Satellite is the second album by Welsh progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Panic Room

Panic Room (Band)

Panic Room is a Welsh band made up of former Karnataka members Jonathan Edwards, Gavin Griffiths, Paul Davies and Anne-Marie Helder with Alun Vaughan on bass guitar....

. This album saw the band retreat somewhat from the very 'progressive' approach to their debut album Visionary Position

Visionary Position

Visionary Position is the debut album by Welsh progressive rock band Panic Room. It received generally very good reviews and helped get the band the 'Best New Band' award at the Classic Rock Society awards in 2009...

and the result is a more cohesive, song-orientated album.

The album was recorded at Sonic One Studios in Wales by Tim Hamill and the artwork was designed and created by Teslin Davies.

Pre-orders of the album were released in 2009, complete with a bonus disc containing four extra songs. The retail version was released on 25 January 2010. This was the final album to feature the original lineup, as Alun Vaughan left the band during the summer of 2010.

Satellite

1. "Freedom to Breathe" (Helder
   Anne-Marie Helder
   Anne-Marie Helder is a British singer-songwriter who has performed throughout the UK since 2000, beginning with bands and then going solo in 2004. Her debut EP The Contact was released in November 2004, securing her airplay on BBC Radio 2, with Bob Harris declaring: "that is very dramatic music"....
   
   /Edwards)
2. "Picking Up Knives" (Helder/Edwards)
3. "I Am a Cat" (Helder/Edwards)
4. "The Fall" (Helder/Edwards)
5. "Black Noise" (Helder/Vaughan)
6. "Yasuni" (Helder/Davies/Edwards)
7. "Sunshine" (Helder/Edwards)
8. "Into the Fire" (Helder/Edwards/Field)
9. "Dark Star" (Helder/Edwards)
10. "Muse" (Helder/Edwards)
11. "Satellite" (Helder/Edwards)

Little Satellite - bonus disc with the pre-order version only

1. "5th Amendment" (Helder/Edwards)
2. "The Great Divide" (Helder/Vaughan)
3. "Go" (Helder/Edwards)
4. "Sandstorms" (Helder/Edwards)

Credits (taken directly from the sleeve notes)

• Anne-Marie Helder
  Anne-Marie Helder
  Anne-Marie Helder is a British singer-songwriter who has performed throughout the UK since 2000, beginning with bands and then going solo in 2004. Her debut EP The Contact was released in November 2004, securing her airplay on BBC Radio 2, with Bob Harris declaring: "that is very dramatic music"....
  
  - Lead/Backing Vocals; Electric/Acoustic Guitars; Keyboards; Piano
• Paul Davies - Electric/Acoustic Guitars
• Alun Vaughan - Bass Guitars
• Jonathan Edwards - Keyboards; Piano; Fender Rhodes
• Gavin Griffiths - Drums