Concerto Maximo is a live album by the British progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Pendragon

Pendragon (band)

Pendragon are an English neo-progressive rock band established in 1978 in Stroud, Gloucestershire as Zeus Pendragon by guitarist and vocalist Nick Barrett. The Zeus was dropped before the band started recording as the members decided it was too long to look good on a t-shirt...

, released in 2009, recorded in Katowice, on October 13, 2008. It was filmed and edited by Metal Mind. It was released in several versions - a 2 CD release, featuring just the audio from the show, a DVD, featuring the full show, and a DVD and 2 CD special edition, which was limited to 1000 copies.

Track listing

These track lengths are from the CD version of the album. Several of the tracks were shortened or changed; The Walls Of Babylon did not feature the slow introduction, The Wishing Well did not include the first part, "For Your Journey", and The Voyager started from the first riff. A few songs are lengthened, including Nostradamus, in which the band was introduced, and the guitar solo and finale was extended for Masters Of Illusion.

CD 1

1. "The Walls Of Babylon" - 5:05
2. "A Man Of Nomadic Traits" - 11:32
3. "The Wishing Well" - 17:41
4. "Eraserhead" - 8:40
5. "Total Recall" - 5:56
6. "Nostradamus" - 5:31
7. "Learning Curve" - 7:19
8. "Breaking The Spell" - 8:30
9. "Sister Bluebird" - 7:54

CD 2

1. "The Shadow" - 9:07
2. "The Freak Show" - 4:11
3. "The Voyager" - 11:05
4. "It's Only Me" - 8:00
5. "Masters Of Illusion" - 12:45
6. "The King Of The Castle" - 4:53
7. "And We'll Go Hunting Deer" - 5:11
8. "Queen Of Hearts" - 19:55