Album: Mark II
Artist: Empire
1996 One Way Records, Inc.
CD: OW 32650

Musicians:
Peter Banks: guitar, background vocals
Sydney Foxx: lead vocals
Jeffrey Fayman: drums, percussion
Chad Peery: bass
Robert Orellana: keys
Jakob Freeman Magnusonn: guest keys
 

Produced by Peter Banks & John Arias
Engineered by John Arias
Recorded at Group Four and Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, 1977
Digital transfer & re-mastering by Paul Antonell
 

Tracks:
1. Still Out of Our Hands (8:29)
2. Destiny (3:40)
3. Sky at Night (8:43)
4. Do What You Want (8:34)
5. Everything Changes (12:48)
 

Notes: After the failure of the first incarnation of Empire (see Mark I), Banks and ex-wife Sydney Foxx (a.k.a. Sidonie Jordan) came to the US and tried again with a new line-up. They were no more successful then before and these recordings had to wait until 1996 before being released. No writing credits are given, but were available when this material was included within The Complete Recordings.

The album is in a similar style to the other two Empire releases (perhaps closer to Mark I than Mark III) and Banks still gets plenty of good guitar licks along the way. (1) sounds surprisingly Yessy. (HP, 1 Jun 03; updated, 11 Jul 18)


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