Bay of Kings is the seventh solo album from former Genesis

Genesis (band)

Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...

 guitarist Steve Hackett

Steve Hackett

Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...

. It is Hackett's first full album of classical guitar

Classical guitar

The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...

 music, completely instrumental. When Hackett's record company, Charisma Records

Charisma Records

Charisma was a record label founded by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith in 1969. Manager for The Nice, the Bonzo Dog Band and Van der Graaf Generator at the time, Stratton-Smith was unable to find a record company willing to release an album by one of his favourite groups so he founded his own...

, refused to release the album over concerns about its commercial viability, Hackett left the label and released Bay of Kings through independent record company Lamborghini

Lamborghini

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 Records (started by the Swiss Patric Mimran who owned the car company at that time). It was later reissued by his own Camino Records

Camino Records

Camino Records is a British independent record label, founded by English guitarist/songwriter Steve Hackett. The record label was originally set up as a way for Hackett to re-release selections from his solo career, but in recent years, Hackett has also released new albums on the label.Hackett is...

. His wife at the time, Kim Poor, originally had a nude portrait painted for the cover, but it has since been replaced by a routine painting of her husband.

Track listing

1. "Bay of Kings" – 4:57
2. "The Journey" – 4:15
3. "Kim" – 2:25
4. "Marigold" – 3:37
5. "St. Elmo's Fire" – 3:08
6. "Petropolis" – 2:46
7. "Second Chance" – 1:59
8. "Cast Adrift" – 2:15
9. "Horizons" – 1:47
10. "Black Light" – 2:32
11. "The Barren Land" – 3:46
12. "Calmaria" – 3:23
13. "Time Lapse at Milton Keynes" – 3:57 (reissue bonus track)
14. "Tales of the Riverbank" (traditional) – 2:02 (reissue bonus track)
15. "Skye Boat Song" (traditional) – 1:37 (reissue bonus track)

Musicians

• Steve Hackett
  Steve Hackett
  Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Nick Magnus – synthesizer, keyboards
• John Hackett
  John Hackett (musician)
  John Hackett is a British flautist, the younger brother of guitarist Steve Hackett. Although his primary instrument is the flute, he also plays guitar, bass and keyboards...
  
   – flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  , keyboards