Lex Rex (album)

Lex Rex is the sixth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on September 1, 2002.

Lex Rex
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 2002[1]
GenreProgressive rock, symphonic rock
Length66:46
LabelArion, Sound Resources[1]
ProducerSteve Babb, Fred Schendel
Glass Hammer chronology
The Middle-Earth Album
(2001)
Lex Rex
(2002)
Shadowlands
(2004)

It is the first album of the band to be released with the same line-up as its predecessor.[1][2] This line-up, consisting of Fred Schendel, Steve Babb, Susie Bogdanowicz and Walter Moore, would last until their tenth studio album, 2007's Culture of Ascent.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fred Schendel and Steve Babb

No.TitleLength
1."Good Evening"0:51
2."Tales of the Great Wars"10:42
3."One King"6:07
4."Further Up and Further In"15:13
5."Intermission"1:08
6."Music for Four Hands (and Temporal Anomaly)"2:19
7."A Cup of Trembling"7:50
8."Centurion"7:47
9."When We Were Young"9:53
10."Goodnight"1:11
11."Heroes and Dragons"3:45
Total length:66:46

Personnel

Glass Hammer

  • Fred Schendel – lead and backing vocals, steel guitars, electric and acoustic guitars, Hammond organ, piano, pipe organ, keyboards, synthesizers, Mellotron, mandolin, recorder, drums, percussion[1]
  • Steve Babb – lead and backing vocals, four and eight-string bass guitars, keyboards, pipe organ, Hammond organ, Mellotron
  • Susie Bogdanowicz – lead vocals and backing vocals
  • Walter Moore – lead and backing vocals

Additional musicians

  • Sarah Lowell – lead and backing vocals
  • Haley McGuire – lead and backing vocals
  • Carrie Streets – backing vocals
  • Bjorn Lynne – lead guitar on "Tales of the Great Wars"
  • Charlie Shelton – lead guitar on "One King"
  • David Carter – lead guitar on "Further Up and Further In"

Production

  • Fred Schendel – producer
  • Steve Babb – producer
  • Rosana Azar cover art

References

  1. "Lex Rex". Glass Hammer's official website. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  2. "The Middle-Earth Album". Glass Hammer's official website. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  3. "official page for the album". Glass Hammer website. Retrieved 5 August 2014.


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