Elegant Stealth

Elegant Stealth is the twenty-first studio album from rock band Wishbone Ash and the culmination of 2 years of writing and recording sessions. The songs featured on the band's 2012 tour of Europe.

Elegant Stealth
Studio album by
Wishbone Ash
Released25 November 2011[1]
StudioCross Stix Studios, Lancashire, UK
GenreProgressive rock, hard rock
Length65:52
LabelZYX
ProducerAndy Powell, Tom Greenwood
Wishbone Ash chronology
Argus "Then Again" Live
(2008)		 Elegant Stealth
(2011)		 Blue Horizon
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock[2]

The album features guest artists Don Airey (Deep Purple / Ozzy Osbourne / Black Sabbath) and Pat McManus (Mama's Boys / Celtus / Pat McManus Band).

All songs were recorded at Cross Stix Studios, Lancashire, UK on AMS Neve genesys by Tom Greenwood except for "Reason to Believe" and "Man with No Name" which were recorded by Stephan Ernst (also at Cross Stix). Both of these recordings were mixed at Separate Sounds Studios in Nuremberg, Germany.

Track listing

All songs composed by Andy Powell, Muddy Manninen, Bob Skeat and Joe Crabtree, except where noted

  1. "Reason to Believe" – 4:21
  2. "Warm Tears" – 5:02
  3. "Man with No Name" – 4:18
  4. "Can't Go It Alone" (Pat McManus) – 5:39
  5. "Give It Up" (Powell) – 5:07
  6. "Searching for Satellites" – 6:02
  7. "Heavy Weather" – 6:40
  8. "Mud-slick" (Manninen) – 4:14
  9. "Big Issues" – 7:42
  10. "Migrant Worker" – 5:13
  11. "Invisible Thread" – 11:34

"Invisible Thread" includes a hidden track after approx. one minute of silence: "Reason to Believe – Remix by Al Carson"

Personnel

Wishbone Ash

Additional musicians
  • Don Airey - Hammond B3 organ on "Mud-slick"
  • Pat McManus - fiddle on "Can't Go It Alone"

References
  1. Label Stating Release Date
  2. Glass, Polly (March 2012). "Wishbone Ash - Elegant Stealth". Classic Rock (168): 103.
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