Opera Omnia (Ten album)

Opera Omnia: The Complete Works
Frontiers Records
Producer	Gary Hughes
Ten chronology
Illuminati (2019) Opera Omnia: The Complete Works (2019) Here Be Monsters (2022)

Opera Omnia: The Complete Works is the sixth compilation box set released by the melodic

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Hughes except where noted.

Disc one-X

1. The Crusades/It's All About Love" – 8:07 (Hughes/Vinny Burns)
2. After the Love Has Gone" – 5:27
3. Yesterday Lies in the Flames" – 5:06
4. The Torch" – 5:25
5. Stay With Me" – 5:52
6. Close Your Eyes and Dream" – 6:24
7. Eyes of a Child" – 5:02
8. Can't Slow Down" – 5:29
9. Lamb to the Slaughter" – 4:50
10. Soliloquy/The Loneliest Place in the World" – 10:28
11. When Only Love Can Ease the Pain" – 5:07
12. After the Love Has Gone" (Live version) – 5:21
13. Can't Slow Down" (Live version) – 6:17

Disc two-"The Name of the Rose"

1. The Name of the Rose" – 8:31
2. Wildest Dreams" – 5:33
3. Don't Cry" – 5:00
4. Turn Around" – 3:52
5. Pharaoh's Prelude: Ascension to the Afterlife" – 3:54
6. Wait For You" – 5:31
7. The Rainbow" – 6:03 (G. Hughes/Zoe Hughes)
8. Through the Fire" – 8:19
9. Goodnight Saigon" – 7:02
10. Wings of the Storm" – 5:02
11. Standing In Your Light" – 7:18
12. The Quest" – 4:52
13. You're My Religion" – 6:48

Disc three-"The Robe"

1. The Robe – 9:05
2. Bright On the Blade – 4:50
3. Standing On the Edge of Time – 5:01 (Hughes/Vinny Burns)
4. Virtual Reality – 5:48
5. Arcadia – 7:34
6. Battlelines – 4:17
7. You're in My Heart – 6:38
8. Fly Like an Eagle – 7:12
9. Ten Fathoms Deep – 7:09
10. Someday – 7:58 (Hughes/Burns)
11. Warpath – 3:51
12. To Die For – 4:33 (Hughes/Burns)
13. Close Your Eyes and Dream (Live acoustic version) – 2:02
14. Turn Around (Live acoustic version) – 1:37

Disc four-"Never Say Goodbye"

1. The Robe – 9:12
2. Bright on the Blade – 4:52
3. Wildest Dreams – 5:24
4. The Torch – 5:47
5. Yesterday Lies in the Flames – 5:23
6. The Rainbow – 6:29 (G. Hughes/Zoe Hughes)
7. The Crusades (Instrumental) – 1:55 (Hughes/Vinny Burns)
8. Don't Cry – 6:13
9. Goodnight Saigon – 6:58
10. Arcadia – 7:45
11. You're in My Heart – 3:59
12. The Loneliest Place in the World – 11:28

Disc five-"Never Say Goodbye"

1. Ten Fathoms Deep – 7:09
2. After the Love Has Gone – 5:19
3. Stay With Me – 5:20
4. Standing on the Edge of Time – 5:09 (Hughes/Burns)
5. Fly Like an Eagle – 7:39
6. Drum Solo (Instrumental) – 1:18
7. Battlelines – 4:30
8. The Pharaoh's Prelude: Ascension to the Afterlife – 3:54
9. Wait for You – 6:08
10. The Name of the Rose – 9:16
11. Black Moon Rising (Studio version) – 4:05
12. Venus and Mars (Studio version) – 4:34
13. If Only for a Day (Studio version) – 8:13
14. Give Me a Piece of Your Heart (Studio version) – 5:42 (Hughes/Burns)

Disc six-"Spellbound"

