Ten More Tales of Grand Illusion is the third album

Album

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 from British

United Kingdom

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 progressive rock

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 band Balance of Power

Balance of Power (band)

Balance of Power are a British melodic progressive metal group, formed in 1995.-History:Balance of Power was formed in 1995 by keyboardist Ivan Gunn, along with a group of musicians from the London rock scene. One of their first line-ups featured drummer Lionel Hicks, bassist Chris Dale, vocalist...

. It was released in 1999.

Production and recording

The album was produced by drummer Lionel Hicks. It was recorded at POD Studios and Summit Studios, both in London, England. Lance King and Hicks were in charge of mixing at Oarfin Studios in Minneapolis, US.

Art design was done by Duffelcoat Creative.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tony Ritchie and Pete Southern, except where noted.

1. "Day Breaker" - 4:22
2. "Prisoner of Pride" - 5:53
3. "Savage Tears" (Lance King
   Lance King
   Lance King is an American heavy metal vocalist. Lance has sung for many metal bands in his career, including Defyance, The Kings Machine, Empire, Gemini, Decibel, Balance of Power, Pyramaze, Shining Star and Avian. He is known for singing in a traditional metal style with falsetto vocals in the...
   
   , Ritchie, Southern) - 7:07
4. "Under the Spell" - 5:07
5. "Blind Man" - 6:51
6. "About to Burn" - 5:20
7. "Under Innocence Wing" (Southern) - 1:21
8. "Sins of the World" (Lionel Hicks
   Lionel Hicks
   Lionel Hicks began his career aged 15 as a drummer for such bands as UFO, Kid Wicked, Balance of Power and Gene Loves Jezebel.After two decades of drumming, Hicks moved into music production, and his credits include United States of Mind , Gypsy: A Musical Fable, Teaser, Lady Luck, Kid Wicked, all...
   
   , Ritchie, Southern) - 4:48
9. "The Darker Side" (Hicks, King, Ritchie, Southern) - 4:32
10. "Ten More Tales of Grand Illusion" - 7:31

Band members

• Lance King
  Lance King
  Lance King is an American heavy metal vocalist. Lance has sung for many metal bands in his career, including Defyance, The Kings Machine, Empire, Gemini, Decibel, Balance of Power, Pyramaze, Shining Star and Avian. He is known for singing in a traditional metal style with falsetto vocals in the...
  
   - lead vocals
• Pete Southern - guitar
• Bill Yates - guitar
• Chris Dale - bass
• Lionel Hicks
  Lionel Hicks
  Lionel Hicks began his career aged 15 as a drummer for such bands as UFO, Kid Wicked, Balance of Power and Gene Loves Jezebel.After two decades of drumming, Hicks moved into music production, and his credits include United States of Mind , Gypsy: A Musical Fable, Teaser, Lady Luck, Kid Wicked, all...
  
   - drums

Production and recording

• Lionel Hicks - producer, engineer, mixer
• Lance King - mixer
• Todd Fitzgerald - mixer
• Duffelcoat Creative - art design

External links

• Official Website
• Ten More Tales... @ Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Ten More Tales of Grand Illusion on AllMusic