Falling Satellites
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{{Infobox album
| name = Falling Satellites
| type = studio
| artist = Frost*
| cover = Frost*_-_Falling_Satellites_front_cover.jpg
| alt = Art by Paul Tippett
| released = 27 May 2016
| studio = The Cube, Strongroom, The Outhouse
| genre = Neo-prog
| length = 56:21
| label = InsideOut
| producer = Jem Godfrey
| prev_title = The Rockfield Files
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Day and Age
| next_year = 2021
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =Heavy Blog Is Heavy
| rev1Score ={{rating|5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2016/05/16/frost-falling-satellites/ |title=Frost* – Falling Satellites |last1=Wieten |first1=Dan |date=16 May 2016 |website=heavyblogisheavy.com |access-date=3 December 2016}}
| rev2 =The Prog Mind
| rev2Score ={{rating|8.5|10}}{{cite web |url=https://theprogmind.com/2016/04/22/frost-falling-satellites/ |title=FROST* – "FALLING SATELLITES" |date=22 April 2016 |website=theprogmind.com |access-date=3 December 2016}}
}}
Falling Satellites is the third studio album by British neo-prog group Frost*. It was their only studio album to feature drummer Craig Blundell until 2024s [https://www.lifeinthewires.com Life in The Wires].
Jem Godfrey explained in an interview that the concept of the album is:
{{cquote|In this instance – life. This is my midlife crisis album! The whole album is a message to enjoy life while you have it. My dad died 4 weeks before I completed "Falling Satellites" and I suddenly realized how fleeting life actually is. He'd been procrastinating for years while writing a book he'd always wanted to write when he died. But now it will never be finished and it made me understand that every single second of being alive is precious. The whole album is about that – do that thing you've been meaning to do for ages NOW and get it done..{{cite web |url=http://triggerfish.de/jem-godfrey-frost-ueber-aengste-midlife-crisis-und-singende-bulldozer/ |date=17 June 2016 |title=Jem Godfrey (FROST*) über Ängste, Midlife-Crisis und singende Bulldozer |publisher=triggerfish.de |access-date=27 August 2016 |archive-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916234844/http://triggerfish.de/jem-godfrey-frost-ueber-aengste-midlife-crisis-und-singende-bulldozer/ |url-status=dead }}}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Jem Godfrey unless otherwise noted.
| title1 = First Day
| length1 = 1:37
| title2 = Numbers
| length2 = 4:21
| title3 = Towerblock
| length3 = 6:13
| title4 = Signs
| writer4 = Godfrey, John Mitchell
| length4 = 6:36
| title5 = Lights Out
| length5 = 3:52
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Sunlight (33:34)
| total_length = 56:21
| title6 = I. Heartstrings
| writer6 = Godfrey, Mitchell
| length6 = 6:20
| title7 = II. Closer to the Sun
| length7 = 7:20
| title8 = III. The Raging Against the Dying of the Light Blues in 7/8
| length8 = 7:49
| title9 = IV. Nice Day for It...
| writer9 = Godfrey, Mitchell
| length9 = 6:37
| title10 = V. Hypoventilate
| length10 = 2:00
| title11 = VI. Last Day
| length11 = 3:01
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Special edition bonus tracks
| title12 = Lantern
| writer12 = Godfrey, Mitchell
| length12 = 3:45
| title13 = British Wintertime
| length13 = 6:30
}}
Personnel
- Jem Godfrey – keyboards, piano, Chapman Railboard, vocals
- John Mitchell – electric guitars, violin, vocals
- Nathan King – bass guitar
- Craig Blundell – drums
- Joe Satriani – guitar solo (track 7){{Cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8578261-Frost-Falling-Satellites | title=Frost* - Falling Satellites (2016, Mediabook, CD) - Discogs}}
- Tori Beumont – vocals (track 5){{Cite web|url=https://www.seaoftranquility.org/article.php?sid=3303|title = Interviews: Frost*: An interview with Jem Godfrey – Sea of Tranquility – the Web Destination for Progressive Music!}}
- Mark Knight – violin (track 8)
References
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External links
- [http://frost.life// Frost* Main Site]
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