A Place in the Queue

A Place in the Queue
Studio album by The Tangent
Released	January 31, 2006
Recorded	August–October 2005
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	78:54 (regular edition) 127:49 (special edition)
Label	Inside Out
Producer	Andy Tillison
The Tangent chronology
Pyramids and Stars (2005) A Place in the Queue (2006) Going Off on One (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
DPRP	(8.9/10)[2]

A Place in the Queue is the third studio album released by the progressive rock group The Tangent. This is the band's first album not to include guitarist Roine Stolt and drummer Zoltan Csörsz.

Track listing

All songs by Andy Tillison, except where noted.

1. "In Earnest" – 20:03
   • I. The Radio Amateur
   • II. Worthy of Memory (Part I)
   • III. Demobilized
   • IV. Dehumanized
   • V. Flights of Fancy
   • VI. Worthy of Memory (Part II)
   • VII. The Silent Key
   • VIII. Earnest Dreams of 617
   • IX. Some Crazy Old Guy
   • X. In Earnest
2. "Lost in London" (Guy Manning, Andy Tillison) – 8:08
3. "DIY Surgery" (Stephen C. Middleton, Theo Travis) – 2:17
4. "GPS Culture" – 10:07
5. "Follow Your Leaders" – 9:21
6. "The Sun in My Eyes" – 3:44
7. "A Place in the Queue" (Andy Tillison, Theo Travis) – 25:14
   • I. Silent Screams
   • II. Two for the Queue (Part I)
   • III. Shaping the Line
   • IV. Hierarchies
   • V. The Escher Staircase
   • VI. An 'elping Hand
   • VII. Two for the Queue (Part II)
   • VIII. The Escher Staircase (Reprise)

Special Edition Bonus Disc

Part One – Other songs recorded at the same time as the main CD

1. "Promises Were Made" (Sam Baine, Andy Tillison) – 7:26
2. "The First Day At School" (demo) – 5:30
3. "Forsaken Cathedrals" – 4:54

Part Two – Alternative Version

1. "The Sun In My Eyes" (extended mix) – 9:12

Part Three – Instrumental Ambience

1. "Grooving On Mars" (live at Karlsruhe, Germany, 2005) (Theo Travis) – 6:16
2. "Kartoffelsalat Im Unterseeboot" (Krister Jonsson, Andy Tillison, Theo Travis) – 13:37

Personnel

• Andy Tillison – piano, guitars, vocals
• Sam Baine – piano, synthesizer, vocals
• Jonas Reingold – bass guitar
• Theo Travis – saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Guy Manning – acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Jaime Salazar – drums
• Krister Jonsson – electric guitars (except on "GPS Culture")
• Dan Watts – electric guitars (only on "GPS Culture")
• Ed Unitsky – Album artwork

References