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2004 studio album by Skyclad

A Semblance of Normality

Studio album by Skyclad

Released

21 June 2004

Recorded

Damage Inc. Studio, Ventimiglia, Italy

Genre

Folk metal

Length

47:19

Label

Demolition Records

Producer

Kevin Ridley

Skyclad chronology

No Daylights... Nor Heel Taps
(2000)

A Semblance of Normality
(2004)

In the... All Together
(2009)

A Semblance of Normality is the eleventh studio album by the British folk metal band Skyclad, released in the year 2004. It is the first "new" album the band recorded with Kevin Ridley as vocalist since this album's predecessor No Daylights... Nor Heel Taps.

With this album Skyclad returned to a more heavy and experimental style, though their "classic hard rock" influences are very obvious on this release. It can be compared to the band's mid-1990s albums.

Several tracks on this album feature 14 musicians of The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro (Pipes Solo)"	0:53
2.	"Do They Mean Us"	3:26
3.	"A Good Day to Bury Bad News"	4:42
4.	"Anotherdrinkingsong"	3:53
5.	"A Survival Campaign"	3:45
6.	"The Song of No-Involvement"	3:34
7.	"The Parliament of Fools"	3:10
8.	"Ten Little Kingdoms"	2:50
9.	"Like... A Ballad for the Disenchanted"	4:32
10.	"Lightening the Load"	4:54
11.	"NTRWB"	3:32
12.	"Hybrid Blues"	6:29
13.	"Outro (The Dissolution of Parliament)"	1:39

Personnel

Skyclad

Steve Ramsey – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
Graeme English – electric bass, backing vocals
Kevin Ridley – vocals lead guitar
Arron Walton – drums, percussion
Georgina Biddle – violin, fiddle, keyboards

Additional musicians

Paul Smith – percussion
Frankie Gibbon – hammond organ
Andy May - northumbrian pipes, whistle
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Orchestration

v t e Skyclad
Steve Ramsey Graeme "Bean" English Georgina Biddle Kevin Ridley Arron Walton Dave Pugh Martin Walkyier Keith Baxter
Studio albums	The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth (1991) A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol (1992) Jonah's Ark (1993) Prince of the Poverty Line (1994) The Silent Whales of Lunar Sea (1995) Irrational Anthems (1996) Oui Avant-Garde á Chance (1996) The Answer Machine? (1997) Vintage Whine (1999) Folkémon (2000) A Semblance of Normality (2004) In the... All Together (2009)
Compilation albums	Old Rope (1996) Poetic Wisdom (2001) History Lessens (2002) No Daylights... Nor Heel Taps (2002)
Live albums	Another Fine Mess (2001) Live at the Dynamo (2002)
EPs	Tracks from the Wilderness (1992) Outrageous Fourtunes (1998) Classix Shape (1999) Jig-a-Jig (2006)
Singles	"Swords of a Thousand Men"

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