The Name of the Rose (album)

The Name of the Rose
Studio album by Ten
Released	September 16, 1996
Genre	Melodic Hard rock, Hard rock
Length	77:45
Label	Now & Then Records NTHEN 32
Producer	Gary Hughes, Mike Stone
Ten chronology
X (1996) The Name of the Rose (1996) The Robe (1997)

The Name of the Rose is the second studio album released by the melodic hard rock band Ten. The album was released only four months apart from the band's first album X, since the songs were already written and recorded.

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Hughes except where noted.

1. "The Name of the Rose" – 8:31
2. "Wildest Dreams" – 5:33
3. "Don't Cry" – 5:00
4. "Turn Around" – 3:52
5. "Pharaoh's Prelude: Ascension to the Afterlife" – 3:54
6. "Wait For You" – 5:31
7. "The Rainbow" – 6:03 (Gary Hughes/Zoe Hughes)
8. "Through the Fire" – 8:19
9. "Goodnight Saigon" – 7:02
10. "Wings of the Storm" – 5:02
11. "Standing In Your Light" – 7:18

Bonus Tracks:

1. "The Quest" – 4:52
2. "You're My Religion" – 6:48

Personnel

• Gary Hughes – vocals
• Vinny Burns – Lead guitars
• John Halliwell – Rhythm guitars
• Ged Rylands – keyboards
• Martin "Shelley" Shelton – bass guitar
• Greg Morgan – drums
• Mark Harrison – bass guitar
• Brian Cox – keyboards
• Howard Smith – keyboards
• Andy Thompson – keyboards
• Jason Thanos – backing vocals (Track 9)
• Oliver Bowden – backing vocals (Track 11)
• Thierey Cardinet – backing vocals (Track 11)
• Damien Guasp – backing vocals (Track 11)
• Jee Jacquet – backing vocals (Track 11)

Production

• Executive Producers – Mark Ashton and Vinny Burns
• Mixing – Mike Stone
• Engineer – Mike Stone, Audu Obaje and Ray Brophy

Concepts

• "Wildest Dreams" is about a utopic perfect woman.
• "Pharaoh's Prelude" and "Wait for You" are based on Egyptian Mythology.
• "The Rainbow" tells the story of a socialite that commits suicide.
• "Goodnight Saigon" is about the Vietnam War.

Trivia

• The song Wait For You (with altered lyrics) from this album, along with Yesterday Lies In The Flames and Stay With Me from the band's X album, were written back in 1993 for Gary Hughes' third solo album. However, TEN was formed and the songs ended up in the band's first two albums.^[1]
• The Name Of The Rose song was to be based on the concept of the eponymous book by Umberto Eco. According to the band's songwriter and singer Gary Hughes, during the songwriting process the song's concept exceeded the underlining theme of the book and became an anthem to man's quest to grasp their most precious desires, whichever these may be.^[2]

References

External links

• Heavy Harmonies page