1. March of the Argonauts (Instrumental) – 2:14
2. Fear the Force – 5:36
3. Inside the Pyramid of Light – 4:17 (Hughes/Vinny Burns)
4. Spellbound – 5:15
5. We Rule the Night – 5:29
6. Remembrance for the Brave (Instrumental) – 1:18
7. Red – 4:15
8. The Alchemist – 5:09
9. Wonderland – 5:01
10. Eclipse – 4:14
11. The Phantom – 6:15
12. Till the End of Time – 4:58
13. Xanadu – 4:55 (Hughes/Burns)
14. Rainbow in the Dark – 4:52
15. We Rule the Night (Acoustic version) – 5:18
16. Red (Acoustic version) – 4:16
17. Till the End of Time (Acoustic version) – 3:47

Disc seven-"Babylon"

1. The Stranger – 7:20
2. Barricade – 5:22
3. Give in This Time – 5:24
4. Dawn Star – 6:07
5. Love Became The Law – 4:41
6. The Heat – 5:41
7. Silent Rain – 6:27
8. Timeless – 4:54
9. Black Hearted Woman – 5:35
10. Thunder in Heaven – 6:58
11. Valentine – 6:14

Disc-eight-"Far Beyond The World"

1. Glimmer Of Evil – 5:48
2. Strange Land – 5:13
3. High Tide – 5:46
4. What About Me – 5:34
5. Last of the Lovers – 6:11
6. Outlawed And Notorious – 6:37
7. Scarlet and the Grey – 5:29
8. Heart Like A Lion – 5:16
9. Black Shadows – 5:29
10. Who Do You Want To Love – 5:44
11. Far Beyond The World – 5:09
12. The Soldier – 6:11

Disc nine-"Return To Evermore"

1. Apparition – 8:34
2. Dreamtide – 6:29
3. Evermore – 4:37
4. Sail Away – 5:12
5. Temple of Love – 4:46
6. Even the Ghosts Cry – 5:52
7. Strangers in the Night – 5:19
8. Evil's on Top in the World – 4:31
9. The One – 5:33
10. Lost Soul – 5:29
11. Stay a While – 4:42
12. Tearing My Heart Out – 5:42
13. It's You I Adore – 3:38

Disc ten-"The Twilight Chronicles"

1. The Prologue (The Elysian Fields)/Rome – 12:19
2. The Chronicles – 6:43
3. The Elysian Fields – 6:49
4. Hallowed Ground – 7:39
5. This Heart Goes On – 4:24
6. Oblivion – 7:03
7. The Twilight Masquerade – 6:38
8. Tourniquet – 6:49
9. Born to the Grave – 5:00
10. When This Night Is Done/The Epilogue – 7:36
11. Fahrenheit – 5:54

Disc eleven-"Stormwarning"

1. Endless Symphony – 7:26
2. Centre of My Universe – 6:07
3. Kingdom Come – 5:35
4. Book of Secrets – 5:18
5. Stormwarning – 5:39
6. Invisible – 5:38
7. Love Song – 7:07
8. The Hourglass and the Landslide – 4:49
9. Destiny – 6:13
10. The Wave – 5:32
11. The Darkness – 4:19

Disc twelve-"Heresy And Creed"

1. The Gates Of Jerusalem (Instrumental) – 1:34
2. Arabian Knights – 6:26
3. Gunrunning – 5:52
4. The Lights Go Down – 6:12
5. Raven's Eye – 5:43
6. Right Now – 5:27
7. Game Of Hearts – 4:20
8. The Last Time – 6:36
9. The Priestess – 5:13
10. Insatiable – 4:06
11. Another Rainy Day – 4:57
12. Unbelievable – 4:07
13. The Riddle – 5:32
14. I Found Love – 3:02

Disc thirteen-"Albion"

1. Alone in the Dark Tonight – 4:25
2. Battlefield – 5:00
3. It's Alive – 5:02
4. Albion Born – 5:24
5. Sometimes Love Takes The Long Way Home – 5:14
6. A Smuggler's Tale – 5:57
7. It Ends This Day – 5:37
8. Die For Me – 7:28
9. Gioco D'Amore – 4:59
10. Wild Horses – 5:55
11. Good God in Heaven What Hell Is This – 4:00

Disc fourteen-"Isla De Muerta"

