Course of Empire is the debut self-titled album from the Dallas, Texas band

Course of Empire

Course of Empire was an Alternative / post-punk band based in Dallas, Texas.- Biography :Course of Empire was a hard-edged, post-industrial, alternative music group based in Dallas, Texas from 1988 to 1998. In the early days, large drums would be placed throughout the audience as a means to...

. The album was originally released on Dallas based Carpe Diem Records and sold over 5000 copies in the city alone. All songs were written by Course of Empire and produced by David Castell

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). The following August, Zoo Entertainment signed the band and reissued their CD with distribution through BMG

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Track listing

1. "Ptah" - 4:17
2. "Coming Of The Century" - 4:04
3. "God's Jig" - 4:02
4. "Copious" - 3:34
5. "Cradle Calls" - 4:32
6. "Under The Skies" - 4:10
7. "Peace Child" - 5:43
8. "Sins Of The Fathers" - 3:25
9. "Thrust" - 7:21
10. "Mountains Of The Spoken" - 3:42
11. "Dawn Of The Great Eastern Sun" - 6:37

Zoo Reissue

Zoo Entertainment remixed and remastered the album in January 1992, which resulted in significantly different track lengths.

1. "Ptah" - 3:14
2. "Coming Of The Century" - 4:04
3. "God's Jig" - 4:02
4. "Copious" - 3:31
5. "Cradle Calls" - 4:03
6. "Under The Skies" - 4:08
7. "Peace Child" - 4:46
8. "Sins Of The Fathers" - 3:26
9. "Thrust" - 7:30
10. "Mountains Of The Spoken" - 3:41
11. "Dawn Of The Great Eastern Sun" - 6:39