COMM (The Tangent album)

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Released September 23, 2011 Artist The Tangent Producer Luke Machin Genre Progressive rock		Going Off On Two (2010) COMM (2011) Release date 23 September 2011 Label InsideOut Records

Recorded at MBL & Great Image Studios Cheshire UK Autumn 2010 - Spring 2011 COMM (2011) Le Sacre Du Travail (2013) Similar The Tangent albums, Progressive rock albums

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COMM is the sixth studio album released by progressive rock group The Tangent. The album features five tracks and two bonus tracks. The bonus track "The Spirit Of The Net" was a demo for the original COMM album and the starting point for this album. "Watcher Of The Skies" is a fictional live get together in the early 1970s performed for fun by Andy Tillison, Jonathan Barrett, Pete Greenwood and Phil Bernia. Pete Greenwood and Phil Bernia are members of SEYES Yes tribute band.

Track listing

"The Wiki Man" (Tillison) – 20:14

"The Mind's Eye" (Tillison) – 8:13
"Shoot Them Down" (Barrett) – 6:45
"Tech Support Guy" (Tillison) – 5:51
"Titanic Calls Carpathia" (Tillison) – 16:31

Limited Edition: bonus tracks

"The Spirit Of The Net (Demo)" – 4:44
"Fantasy Bootleg (Watcher Of The Skies)" – 5:52

Personnel

Andy Tillison – organ, piano, mellotron, electric piano and voice

Luke Machin – electric guitar, acoustic guitar and voice

Jonathan Barrett – bass guitar and voice

Nick Rickwood – drums

Theo Travis – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute

Special guests

Andrew Roussak – piano/synth solo on "Competition Watershed"

Production

Ed Unitsky – front cover artwork

Thomas Ewerhard – Artwork finishing

Chris Walkden, Neil Palfreyman, Paul Johnson, Timo Groenendaal, Antonio De Sarno, Jessica Wenlock-Smith, Jorge Castillo – photos

Songs

1Love Is Dead Unless 4 the Wiki20:14
2The Mind's Eye8:14
3Shoot Them Down6:45

References

COMM (The Tangent album) Wikipedia

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