Twelfth Night is a studio album released by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night (band)

Twelfth Night are an English neo-progressive rock band of the 1980s, reformed in 2007.-Formation:The seeds of Twelfth Night were sown when guitarist Andy Revell and drummer Brian Devoil joined forces on 23 February 1978 to win a talent competition at Reading University. The road crew included Geoff...

 in 1986. Although officially untitled, it is known informally as both XII and The Virgin Album.

Details

The long-awaited first full-length album with Andy Sears on vocals and after the band had signed a major contract at last, was released without a title, something the band weren't very happy with.

Disappointed with the lack of major-label support, both Andy Sears and Clive Mitten had left the band by the beginning of 1987.

This album was not released on CD for almost twenty years due to an apparent contractual dispute, although one track from the album appeared on the original version of the Collector's Item CD, and another was added on the reissue. The band indicated that if they were unable to reacquire the original recordings they might re-form in order to re-record the entire album for CD. In the event, the Virgin-EMI catalogue team invited Andy Revell, Andy Sears and Brian Devoil to meet with Peter Mew

Peter Mew

Peter Mew is a British music audio engineer at Abbey Road Studios where he is now senior mastering engineer. He came to Abbey Road in 1965 as a tape operator and has since worked with many artists at the studio...

 for a re-mastering session at Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...

, and it was finally issued on CD in July 2005.

Track listing

All songs written by Twelfth Night.

1. "Last Song" - 4.27
2. "Pressure" - 3.39
3. "Jungle" - 4.16
4. "The Craft" - 4.36
5. "Blue Powder Monkey" - 5.07
6. "Theatre" - 3.48
7. "Shame" - 4.13
8. "This Is War" - 3.45
9. "Take a Look" - 11.35

2005 CD reissue

As above, plus:

10. "Blondon Fair" - 6.03
11. "Shame (full Mix)" - 5.50
12. "Take a Look (part 4)" - 4.19
13. "Blue Powder Monkey" (early mix) - 4.46
14. "This Is War" (early mix) - 3.48
15. "The Craft" (early mix) - 4.47

Personnel

• Brian Devoil
  Brian Devoil
  Brian Ronald Devoil is a British musician and a founding member of the band Twelfth Night.-References:...
  
   drums, percussion
• Clive Mitten
  Clive Mitten
  Clive Richard Mitten is a British musician and is a member of the band Twelfth Night, both between November 1978 and December 1986 and again since the band reformed in June 2007.- References :...
  
   bass, keyboards, classical guitar
• Andy Revell
  Andy Revell
  Andy "Rev" Revell is a British businessman, scientist and musician. He was founding member of the band Twelfth Night in 1978.He first started playing guitar after seeing Led Zeppelin in December 1971...
  
   electric and acoustic guitar
• Rick Battersby keyboards
• Andy Sears
  Andy Sears
  Andy Sears is a British musician and vocalist/composer of the band Twelfth Night from November 1983 to December 1986, and again from June 2007 to the present day....
  
  vocals