This Is Where the Fight Begins explained

This Is Where the Fight Begins
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Ghost of a Thousand
Cover:	This is Where the Fight Begins.jpg
Released:	February 19, 2007
Genre:	Hardcore punk
Length:	28:11
Label:	Undergroove Records, Holy Roar Records
Producer:	Jason Wilson, Sam Burden
Next Title:	New Hopes, New Demonstrations
Next Year:	2009

This Is Where the Fight Begins is the first full length album by British band The Ghost of a Thousand. The album was released on February 19, 2007, on Undergroove Records. It was given 5K's (out of 5) in the rock magazine Kerrang!. The album was re-released as a 12" record under Holy Roar Records with new art and a bonus CD with nine unheard recordings on September 7, 2009.

Track listing

Bonus CD:

1. Bored of Math (Live Demo)
2. Left for Dead (Live Demo)
3. Up to You (Live Demo)
4. New Toy (Home Recording)
5. Black Art Number One (Home Recording)
6. As They Breed They Swarm (First Official Band Recording)
7. Tiny Ships In Giant Oceans (Unreleased B-Side)
8. No-One Ever Gives You a Straight Answer to Anything (Instrumental Demo)
9. The Last Bastion of Heaven Lies Abandoned and Burning (Home Recording)

Personnel

• Tom Lacey - vocals, lyrics, layout and text
• Andy Blyth - guitar
• Jag Jago - guitar
• Memby Jago - drums, percussion
• Gaz Spencer - bass guitar
• Jason Wilson and Sam Burden at Stakeout Studios - Production and engineering. The original CD sleeve was misprinted.
• Guy Davies - additional engineering
• Kurt Ballou - mixing
• Nick Zampiello - mastering
• James Hines - artwork
• Yuki Snow - Japanese band logo

Awards

• No. 6 Best Album of 2007 Critics' Choice, Kerrang! magazine
• Top 5 Metal Albums, Q magazine
• No. 11 Rocksound magazine Album of the Year 2007

External links

• Official MySpace profile
• Official record label profile
• Digital Lard's review
• Studio Where The Album Was Recorded