Theatre of the Mind (Mystery album)
| Theatre of the Mind | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 1996[1] | |||
| Genre | Symphonic rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 47:06 | |||
| Label | Unicorn Records | |||
| Producer | Michel St-Père | |||
| Mystery chronology | ||||
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Theatre of the Mind is the first studio album by the Canadian rock band Mystery, released in 1996.[2] It is also the first album to be released on Michel St-Père's record label Unicorn Records, which was created to promote this album.[3] There was a major lineup shift following the release of this album: it is the only album to feature Richard Addison, Stéphane Perreault, and Michel Painchaud, as well as the ony album until 2010 to feature Benoît Dupuis.
A remix of the album was released in October 2018 which includes a bonus track.[4]
Release
[edit]Reissues
[edit]When the album was first reissued in 1998 the composition of the artwork was redone by drummer Stéphane Perreault, changing the setting to a desert. The music remained unchanged.
When the 16 track 2 inch master tapes were transferred to digital files for the 2018 edition of the album, two additional songs were on the tapes that were not released on the original album: a rerecorded version of "Heart of Stone", which was included as a bonus track on the rerelease, and another recording of "In my Dreams", both of which were originally recorded for the Mystery EP.[5]
The album was also released on vinyl by Oskar records.[4]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Theatre of the Mind" | Michel St-Père | 6:07 |
| 2. | "Lonely Heart" | Michel St-Père | 4:31 |
| 3. | "Peace of Mind" | Michel St-Père | 4:50 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | "Virtual Mentality" | Benoît Dupuis | 1:16 |
| 5. | "The Inner Journey - Part I" | Michel St-Père | 3:39 |
| 6. | "Black Roses" | Michel St-Père | 8:06 |
| 7. | "Rythmizomena" | Stéphane Perreault, Michel St-Père | 1:51 |
| 8. | "In my Dreams" | Michel St-Père | 5:28 |
| 9. | "Believe in your Dreams" | Michel St-Père, Stéphane Perreault, Sylvain Desharnais | 6:43 |
| 10. | "The Inner Journey - Part II" | Michel St-Père | 4:35 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Heart of Stone" | Michel St-Père | 3:27 |
Personnel
[edit]- Mystery
- Gary Savoie - lead and background vocals
- Michel St-Père - electric guitar, 6 & 12 string guitars, classical guitar and synthesizers
- Stéphane Perreault - drums, percussion, drum programming, glockenspiel and synthesizers
- Benoît Dupuis - keyboards
- Michel Painchaud - classical and acoustic guitars
- Richard Addison - fretted and fretless bass guitars
- Additional musicians
- Patrick Bourque - bass
- Patrice Bédard - keyboard
- Sylvain Langlois - tenor and soprano saxophones
- Pierre Léger - flutes
- Josée Larivière - background vocals
- Marie-Claude Masse - violin
- Marie Lacasse - violin
- Ahimsa Gilbert - cello
- Serge Gangloff - special FX synthesizer
- Gilles Peltier - special FX and synthesizer programming
Release information
[edit]- CD - Unicorn Records - UNCR-2002 - 1996
- CD - Unicorn Records - UNCR-2020 - 1998
- CD - Unicorn Digital - UNCR-5122 - 2018
- Vinyl - Oskar - 012LP - 2019
References
[edit]- ^ Kleinbloesem, Gabor (January 1999). "Mystery". Strutter. No. 13. p. 17.
- ^ Chelmsford, Phil. "Interview with Michel St-Pere of Mystery". DPRP. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ Ezpeieta, Jesús (March 2018). "Mystery". This is Rock. No. 165. Spain. p. 19.
- ^ a b "1996 MYSTERY - Theatre of the Mind 2018 re-issue". October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^ "Revisiting Early MYSTERY". December 27, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
