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Lex Rex (album)

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Lex Rex
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 2002[1]
GenreProgressive rock, symphonic rock
Length66:46
LabelArion, Sound Resources[1]
ProducerSteve Babb, Fred Schendel
Glass Hammer chronology
The Middle-Earth Album
(2001)
Lex Rex
(2002)
Shadowlands
(2004)

Lex Rex is the sixth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on September 1, 2002.

It is the first album of the band to be released with the same line-up as its predecessor.[1][2] This line-up, consisting of Fred Schendel, Steve Babb, Susie Bogdanowicz and Walter Moore, would last until their tenth studio album, 2007's Culture of Ascent.[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Fred Schendel and Steve Babb

No.TitleLength
1."Good Evening"0:51
2."Tales of the Great Wars"10:42
3."One King"6:07
4."Further Up and Further In"15:13
5."Intermission"1:08
6."Music for Four Hands (and Temporal Anomaly)"2:19
7."A Cup of Trembling"7:50
8."Centurion"7:47
9."When We Were Young"9:53
10."Goodnight"1:11
11."Heroes and Dragons"3:45
Total length:66:46

Personnel

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Glass Hammer

  • Fred Schendel – lead and backing vocals, steel guitars, electric and acoustic guitars, Hammond organ, piano, pipe organ, keyboards, synthesizers, Mellotron, mandolin, recorder, drums, percussion[1]
  • Steve Babb – lead and backing vocals, four and eight-string bass guitars, keyboards, pipe organ, Hammond organ, Mellotron
  • Susie Bogdanowicz – lead vocals and backing vocals
  • Walter Moore – lead and backing vocals

Additional musicians

  • Sarah Lowell – lead and backing vocals
  • Haley McGuire – lead and backing vocals
  • Carrie Streets – backing vocals
  • Bjorn Lynne – lead guitar on "Tales of the Great Wars"
  • Charlie Shelton – lead guitar on "One King"
  • David Carter – lead guitar on "Further Up and Further In"

Production

  • Fred Schendel – producer
  • Steve Babb – producer
  • Rosana Azar – cover art

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Lex Rex". Glass Hammer's official website. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "The Middle-Earth Album". Glass Hammer's official website. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "official page for the album". Glass Hammer website. Retrieved 5 August 2014.