Number Seven (Phideaux Xavier album)

Number Seven is the seventh studio album by American musician Phideaux Xavier. It is a concept album based on its main character; a dormouse. Inside, it features 20 pages of artwork featuring the dormouse and other characters.

For similarly titles albums, see 7 (disambiguation).
Number Seven
Studio album by
Phideaux Xavier
ReleasedMay 29, 2009
GenreProgressive rock
Psychedelic rock
Length62:39
LabelBloodfish Media
ProducerGabriel Moffat
Phideaux Xavier chronology
Doomsday Afternoon
(2007)		 Number Seven
(2009)		 Snowtorch
(2011)

The album's first and last song are "Dormouse - A Theme" and "Dormouse - An End" (reminiscent on King Crimson's In the Wake of Poseidon). It is divided in three acts.[1]

Musical styles

The album is played by the live band, with no outside musicians or orchestra. Its musical style is closer to the albums Chupacabras and Doomsday Afternoon. It is a blend of progressive rock and psychedelic rock with chamber jazz and classical music.[2]

Remastered edition

A remastered version of the album was released on April 2010.[3] Phideaux later said about the original release of Number Seven: "[...], we made a mistake with the first issue of Number Seven by breaking up the songs into smaller sub-bits for people to have easy access to. People couldn't really find the 'songs' of Number Seven."[4] The remastered version of the album fused many of the original version's short tracks into longer tracks.

Track listing
One: Dormouse Ensnared
No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
1."Love Theme From 'Number Seven'"7:06
2."Storia Senti"6:42
3."Infinite Supply"4:57
4."Dormouse: An End"2:16

Remastered edition[5]
One: Dormouse Ensnared
No.TitleLength
1."Dormouse: A Theme"1:08
2."Waiting for the Axe to Fall"
  • "Waiting for the Axe to Fall"
  • "Hive Mind"
  • "The Claws of a Crayfish"
  • "My Sleeping Slave"
19:22
Two: Dormouse Escapes
No.TitleLength
1."Darkness at Noon"
  • "Darkness at Noon"
  • "Prequiem"
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"
  • "The Search for Terrestrial Life"
  • "A Fistful of Fortitude"
8:14
Three: Dormouse Enlightened
No.TitleLength
1."Love Theme From 'Number Seven'"
  • "Love Theme From 'Number Seven'"
  • "Storia Senti"
13:50
2."Infinite Supply"4:59
3."Dormouse: An End"2:17
Total length:62:55

Personnel

References
  1. "CD & DVD Reviews". Epic Prog. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  2. Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Number Seven (Remastered) publish website". Retrieved 2012-09-12.
  4. "Phideaux interview with DPRP's Brian Watson". Retrieved 2012-09-12.
  5. "Number Seven (Remastered) publish website". Retrieved 2012-09-12.



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