Golden Age of Music
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{{Infobox album
| name = Golden Age of Music
| type = studio
| artist = Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution
| cover = Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution - Golden Age of Music.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2023|5|19|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 54:28
| label = Music Theories
| producer = Arjen Anthony Lucassen
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| artist = Arjen Lucassen
| type = Studio album
| prev_title = Revel in Time
| prev_year = 2022
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| year = 2023
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{{Singles
| type = studio
| single1 = The Glamattack
| single1date = 16 February 2023
| single2 = The Rise of the Starman
| single2date = 23 March 2023
| single3 = Golden Age of Music
| single3date = 20 April 2023
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Golden Age of Music is the first studio album by Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution. It was released on 19 May 2023 by Music Theories.{{cite web |last1=Ewing |first1=Jerry|title=Arjen Lucassen unveils new Supersonic Revolution project |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/arjen-lucassen-unveils-new-supersonic-revolution-project |website=Louder |access-date=12 June 2023 |date=16 February 2023}} The album focuses on the 1970s and is musically highly inspired by music from the 1970s, ranging from progressive rock to heavy metal to glam rock.
The project arose from a request of a German music magazine who asked Lucassen for a cover version. He instead proposed to record one for them and with a deadline of one week quickly put together a band with some of his favorite musicians. After recording a cover of ZZ Top's "Heard It on the X", they decided to form a band and record a studio album.
The cover art is designed by Claudio Bergamin. Like the songs, the cover art contains many references to media from the 1970s. This includes references to Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy and Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Arjen Lucassen, except "Holy Holy Ground" by John Jaycee Cuijpers
| all_music = Arjen Lucassen, except "SR Prelude" by Joost van den Broek and "The Glamattack" by Arjen Lucassen and Joost van den Broek.
| title1 = SR Prelude
| length1 = 1:32
| title2 = The Glamattack
| length2 = 5:15
| title3 = Golden Age of Music
| length3 = 5:12
| title4 = The Rise of the Starman
| length4 = 4:49
| title5 = Burn It Down
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Odyssey
| length6 = 6:46
| title7 = They Took Us by Storm
| length7 = 5:05
| title8 = Golden Boy
| length8 = 5:49
| title9 = Holy Holy Ground
| length9 = 5:06
| title10 = Fight of the Century
| length10 = 3:55
| title11 = Came to Mock, Stayed to Rock
| length11 = 6:07
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus tracks
| title12 = Children of the Revolution
| length12 = 3:05
| note12 = T. Rex cover
| writer12 = Marc Bolan
| title13 = Heard It on the X
| length13 = 2:55
| note13 = ZZ Top cover
| writer13 = Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard
| title14 = Fantasy
| length14 = 4:09
| note14 = Earth, Wind & Fire cover
| writer14 = Maurice White, Verdine White, Eddie del Barrio
| title15 = Love Is All
| length15 = 3:08
| note15 = Roger Glover cover
| writer15 = Roger Glover, Eddie Hardin, Ronnie James Dio
}}
Personnel
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen – bass
- Joost van den Broek – keyboards
- Timo Somers – guitar
- Koen Herfst – drums
- John Jaycee Cuijpers – vocals
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Golden Age of Music ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Flanders|156|artist=Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution|album=Golden Age of Music|rowheader=true|access-date=12 June 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution|album=Golden Age of Music|rowheader=true|access-date=12 June 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|59|id=518174|artist=Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution|album=Golden Age of Music|rowheader=true|access-date=12 June 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|28|artist=Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution|album=Golden Age of Music|rowheader=true|access-date=12 June 2023}} |
References
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- {{cite AV media notes |last=Lucassen |first=Arjen |title=Golden Age of Music |year=2023 |publisher=Music Theories Recordings |id=MTR77015 }}
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