Satellite (Panic Room album)

Satellite is the second album by Welsh progressive rock band Panic Room. This album saw the band retreat somewhat from the very 'progressive' approach to their debut album Visionary Position and the result is a more cohesive, song-orientated album.[citation needed]

Satellite
Studio album by
Released25 January 2010
RecordedSonic One Studios, Llangennech, Wales, 2009
GenreProgressive rock
Length58:50
LabelFirefly Music Ltd.
ProducerJonathan Edwards, Anne-Marie Helder & Tim Hamill
Panic Room chronology
Visionary Position
(2008)
Satellite
(2010)
Skin
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The album was recorded at Sonic One Studios in Wales by Tim Hamill and the artwork was designed and created by Teslin Davies.

Pre-orders of the album were released in 2009. A special edition, complete with a bonus disc containing four extra songs is available exclusively from the band's own website and at live concerts. The single disc retail version was released on 25 January 2010.[2] This was the final album to feature the original lineup, as Alun Vaughan left the band during the summer of 2010.[3]

Track listing

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Satellite

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  1. "Freedom to Breathe" (Edwards/Helder) - 5:33
  2. "Picking Up Knives" (Edwards/Helder) − 5:10
  3. "I Am a Cat" (Edwards/Helder) − 4:37
  4. "The Fall" (Edwards/Helder) − 6:16
  5. "Black Noise" (Helder/Vaughan) − 3:59
  6. "Yasuni" (Davies/Edwards/Helder) − 5:14
  7. "Sunshine" (Edwards/Helder) − 6:02
  8. "Into the Fire" (Edwards/Field/Helder) − 5:00
  9. "Dark Star" (Edwards/Helder) − 5:11
  10. "Muse" (Edwards/Helder) − 3:43
  11. "Satellite" (Edwards/Helder) − 8:05

Little Satellite - two-disc version only available from the band's website

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  1. "5th Amendment" (Edwards/Helder) − 4:17
  2. "The Great Divide" (Helder/Vaughan) − 5:30
  3. "Go" (Edwards/Helder) − 4:08
  4. "Sandstorms" (Edwards/Helder) − 10:08

Personnel

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  • Anne-Marie Helder – lead/backing vocals; electric/acoustic guitars; keyboards; piano
  • Paul Davies – electric/acoustic guitars
  • Alun Vaughan – bass guitars
  • Jonathan Edwards – keyboards; piano; Fender Rhodes
  • Gavin Griffiths – drums

References

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  1. ^ Thompson, Dave. "Satellite - Panic Room : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Panic Room - Satellite - CD - Available from". System Records. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  3. ^ Panic Jon (28 July 2010). "Goodbye & Hello - Panic Room Announcement". Panicroom.omgforum.net. Retrieved 8 March 2012.