1. (i) Buccaneers (Instrumental) / (ii) Dead Men Tell No Tales – 6:27
2. Tell Me What To Do – 4:15
3. Acquiesce – 4:45
4. This Love – 4:42
5. The Dragon And Saint George – 5:16
6. Intensify – 6:39
7. (i) Karnak (Instrumental) / (ii) The Valley of the Kings – 8:10
8. Revolution – 5:56
9. Musketeers: Soldiers Of The King – 4:07 (Exclusive
   The Dragon And Saint George
   EP Track)
10. Angel Of Darkness – 3:57
11. The Last Pretender – 6:40
12. Assault And Battery – 4:52 (Japanese Version Bonus Track)
13. We Can Be As One – 3:28
14. Musketeers: Soldiers Of The King – 4:07
15. Is There Anyone With Sense – 5:15
16. The Prodigal Saviour – 4:12

Disc fifteen-"Gothica"

1. The Grail – 8:06
2. Jekyll and Hyde – 4:41
3. Travellers – 5:11
4. A Man for All Seasons – 7:00
5. In My Dreams – 5:08
6. Wild King of Winter – 6:13
7. Paragon – 4:50
8. Welcome to the Freak Show – 5:35
9. La Luna Dra-Cu-La – 5:31
10. Into Darkness – 5:42

Disc sixteen-"Illuminati"

1. Be As You Are Forever – 8:04
2. Shield Wall – 5:39
3. The Esoteric Ocean – 5:05
4. Jericho – 5:47
5. Rosetta Stone – 6:14
6. Illuminati – 5:42
7. Heaven And The Hollier-Than-Thou – 5:28
8. Exile – 5:16
9. Mephistopheles – 5:13
10. Of Battles Lost And Won – 5:45

Personnel

• Gary Hughes – vocals, guitars, backing vocals
• John Halliwell – rhythm Guitars
• Neil Fraser – Guitars
• Dan Mitchel – Guitars
• Dann Rosingana – Guitars
• Steve Grocott – Guitars
• Chris Francis – Guitars
• Vinny Burns – Guitars
• Darrel Treece-Birch – keyboards, programming
• Paul Hodson – Keyboards And Synthesizers
• Ged Rylands – Keyboards
• Don Airey – Keyboards
• Mark Sumner – Bass
• Steve Mckenna – Bass
• Frank Basile – drums and percussion
• Greg Morgan – drums and percussion
• Mark Zonder
  – drums and percussion
• Max Yates – drums and percussion

Production

• Produced by Gary Hughes
• Mixing and mastering by Dennis Ward
• Executive Producers – Mark Ashton and Vinny Burns
• Mixing – Mike Stone
• Engineer – Mike Stone, Audu Obaje, Ray Brophy, Gavin Fernie and Kirk Podmore
• Executive Producers – Mark Ashton and Vinny Burns
• Mixing – Mike Stone
• Engineer – Mike Stone, Audu Obaje and Ray Brophy
• Mixing – Mike Stone
• Engineer – Ray Brophy
• Additional Engineering – Audu Obaje, Tim Baxter and Royston Hollyer
• Mixing – Ray Brophy
• Engineer – Ray Brophy
• Mixing – Rafe McKenna
• Assistant Mixing – Audu Obaje and Dan Sprigg
• Engineers – Audu Obaje
• Assistant Engineer – Neil Amison
• Mixing – Audu Obaje
• Engineers – Audu Obaje, Neil Amison, Kirk Podmore, Vinny Burns and Gary Hughes
• Mixing – Tommy Newton
• Engineer – Paulo Melo
• Additional engineering – Audu Obaje, Ray Brophy, Vinny Burns and Gary Hughes
• Mixing – Pete Coleman
• Engineers – Gary Hughes, Roger Smith and Jason Thanos
• Additional engineering – Pete Coleman, Billy Churchill and Mark Sumner
• Executive producers – Chris Francis and John Halliwell
• Mixing – Gary Hughes
• Engineer – Gary Hughes, Chris Francis, Paul Hodson and Frank Basile
• Additional engineering – Simon Brayshaw, Jason Hutton, Roger Smith and Annette Stelfox
• Drums recorded by Frank Basile then "Gogged Up" by Chris Francis.

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