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The Window of Life

Their fifth album and first recorded at Barrett's own studio.
Pendragon, 1993

Kev Rowland says it was the first Pendragon album recorded at Barrett's own studio, produced and engineered by a Mr. Groom with a harder guitar edge, and with Fudge Smith recording live for the first time. Barrett, Nolan, Gee and Smith were the line-up. The original CD is Toff PEND 6 CD, and later editions include a 1994 Japanese release adding two tracks, a 2006 Toff edition, Madfish in 2012, vinyl in 2014 and a 2024 release. Rowland wrote that to his ears it is the best Pendragon album to date and would grace any CD collection, and a dmme.net review gave 4 stars, saying the songs are built in massive blocks. Progarchives, per a search snippet, rates it about 4.08 out of 5 over 793 ratings.

Track listing

  1. The Walls of Babylon10:50
  2. Ghosts8:02
  3. Breaking the Spell9:18
  4. The Last Man on Earth14:46
  5. Nostradamus (Stargazing)6:23
  6. Am I Really Losing You?4:47

More from Pendragon

The Jewel (1985), Kowtow (1988), The World (1991), The Masquerade Overture (1996), Not Of This World (2001), Acoustically Challenged (2002), Believe (2005), And Now Everybody To The Stage (2006), Pure (2008), Concerto Maximo (2009), Passion (2011), Out Of Order Comes Chaos (2013), Men Who Climb Mountains (2014), Masquerade 20 (2017), Love Over Fear (2020), Love Over Fear - Acoustic (2022)

Sources

  1. Pendragon, The Window of Life, MLWZ (2019-11-30)
  2. The Window of Life releases, MusicBrainz
  3. Pendragon discography, Wikipedia