. "The Elysian Fields" – 6:49
4. "Hallowed Ground" – 7:39
5. "This Heart Goes On" – 4:24
6. "Oblivion" – 7:03
7. "The Twilight Masquerade" – 6:38
8. "Tourniquet" – 6:49
9. "Born to the Grave" – 5:00
10. "When This Night Is Done/The Epilogue" – 7:36

The Asian version (Avalon Records MICP-10582) adds:

11. "Fahrenheit" – 5:54

Personnel

• Gary Hughes – lead, backing vocals and programming
• Chris Francis – lead guitars and bass guitar
• John Halliwell – rhythm guitars
• Paul Hodson – keyboards and programming
• Frank Basile – drums and percussion

Production

• Executive producers – Chris Francis and John Halliwell
• Mixing – Gary Hughes
• Engineer – Gary Hughes, Chris Francis, Paul Hodson and Frank Basile
• Additional engineering – Simon Brayshaw, Jason Hutton, Roger Smith and Annette Stelfox
• Drums recorded by Frank Basile then "Gogged Up" by Chris Francis.

Concepts

• "The Prologue (The Elysian Fields) / Rome" is about the legend of the foundation of Ancient Rome.^[2]
• "The Chronicles" is based on The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of books by C.S Lewis.

External links

• Heavy Harmonies page
• Powermetal.dk review

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ten - the Twilight Chronicles Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic . .
2. Web site: TEN Official. 7 October 2014.