Albion (Ten album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Rock Pit	^[1]
Heavy Paradise	(9/10)^[2]
Hard Rock Heaven	(8/10)^[3]
Metal Temple	(10/10)^[4]
Reviews By Jon	(8.5/10)^[5]
MyGlobalMind	(10/10)^[6]
Metal Message	(10/10)^[7]
Rock Avenue	(9.5/10)^[8]
Melodicrock.it	(8/10)^[9]
Rock Eyez	^[10]
Danger Dog	^[11]
Rock-Garage	(8.5/10)^[12]
AllaroundMetal Webzine	^[13]
Metal-Only.de	(10/10)^[14]
Grande Rock E-Zine	(8/10)^[15]
Monkey Castle Rock	(8/10)^[16]
Musik An Sich	(16/20)^[17]
Firebrand Magazine	(10/10)^[18]
MelodicRock.com	(93/100)^[19]
The Power Of Metal	(96/100)^[20]

Albion is the eleventh studio album by the melodic hard rock band Ten. The album was released on 21 November 2014 and derives its name from the name for the collective British Isles from the time of Queen Boadicia. According to the band, the album was another first for Ten with the release of a limited edition double gatefold vinyl album, which included a large number of highly collectable items.^[21]^[22]^[23] The leading singles from the album were the tracks "'Die For Me" and "Alone In The Dark Tonight".

The album cover was illustrated by Gaetano Di Falco, who also illustrated the band's next studio album, Isla De Muerta.

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Hughes.

Alone In The Dark Tonight - 4:25
Battlefield - 5:00
It's Alive - 5:02
Albion Born - 5:24
Sometimes Love Takes The Long Way Home - 5:14
A Smuggler's Tale - 5:57
It Ends This Day - 5:37
Die For Me - 7:28
Gioco D'Amore - 4:59
Wild Horses - 5:55

Asian version (Avalon Records MICP-11194) adds

Good God In Heaven What Hell Is This - 4:00

Personnel

Gary Hughes – vocals, guitars, backing vocals
Dann Rosingana – lead guitars
Steve Grocott - lead guitars
John Halliwell – rhythm Guitars
Darrel Treece-Birch – keyboards, programming
Steve Mckenna – bass guitar
Max Yates – drums and percussion

Production

Produced by Gary Hughes
Mixing and mastering by Dennis Ward

Concepts

The song "Alone In The Dark Tonight" is based on Emily Bronte's book Wuthering Heights.^[24]
"A Smuggler's Tale" is based on Daphne Du Maurier's book Jamaica Inn.^[25]

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2014
2014	Japanese Sales Charts	9

References

Ten

Gary Hughes Dann Rosingana Steve Grocott John Halliwell Darrel Treece-Birch Steve McKenna Max Yates Don Airey Vinny Burns Lee Morris Mark Zonder Paul Hodson

Studio albums	X (1996) The Name of the Rose (1996) The Robe (1997) Spellbound (1999) Babylon (2000) Far Beyond the World (2001) Return to Evermore (2004) The Twilight Chronicles (2006) Stormwarning (2011) Heresy and Creed (2012) Albion (2014) Isla De Muerta (2015)

Compilation albums	The Best of Ten 1996–1999 (1999) Ten/The Name of the Rose (1999) The Robe/Bonus Collection (1999) The Essential Collection 1995–2005 (2006)

EPs	The Name of the Rose (1996) The Robe (1997) You're In My Heart (1997) Fear the Force (1999)

Live albums	Never Say Goodbye (1998)

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