The World Is a Game

The World is a Game
Studio album by Mystery
Released August 10, 2012
Recorded 2011 - 2012
Genre Symphonic rock, hard rock, progressive rock
Length 59:58
Label Unicorn Digital
Producer Michel St-Père
Mystery chronology
One Among the Living
(2010)		 The World is a Game
(2012)		 Delusion Rain
(2015)

The World is a Game is the fifth studio album by the Canadian rock band Mystery, which by this point consisted of a duo of Michel St-Père and Benoît David.[1]

Production

Background

Long time drummer Steve Gagné left the band in 2011, causing Mystery founder Michel St-Père to find a new drummer. While Nick D'Virgilio was working with Cirque du Soleil in Canada, St-Père contacted him about recording the drum tracks for the album as a session musician, to which he agreed.[2] Antoine Fafard, who had worked previously with Mystery as a session musician, recorded the bass tracks and additional acoustic guitars. Marilène Provencher-Leduc played all of the flutes on the album. David Myers was going to play keyboards on the album, but ultimately did not.

Recording

Work was started on The World is a Game immediately after One Among the Living was released. Recording for the album was done in three studios. D'Virgilio's drum tracks were recorded at Chemical Sound in Toronto on October 3 and 4 2011, Fafard's bass and acoustic guitars were recorded at his own studio, Inhus Studio, in England, with the rest of the recording being done at St-Père's/Serge Gangloff's Studio Illusion III.[3]

Recording on the album continued while David was on tour with Yes; David and St-Père would discuss the album over the phone and David would receive MP3s as work progressed so he could make suggestions.[4] With the exception of two pieces which were written years prior, all of the music on the album was brand new material written shortly after the release of One Among the Living.[5]

Cover art

The cover art for the album was done by Polish photographer Leszek Bujnowski,[6] and is entitled Rainy Circus.[7]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "A Morning Rise"  Michel St-Père 1:18
2. "Pride"  Michel St-Père 11:28
3. "Superstar"  Michel St-Père 6:59
4. "The Unwinding of Time"  Michel St-Père 0:49
5. "The World is a Game"  Michel St-Père, Benoît David 7:57
6. "Dear Someone"  Michel St-Père, Benoît David 6:21
7. "Time Goes By"  Michel St-Père 6:04
8. "Another Day"  Michel St-Père 19:02

Release information

Personnel

Mystery
Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ Siegel, Noah. "The World Is a Game". New Canadian Music. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "November 30, 2012".
  3. ↑ "Interview with Mystery's Michel St-Père".
  4. ↑ PROG Magazine 29, p. 79
  5. ↑ "Interview with Mystery's Michel St-Père".
  6. ↑ R., Diego. "Mystery Revela Mais Uma Música Do Novo Disco, The World Is A Game". Progshine. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Rainy Circus".
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