Out There (Rick Wakeman album) explained

Out There
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rick Wakeman and the New English Rock Ensemble
Cover:	OutThere.jpg
Released:	2003
Recorded:	2000–03
Genre:	Progressive rock
Length:	58.04 (US reissue)
Label:	Music Fusion AAO Music (US)
Producer:	Rick Wakeman
Prev Title:	The Wizard and the Forest of All Dreams
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Rick Wakeman at Lincoln Cathedral
Next Year:	2004

Out There is a progressive rock album released in 2003 by former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman. The album features a new version of The English Rock Ensemble.^[1]

Track listing

"Out There"
"The Mission"
"To Be with You"
"Universe of Sound"
"Music of Love"
"The Cathedral of the Sky"

US reissue bonus tracks

"To Be with You (single edit)"
"The Mission (single edit)"
"Music of Love (single edit)"

Personnel

The English Rock Ensemble:

Rick Wakeman - Keyboards
Tony Fernandez - Electronic and Acoustic Drums and Percussion
Ant Glynne - Electric Guitars
Damian Wilson - Vocals
Lee Pomeroy - Basses

(additional solo guitar on "The Mission" and acoustic guitar on "Out There" by Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith)

English Chamber Choir - choir

Guy Protheroe - conductor

Trivia

The album is dedicated to the astronauts who gave their lives on the Columbia space mission.
The cover was designed by Italian artist Alina Bencini, who was Wakeman's girlfriend at the time.

Notes and References

Web site: RWCC > Rick Wakeman Discography . 2008-06-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080702132317/http://www.rwcc.com/discog_album.asp . 2008-07-02 . dead .