COMM (The Tangent album)

COMM
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Studio album by The Tangent
Released	September 23, 2011
Recorded	at MBL & Great Image Studios Cheshire UK Autumn 2010 - Spring 2011
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Inside Out
Producer	Andy Tillison, Luke Machin and Paul Brow
The Tangent chronology
Going Off On Two (2010) COMM (2011) Le Sacre Du Travail (2013)

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COMM is the sixth studio album released by progressive rock group The Tangent. The album features five tracks and two bonus tracks. The bonus track "The Spirit Of The Net" was a demo for the original COMM album and the starting point for this album. "Watcher Of The Skies" is a fictional live get together in the early 1970s performed for fun by Andy Tillison, Jonathan Barrett, Pete Greenwood and Phil Bernia. Pete Greenwood and Phil Bernia are members of SEYES Yes tribute band.

Track listing

1. "The Wiki Man" (Tillison) – 20:14

i) "Prologue"

ii) "The Wiki Man"

iii) "Competition Watershed"

iv) "Edit Me Out"

v) "Car Boot Sale"

vi) "The Wiki Man (reprise)"

2. "The Mind's Eye" (Tillison) – 8:13
3. "Shoot Them Down" (Barrett) – 6:45
4. "Tech Support Guy" (Tillison) – 5:51
5. "Titanic Calls Carpathia" (Tillison) – 16:31

i) "The Milpond"

ii) "Titanic Calls Carpathia"

iii) "Lovell Calls Houston"

iv) "Lost Soul Calls Antares"

v) "Fire In Our Fingers"

vi) "Earth Calling Anyone"

Limited Edition: bonus tracks

6. "The Spirit Of The Net (Demo)" – 4:44
7. "Fantasy Bootleg (Watcher Of The Skies)" – 5:52

Personnel

• Andy Tillison – organ, piano, mellotron, electric piano and voice
• Luke Machin – electric guitar, acoustic guitar and voice
• Jonathan Barrett – bass guitar and voice
• Nick Rickwood – drums
• Theo Travis – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute

Special guests

• Andrew Roussak – piano/synth solo on "Competition Watershed"

Production

• Ed Unitsky – front cover artwork
• Thomas Ewerhard – Artwork finishing
• Chris Walkden, Neil Palfreyman, Paul Johnson, Timo Groenendaal, Antonio De Sarno, Jessica Wenlock-Smith, Jorge Castillo – photos

External links

• The Tangent - COMM at Discogs (list of releases)