Number Seven is the seventh studio album by American musician Phideaux Xavier

Phideaux Xavier

Phideaux Xavier is an American TV director and composer of modern technological music that he describes as "psychedelic progressive gothic rock", who grew up in New York City but now lives in Los Angeles.-Life and work:...

. It is a concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 based on their main character; a dormouse

Dormouse

Dormice are rodents of the family Gliridae. Dormice are mostly found in Europe, although some live in Africa and Asia. They are particularly known for their long periods of hibernation...

. Inside, it features 20 pages of artwork where we can see the dormouse and the other characters.

The album's first and last song are Dormouse - A Theme and Dormouse - An End (reminiscent on King Crimson

King Crimson

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's In the Wake of Poseidon

In the Wake of Poseidon

In the Wake of Poseidon is the second album by the progressive rock group King Crimson. By the time this album was released, the band had already undergone their first change in line-up, however they still maintained much of the style of their first album, In the Court of the Crimson King.Greg Lake...

). It is divided in three acts.

Musical Styles

The album is played by the live band, with no outside musicians or orchestra. Its musical style is closer to their albums Chupacabras

Chupacabras (album)

Chupacabras is the third album released by composer Phideaux Xavier.While recording "Fiendish" in 2002, Xavier had begun work on an epic song called "Chupacabras". This song was not completed in time for inclusion on Fiendish, and instead, formed the basis for what would become the album Chupacabras...

 and Doomsday Afternoon

Doomsday Afternoon

Doomsday Afternoon is the sixth studio album by American musician Phideaux Xavier, and the second part of his projected "Trilogy" of albums dealing with "Big Brother" authoritarianism and ecological crisis, after Part One, "The Great Leap"...

. It is a blend of progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 and psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock

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 with chamber jazz

Jazz

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 and classical music

Classical music

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.

One: Dormouse Ensnared

1. "Dormouse - A Theme" - 1:08
2. "Waiting for the Axe to Fall" - 6:13
3. "Hive Mind" - 4:00
4. "The Claws of a Crayfish" - 5:41
5. "My Sleeping Slave" - 3:26

Two: Dormouse Escapes

1. "Darkness at Noon" - 1:50
2. "Prequiem" - 1:53
3. "Gift of the Flame" - 6:07
4. "Interview with a Dormouse" - 1:17
5. "Thermonuclear Cheese" - 1:54
6. "The Search for Terrestrial Life" - 5:32
7. "A Fistful of Fortitude" - 2:41

Three: Dormouse Enlightened

1. "Love Theme From "Number Seven" - 7:06
2. "Storia Senti" - 6:42
3. "Infinite Supply" - 4:57
4. "Dormouse - An end - 2:16

Two: Dormouse Escapes

1. "Darkness at Noon" - 3:44
2. "Gift of the Flame" - 6:58
3. "Interview With a Dormouse" - 0:28
4. "Thermonuclear Cheese" - 1:55
5. "The Search for Terrestrial Life" - 8:14

Three: Dormouse Enlightened

1. "Love Theme From "Number Seven" - 13:50
2. "Infinite Supply" - 4:59
3. "Dormouse - An End - 2:17

Personnel

• Phideaux Xavier
  Phideaux Xavier
  Phideaux Xavier is an American TV director and composer of modern technological music that he describes as "psychedelic progressive gothic rock", who grew up in New York City but now lives in Los Angeles.-Life and work:...
  
   - Acoustic Guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , electric twelve-string Guitar, Piano
  Piano
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   & Vocals
  Singing
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• Ariel Farber - Violin
  Violin
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   & Vocals
• Rich Hutchins - Drums
  Drum kit
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   & Chant
• Mathew Kennedy - Electric Bass Guitar & Chant
• Gabriel Moffat - Electric Guitar
  Electric guitar
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   & Lap Steel Guitar
  Lap steel guitar
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• Molly Ruttan - Vocals & Percussion
• Linda Ruttan-Moldawsky - Vocals
• Mark Sherkus - Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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   & Electric Guitar
• Jonny Unicorn - Keyboards, Saxophone
  Saxophone
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  , Vocals & Chant

• Mixed by Gabriel Moffat
• Artwork by Linda Ruttan-Moldawsky
• Graphic Production by Molly Ruttan