Highly Strung is the sixth solo album from former Genesis

Genesis (band)

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 guitarist Steve Hackett

Steve Hackett

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. "Cell 151" was a minor hit from the album, and charted in Great Britain

Great Britain

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. Added to Hackett's band was drummer Ian Mosley

Ian Mosley

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, who would join Marillion

Marillion

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 in 1984. This was Hackett's final studio release for Charisma.

In 2007, Highly Strung was remaster

Remaster

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ed and re-released on Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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. The new edition features updated liner notes

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 and three bonus tracks.

Track listing

1. "Camino Royale" (Hackett, Magnus) – 5:28
2. "Cell 151" (Hackett) – 6:26
3. "Always Somewhere Else" (Hackett) – 4:02
4. "Walking Through Walls" (Hackett) – 3:48
5. "Give It Away" (Hackett) – 4:08
6. "Weightless" (Hackett) – 3:31
7. "Group Therapy" (Hackett) – 5:47
8. "India Rubber Man" (Hackett) – 2:31
9. "Hackett to Pieces" (Hackett, Magnus) – 2:40

2007 Remaster Bonus Tracks

1. "Guitar Boogie" - 2:12
2. "Walking Through Walls (Single Edit)" - 5:55
3. "Time Lapse at Milton Keynes" - 3:52

Musicians

• John Acock – keyboards
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• Steve Hackett
  Steve Hackett
  Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
  
   - guitars, vocals
• Chris Lawrence – contrabass
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• Nick Magnus - keyboards, devices
• Ian Mosley
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  Ian F. Mosley is a drummer in the progressive rock band, Marillion.Mosley joined the band in 1984 after a long search for a replacement of Mick Pointer, who had been left the band in 1983. Mosley had previously, among others, played with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, both on two of his...
  
   – drums
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• Nigel Warren-Green – cello
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U.S. LP Track listing

The U.S. LP version of the album had a different track order than that found on other versions of the album:

Side One

1. "Cell 151"
2. "Give It Away"
3. "Camino Royale"
4. "Always Somewhere Else"

Side Two

1. "Walking Through Walls" (12" version)
2. "Weightless"
3. "Group Therapy"
4. "India Rubber Man"
5. "Hackett to Pieces"

Cell 151 EP + Bonus EP

In 1983 Charisma released an EP for "Cell 151" which included a bonus EP.
The "Cell 151" EP contains the long version of Cell 151 plus two more tracks. The front cover painting is by Kim Poor, and the back photo is from Steve Hackett's UK Tour 1983 with a list of concert locations.

The Bonus EP has an album sleeve of white and the album label itself is white, with a large "1" on side one, and a large "2" on side two.

(Cell 151)

1. Cell 151 (long version)
2. Air Conditioned Nightmare (recorded live)
3. Time Lapse In Milton Keynes (acoustic guitar)

(Bonus EP)

1. Clocks (alternate version, missing drum solo)
2. Acoustic Set (containing Horizons and Kim)
3. Please Don't Touch (live)

Personnel

• John Acock – keyboards
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  , producer
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  , engineer
• Steve Hackett
  Steve Hackett
  Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
  
   - guitar
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  , vocals, harmonica
  Harmonica
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• Chris Lawrence – contrabass
  Contrabass
  Contrabass refers to a musical instrument of very low pitch; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register...
  
  
• Nick Magnus - keyboards, devices
• Ian Mosley
  Ian Mosley
  Ian F. Mosley is a drummer in the progressive rock band, Marillion.Mosley joined the band in 1984 after a long search for a replacement of Mick Pointer, who had been left the band in 1983. Mosley had previously, among others, played with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, both on two of his...
  
   – drums
  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 ....
  
  
• Nigel Warren-Green – cello
  Cello
  The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...