The Madness of Crowds

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Released April 2009 Label Lantern Music		Length 51:26 Producer Troy Donockley
Recorded Warterworld Studios, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom and other places in 2009; Mixed at The Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire Genre Progressive rock, Celtic rock

The Madness of Crowds is the third solo album by English progressive rock artist Troy Donockley. The album was released in 2009. It is the first solo album by Troy to be released after his involvement with Nightwish and as a result features Tuomas Holopainen, reciting the poem "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman in the song "Now, Voyager".

The album was recorded at Warterworld Studios, East Yorkshire, UK and various other locations in early 2009. It was mixed at The Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire by Ewan Davies and mastered by Denis Blackham at Skyemasters. The album cover sculptures are from “The Brutish Museum” by Alastair Dickson and photographed by Sean Tamblyn.

Credits

Musicians

Troy Donockley – uilleann pipes, low/high whistles, acoustic/electric guitars, Bouzouki, keyboards, mandolin, percussion & vocals

Joanne Hogg – vocals

Nick Holland – vocals

Barbara Dickson – vocals

Heather Findlay – vocals

Brad Lang – double bass & fretless bass

Frank van Essen – violins, viola, drums & percussion

Rosie Biss – cello

Tuomas Holopainen, John Butterworth, Caroline Hayden, Jonsu Salomaa, John Hayden, Karen Butterworth, Nick Holland, Barbara Dickson, Russell Field, Sue Lindley, Terri Donockley, Tim Martindale, Pete Zorn, Poppy, Archie Cookson, Trevor Leroyd, Ben Lindley, Bradders, Mia Donockley, Bryan Josh and Ike Maltby – spoken words (on track 4)

Lucy Muir – harp

Daniel Gregg – oboe

Peter Carter – clarinet

Vita Dowd – flute

Martin Vanderhoff – bassoon

Technical personnel

Ewan Davies – engineering

Tim Martindale – cover design, photography and layout

Alastair Dickson – album cover sculptures (from The Brutish Museum)

Sean Tamblyn – photos of sculptures

Denis Blackham – mastering (at Skyemasters)

References

The Madness of Crowds Wikipedia

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