Fred Schendel: keys, guitars, backing vocals
Steve Babb: bass, keys, backing vocals
Kamran Alan Shikoh: electirc, classic and acoustic guitars
Jon Davison: lead vocals
with:
The Adonia String Trio
Rebecca James: violin
Susan Hawkins-Whitacre: viola
Rachel Beckmann: cello
Randall Williams: drums
Amber Fults: lead vocals (12)
The McCallie School Guitar Choir (Bharath Venkatesh, Aaron Long,
Ralston Hartness, Matthew Norris, Drew Shikoh, Charles Evans)
The Chattanooga Girls Choir members (Glory Larm, Laura Ayres,
Brooke Pugsley, Kelsey Hodges, with Katherine Stegall, Molly
Stegall, Savannah Fantner)
Latin Choir (Stephanie Rumpza, Sarah Snyder, Kelly Stultz, Dr
Thomas Hammett, Robert Waller)
Carey Shimbaum: recorders, oboe
Tim Wardle: additional backing vocals
Produced by Babb/Schendel
Mastering by Bob Katz
Recorded at Sound Resources, Chattanooga, TN
Art direction: Rodrigo T Adolfo
Layout: Sound Resources
Photography: Spitestock
Administration: Julie Babb
Tracks:
1. Pt. 1 The Sunset Gate (7:37)
2. Pt. 2 Beyond They Dwell (4:00)
3. Pt. 3 The Restless Ones (3:36)
4. Pt. 4 They Cast Their Spell (3:21)
5. Pt. 5 We Slept, We Dreamed (7:41)
6. Pt. 6 The Years were Sped (2:57)
7. Pt. 7 Our Foe Revealed (6:27)
8. Pt. 8 Toward Home We Fled (6:47)
9. Pt. 9 As the Sun Dipped Low (1:32)
10. Pt. 10 The Wolf Gave Chase (1:59)
11. Pt. 11 We Fell at Last (1:56)
12. Pt. 12 In That Lonely Place (6:10)
13. Pt. 13 Where Sorrows Died and Came No More (6:34)
Music by Babb/Schendel/Shikoh
Lyrics by Babb (1-5, 7, 8, 12, 13)
Latin choral score: Schendel/Mike Rumpza; lyrics &
translation: S Rumpza with Babb
Notes: This was Jon Davison's last album with Glass Hammer as sole
lead vocalist (although he also sings on the subsequent Ode
to Echo) and is perhaps the least successful Glass
Hammer album with Davison.
The album is a single, continuous piece, akin almost to a musical as it tells its tale. Davison's new role in Yes meant he was too busy to have any writing input on the album, unlike on If and Cor Cordium. (HP, 26 Aug 2015)