Journey of the Dunadan
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Journey of the Dunadan is the first studio album of the band Glass Hammer
Glass Hammer
Glass Hammer is a progressive rock band from Chattanooga, Tennessee. They formed in 1992 when multi-instrumentalists Steve Babb and Fred Schendel began to write and record Journey of the Dunadan, a concept album based on the story of Aragorn from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...

. It is a concept album based on the story of Aragorn
Aragorn
Aragorn II is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, one of the main protagonists of The Lord of the Rings. He is first introduced by the name Strider, which the hobbits continue to call him...

 from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...

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Track listing

  1. Shadows of the Past - (03:19)
  2. Something's Coming - (03:18)
  3. Song of the Dunadan - (09:14)
  4. Fog On the Barrow-Downs - (02:34)
  5. The Prancing Pony - (01:13)
  6. The Way to Her Heart - (03:32)
  7. The Ballad of Balin Longbeard - (03:40)
  8. Rivendell - (03:31)
  9. Khazad-Dum - (01:24)
  10. Nimrodel - (04:58)
  11. The Palantir - (06:39)
  12. Pelennor Fields - (04:26)
  13. Why I Cry (Arwen's Song) - (05:20)
  14. Anduril - (02:03)
  15. Morannon Gate - (05:41)
  16. The Return of the King - (07:56)
  17. Why I Cry (Single Edit) - (03:59)

Personnel

  • Fred Schendel / vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    , organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

    , keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , acoustic guitar
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

    , recorder, 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 ....

  • Stephen DeArqe / vocals, synthesizer
    Synthesizer
    A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

    , bass, trurus pedal, medieval guitar, percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

  • Piper Kirk / vocals
  • Michelle Young
    Michelle Young
    Michelle Young is an American musician. She has performed on a wide variety of recordings and is probably best known for her work with the progressive rock group Glass Hammer. Citing Kate Bush as an influence, Young was professionally trained in classical voice at the University of...

     / vocals
  • Basil Clouse / bass on "The Palantir" & "Return Of The King"
  • David Carter / electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

     on "Morannon Gate"
  • Rod Lambert / electric violin
    Electric violin
    An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument purposely made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body...

    on "The Palantir"
  • Tony Mac / rhythm programming on "Return Of The King"
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