For Madmen Only is a rock album by the band Atomic Opera

Atomic Opera

Atomic Opera are a hard rock band from Houston, Texas. Their style blends progressive rock, art rock, metal, medieval influences, and eastern music.-History:...

, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music

1994 in music

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). The album was produced by ZZ Top

ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969...

 video producer Sam Taylor. Taylor is known for his production and management work with the band

Atomic Opera

Atomic Opera are a hard rock band from Houston, Texas. Their style blends progressive rock, art rock, metal, medieval influences, and eastern music.-History:...

 King's X

King's X

King's X is an American hard rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band's lyrics are largely based on the members' struggles with religion and self-acceptance...

 early in their career. [] The title is a reference to a sign above a hidden door, to the Magic Theatre in Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf (novel)

Steppenwolf is the tenth novel by German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse. Originally published in Germany in 1927, it was first translated into English in 1929. Combining autobiographical and psychoanalytic elements, the novel was named after the lonesome wolf of the steppes...

 by Herman Hesse.

Although out-of-print

Out of print

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 (having been so for quite some time), unsold CD backstock of the original release could still be purchased at the band's fan club site as of June 2007. http://www.atomicopera.com/fmo.html

Some Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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 CDs (released under the Collision Arts label) were distributed as promotional copies and have gold lettering stating this stamped on the front cover.

The video for the song "Justice" was played approximately 20 times on MTV

MTV

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.

Track listing

1. "Joyride" – 5:11
2. "Justice" – 3:33
3. "Achilles' Heel" – 5:54
4. "I Know Better" – 4:16
5. "All Fall Down" – 3:38
6. "War Drum" – 5:33
7. "Blackness" – 4:09
8. "December" – 5:07
9. "This Side of the Rainbow" - 3:37
10. "New Dreams" - 9:41

Performers

• Vocals: Frank Hart
• Backing Vocals: Jonathan Marshall, Mark Poindexter, Jonas Velasco
• Guitar
  Guitarist
  A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
  
  : Frank Hart, Jonathan Marshall
• Drums
  Drummer
  A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
  
  : Mark Poindexter
• Bass
  Bassist
  A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
  
  : Jonas Velasco

Production

• Produced by Sam Taylor
• Recorded by Sam Taylor
• Engineered by Steve Ames
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound Studios, New York, NY

• Art Direction by Allison Smythe, ARS Graphica, Houston, TX
• Cover design, illustration and layout by Allison Smythe and Frank Hart

• Photography
  Photography
  Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
  
   by Frank Hart, Sam Taylor, Kate Warren
• Illustration
  Illustration
  An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
  
  s by Frank Hart and Jonas Valesco

• Drum
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
   technician: Robbie Parrish
• Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  technician: John Ziegler

Links

• For Madmen Only at Atomic Opera's official site
• [ All Media Guide's bio for Atomic Opera]