The Guessing Game

The Guessing Game
Studio album by Cathedral
Released	March 26, 2010
Recorded	Late 2009-2010
Genre	Doom metal, heavy metal
Length	84:41
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Warren Riker
Cathedral chronology
The Garden of Unearthly Delights (2005) The Guessing Game (2010) The Last Spire (2012)

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The Guessing Game is the ninth full-length album by the British doom metal band Cathedral. It was released on March 26, 2010. It is the first double-album from the band.

It got voted as the eighth best album in the Metal Hammer Magazine Critics Poll of 2010.

Track listing

All songs written by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Immaculate Misconception" (Leo Smee) – 2:24
2. "Funeral of Dreams" – 8:28
3. "Painting in the Dark" – 6:18
4. "Death of an Anarchist" – 7:12
5. "The Guessing Game" (Jennings) – 3:08
6. "Edwige's Eyes" – 7:08
7. "Cats, Incense, Candles and Wine" – 6:01

Disc two

1. "One Dimensional People" (Smee) – 2:30
2. "The Casket Chasers" – 6:41
3. "La Noche del Buque Maldito (aka Ghost Ship of the Blind Dead)" (Dorrian, Jennings, Smee) – 5:46
4. "The Running Man" (Dorrian) – 8:46
5. "Requiem for the Voiceless" – 9:50
6. "Journey into Jade" – 10:36

• "Journey into Jade" ends at 6:32 and continues with silence until 9:32. At this point, there begins a voice recording of Cathedral artist Dave Patchett describing the theme of the artwork for The Guessing Game. At one point during this audio section, Lee Dorrian stifles a laugh in response to one of Dave's opinions about religion. There is music playing in the background.

Credits

• Lee Dorrian - Vocals, samples
• Garry Jennings - Guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion
• Brian Dixon - Drums, percussion
• Leo Smee - Bass guitar, mellotron, flute, synthesizers, auto harp
• Dave Patchett - Cover art
• Warren Riker - production, engineering, mixing
• Maor Appelbaum - mastering