Course of Empire (album)

Course of Empire is the first album from the heavy metal band Course of Empire. All songs were written by Course of Empire and produced by David Castell (Blue October, Burden Brothers, Deep Blue Something, SouthFM). The following August, Zoo Entertainment signed the band and reissued their CD with distribution through BMG

Course of Empire
Studio album by Course of Empire
Released	November 1990
Label	Carpe Diem Records Zoo Entertainment (reissue)
Producer	David Castell
Course of Empire chronology
Course of Empire (1990) Initiation (1994)

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Track listing

1. "Ptah" – 4:17
2. "Coming of the Century" – 4:04
3. "God's Jig" – 4:02
4. "Copious" – 3:34
5. "Cradle Calls" – 4:32
6. "Under the Skies" – 4:10
7. "Peace Child" – 5:43
8. "Sins of the Fathers" – 3:25
9. "Thrust" – 7:21
10. "Mountains of the Spoken" – 3:42
11. "Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun" – 6:37

Zoo Reissue

Zoo Entertainment remixed and remastered the album in January 1992, which resulted in significantly different track lengths.

1. "Ptah" – 3:14
2. "Coming of the Century" – 4:04
3. "God's Jig" – 4:02
4. "Copious" – 3:31
5. "Cradle Calls" – 4:03
6. "Under the Skies" – 4:08
7. "Peace Child" – 4:46
8. "Sins Of The Fathers" – 3:26
9. "Thrust" – 7:30
10. "Mountains of the Spoken" – 3:41
11. "Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun" – 6:39

Personnel

• Vaughn Stevenson – vocals
• Mike Graff – guitar
• Paul Semrad – bass
• Chad Lovell – drums, programming
• Anthony Headley – drums, synthesizer
• David Abbruzzese – drums
• David Castell – keyboards, flute, string arrangement
• Tom Demer – viola
• Tom Shinness – cello
• Tom Head – tabla
• Robert Renfrow – keyboards