The Dark Third is the first full-length album by Pure Reason Revolution

Pure Reason Revolution

Pure Reason Revolution are a British rock group formed at the University of Westminster in 2003 and who are playing their final dates together in November 2011. Their music incorporates elements of progressive rock and electro. Their music has been variously described as 'Astral Folk' and 'New...

. It was produced by Paul Northfield

Paul Northfield

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 (Rush

Rush (band)

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, Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...

, Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

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, Hole

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) and recorded at Fairhazel Studios and later RAK studios

RAK studios

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. An earlier single "Apprentice of the Universe" peaked at #74. The title refers to the "Dark Third", the third of a person's life spent asleep and dreaming, with the song on disc 2 "In Aurelia" being based lyrically and thematically around the book Aurelia by Gérard de Nerval

Gérard de Nerval

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.

Initial U.K. Release

All tracks written by Jon Courtney

Jon Courtney

Jon Courtney, who grew up in Reading, Berkshire, is a singer, guitarist, and keyboard player in the British rock band Pure Reason Revolution. He was also the sole songwriter on their first two albums...

 unless otherwise specified.

1. "Aeropause" – 5:44
2. "Goshen's Remains" – 5:23
3. "Apprentice of the Universe" – 3:59
4. "The Bright Ambassadors of Morning" – 11:56 (J. Courtney & G. Jong)
5. "The Exact Colour" – 4:03
6. "Voices in Winter / In the Realms of the Divine" – 6:33
7. "Bullitts Dominæ" – 5:20
8. "The Twyncyn / Trembling Willows" – 7:16
9. "He Tried to Show Them Magic! / Ambassadors Return" – 5:17

U.S. Release

A special edition of the album was subsequently released in America, with the following track list:

1. "Aeropause" – 5:04
2. "Goshen's Remains" – 5:45
3. "Apprentice of the Universe" – 4:16
4. "The Bright Ambassadors of Morning" – 11:56
5. "Nimos & Tambos" – 3:44
6. "Voices in Winter / In the Realms of the Divine" – 6:35
7. "Bullitts Dominæ" – 5:22
8. "Arrival / The Intention Craft" – 8:53
9. "He Tried to Show Them Magic! / Ambassadors Return" – 5:17
10. "Asleep Under Eiderdown" – 3:00

The last song appears as a hidden track after about 5 minutes of silence.

Europe Release

In Europe, the German Progressive Rock label InsideOut

InsideOut Music

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 released the album almost a year after its initial release, on February 16, 2007. The album contained the same tracklisting as the U.S. version, but was packaged with a bonus CD with the following track listing:

1. "In Aurélia" - 3:59
2. "Borgens Vor" - 4:17
3. "The Exact Colour" - 4:05
4. "The Twyncyn / Trembling Willows" - 7:16
5. "Golden Clothes" - 7:31

Credits

• Jon Courtney
  Jon Courtney
  Jon Courtney, who grew up in Reading, Berkshire, is a singer, guitarist, and keyboard player in the British rock band Pure Reason Revolution. He was also the sole songwriter on their first two albums...
  
   - Vocals, Guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , Programming
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   Bass
  Bass guitar
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   and Keyboards
  Electronic keyboard
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• Chloe Alper
  Chloe Alper
  Chloe Alper is a British/French musician and artist, best known as a singer and bassist in the British New prog rock group Pure Reason Revolution. Her career began with girl punk band Period Pains, and she later appeared as a guest vocalist on the Hope of the States song The Good Fight...
  
   - Vocals & Bass
• Andrew Courtney - Drums
  Drum kit
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   & Percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• James Dobson - Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Programming & Violin
  Violin
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• Gregory Jong - Vocals, Guitar & Keyboards
• Jamie Willcox - Vocals, Guitar
• Paul Northfield
  Paul Northfield
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   – Production
  Record producer
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  (with Pure Reason Revolution) & Engineering
• Dario Dendi - Assistant Engineer