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CIRCUS OF WIRE DOLLS

Rocking Horse Music Club

Crossover Prog


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Studio Album, released in 2022

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD1: (50:55)
1. Prologue: Riverside (3:49)
2. Circus Of Wire Dolls (8:45)
3. Packed Up (ft. Noel McCalla) (3:28)
4. Senseless Sky (2:46)
5. Animate In 5/8 (ft. Noel McCalla & Caroline Carter) (4:13)
6. To Reach The Other Side (2:58)
7. Will You Be My Downfall? (ft. Caroline Carter) (3:52)
8. So Little Left (ft. Tim Bowness) (3:58)
9. It's Not About You (4:05)
10. Trapeze Waltz (ft. Amy Birks) (4:14)
11. Burn (ft. Caroline Carter) (4:41)
12. Cut From A Different Cloth (ft. Chris Difford) (4:06)

CD2: (44:02)
13. Face Of Rain (4:00)
14. 0300 (4:54)
15. SY22 (5:15)
16. Lost A Piece Of Me (1:28)
17. House Party At Jack's (1:58)
18. Flowers In November (4:00)
19. Every Show Must End (ft. Noel McCalla) (7:59)
20. All Shall Be Well (ft. Evelyn Cormier) (4:04)
21. Circus Waltz (ft. David Cross) (4:03)
22. Coda: Slide Down The Cellar Door (6:21)

Total Time 94:57

Line-up / Musicians

- Brian Coombes / keyboards, lead & backing vocals, bass, additional instrumentation
- Justin Cohn / lead & backing vocals, acoustic guitar
- Patrik Gochez / piano, electric piano, acoustic & electric guitars, lead & backing vocals
- Myron Kibbee / acoustic & electric 6 & 12-string guitars
- Brenden Harisiades / bass
- Mike McAdam / electric & acoustic guitars
- Eric Wagley / drums

With:
- Amy Birks / lead vocals (10)
- Caroline Carter / lead vocals (7,11)
- Chris Difford / lead vocals (12)
- Evelyn Cormier / lead vocals (20)
- Noel McCalla / lead vocals (3,5,19)
- Tim Bowness / lead vocals (8)
- Juli Finn / electric & acoustic guitars
- Jon Finn / electric guitar
- Josh Kimball / electric guitar
- Richard Gardzina / flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Jeremy Harman / cello
- Wesley Thurber / trumpet
- Jenna Yagjian / violin
- Kate St. John / oboe, cor anglais, accordion
- Eric Smith / percussion
- Bobby Rice / drums (7,10,20)
- Kenwood Dennard / drums (4)
- John Hackett / flute (10)
- Matt Jensen / acoustic guitar (12)
- Greg Hawkes / alto saxophone, keyboards (9)
- Aaron Gratzmiller / saxophone (4)
- Rob Townsend / soprano saxophone (10,21)
- David Cross / violin (21)
- Mikaela Davis / harp (14)
- Melvin Duffy / pedal steel guitar (12)

Releases information

Produced and mixed by Brian Coombes
Co-produced by Patrick Gochez and Josh Kimball
Recorded and mixed at Rocking Horse Studio, Pittsfield, NH
Arranged by Rocking Horse Music Club
Recorded by Brian Coombes and Josh Kimball
Additional recording at Abbey Road, London (assisted by Daniel Hayden)
Additional/remote recording by Jon Finn, Melvin Duffy, Mike McAdam, Neill MacColl
Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering
Engineered and programmed by Josh Kimball
Design by Kristian Gustafson
Photography by Wesley Thurber
Circus characters & set created by Michelle Coombes

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5 stars If you're not familiar with the crossover prog band Rocking Horse Music Club, Circus of Wire Dolls is an excellent place to start. Few things grab one's attention like an epic double-disc rock opera packed with special guests. The album is the brainchild of songwriter and producer Brian Coombes, ... (read more)

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