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Lightwork
Lightwork cover
Released November 4, 2022 (2022-11-04 ) Studio
The Warehouse (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
The Farm (
Gibsons , British Columbia, Canada)
The Armoury (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Lighthouse (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Genre
Progressive rock Length 55 :59
Label HevyDevy,
InsideOut Music
Producer
Gggarth , Devin Townsend
"Moonpeople" Released: August 26, 2022
"Call of the Void" Released: September 27, 2022
"Lightworker" Released: October 25, 2022
Lightwork is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian musician
Devin Townsend , released on November 4, 2022. The album has been described by Devin as a return to a "song oriented album", with "more traditional arrangements", after his latest releases (
Empath and
The Puzzle ). Lyrically, the album addresses the struggles of the
COVID-19 pandemic , while reflecting about the post-pandemic future.
[5]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by
Devin Townsend ; all music is composed by Townsend, except where noted
Lightwork track listingTitle Music 1. "Moonpeople" 4:44 2. "Lightworker" 5:29 3. "Equinox" 4:39 4. "Call of the Void" Townsend, Mattias Eklund,
Martin Kennedy 5:53 5. "Heartbreaker" 7:00 6. "Dimensions" 5:23 7. "Celestial Signals" Townsend, Diego Tejeida (ending) 5:12 8. "Heavy Burden" 4:23 9. "Vacation" 3:10 10. "Children of God" 10:06 Total length: 55:59
Personnel
Devin Townsend – guitar, bass guitar, vocals, synths
Darby Todd – drums
Morgan Ågren – additional drums
Federico Paulovich – additional drums
Diego Tejeida – additional keyboards
Nathan Navarro – additional bass guitar
Elektra Women's Choir – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden"), choir vocals
Echo Picone – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden")
Jonas Hellborg – additional bass guitar (on "Dimensions")
Mike Keneally – guitar solo (on "Dimensions")
Rhys Fulber – additional programming (on "Equinox)
Hutch Hutchinson – bass guitar (on "Vacation")
Joy Lapps –
steel pan drums (on "Vacation")
Ché Aimee Dorval – additional vocals
Anneke van Giersbergen – additional vocals
Aman Khosa – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden")
Tanya Ghosh – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden")
Elizabeth Zharoff – additional choir vocals
Tia Rose Maxfield – additional choir vocals
Brian Diamond – additional choir vocals
Ram Dass – voice sample (on "Lightworker")
Technical and artwork personnel
Charts
Nightwork
Nightwork
Nightwork cover
Released November 4, 2022 (2022-11-04 ) Recorded Lighthouse (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Length 47 :51
Label HevyDevy,
InsideOut Music
Producer Devin Townsend
Nightwork is a bonus album released with the deluxe edition of Lightwork .
[5]
[19] According to Devin Townsend, the songs that ended up on Nightwork do not form a "throwaway album", they are songs that thematically didn't fit the main record.
[20] Some critics have pointed out the more experimental nature of Nightwork, compared to Lightwork.
[21]
Track listing
All tracks are written by
Devin Townsend
Nightwork track listingTitle 1. "Starchasm, Pt. 2" 4:34 2. "Stampys Blaster" 0:38 3. "Factions" 5:13 4. "Yogi" 3:57 5. "Precious Sardine" 10:14 6. "Hope Is in the World" 4:16 7. "Children of Dog" 6:45 8. "Sober" 4:37 9. "Boogus" 3:33 10. "Carry Me Home" 4:04 Total length: 47:51
Personnel
Devin Townsend – guitar, bass guitar, vocals, synths
Morgan Ågren – drums
Aman Khosa – additional vocals (on "Precious Sardine")
Tanya Ghosh – additional vocals (on "Precious Sardine")
Mattias Eklund – additional instrumentation (on "Sober")
Steve Vai – additional instrumentation (on "Starchasm Pt. 2")
Anneke van Giersbergen – vocals (on "Starchasm Pt. 2")
Technical personnel
Devin Townsend – production, mixing, engineering
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