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MoonBabies

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Length
  
56:40

Producer
  
Simon Phillips

Label
  
Inside Out

Released
  
July 29, 2002 (2002-07-29)

Recorded
  
The Leopard Room and Coy Sound Studio Room in Hollywood Hills

Genre
  
Instrumental rock, progressive rock, progressive metal, jazz fusion

MoonBabies is the second studio album by instrumental rock/progressive metal supergroup Planet X, released in 2002 through Inside Out Music.

Contents

Critical reception

Glenn Astarita at All About Jazz gave MoonBabies a positive review, recommending it highly while praising the band's cohesiveness and each musician's technical craft. François Couture at AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five, remarking that "The music occasionally falls into the culprit of 'complex for complexity's sake'", but also saying it was "more varied and overall accomplished" than Planet X's 2000 debut album Universe. Guitarist Tony MacAlpine, in particular, was described as "a magician, often stealing the show with his inspired solos and soaring lead lines—recalling Allan Holdsworth in his prime."

Personnel

  • Tony MacAlpine – guitar
  • Derek Sherinian – keyboard
  • Virgil Donati – drums
  • Tom Kennedy – bass (tracks 1, 4–6, 10)
  • Billy Sheehan – bass (track 2)
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass guitar (tracks 3, 7–9)
  • Simon Phillips – engineering, mixing, production
  • Albert Law – engineering
  • Brad Vance – mastering
  • References

    MoonBabies Wikipedia