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− | {{Infobox Album| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | + | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Checkpoint}}{{Infobox Album| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> |
| | Name = Checkpoint | | | | Name = Checkpoint | |
| | Type = Album | | | | Type = Album | |
| | Artist = [[Directory:Tom Walker|Tom Walker]] | | | | Artist = [[Directory:Tom Walker|Tom Walker]] | |
− | | Cover = | + | | Cover = TomWalker Checkpoint.jpg|200px | |
| | Released = {{flagicon|UK}} February 21, 2009 | | | | Released = {{flagicon|UK}} February 21, 2009 | |
| | Recorded = 2009 | | | | Recorded = 2009 | |
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| | Length = 60:13| | | | Length = 60:13| |
| | Label = | | | Label = |
− | | Producer = Tom Walker | + | | Producer = Tom Walker | |
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− | Last album = ''[[Acoustics EP]]'' <br> (2006) | | + | Last album = ''[[Directory:Another Ode|Another Ode]]'' <br> (2008) | |
− | This album = ''There's No 666 In Outer Space'' <br>(2007) | | + | This album = ''Checkpoint'' <br>(2009) | |
− | Next album = | [[You Can't Stop Me]] | + | Next album = ''[[Directory:You Can't Stop Me|You Can't Stop Me]]'' <br> (2009) | |
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− | '''Checkpoint''' is the second full-length album released by heavy metal musician [[Directory:Tom Walker|Tom Walker]]. It was released on February 21, 2009 on CD. | + | '''Checkpoint''' is the second full-length album released by heavy metal musician [[Directory:Tom Walker|Tom Walker]]. It was released on February 21, 2009 on CD. It followed on from Walker's first release [[Directory:Another Ode|Another Ode]], and was over twice the length of the first album. This was Walker's only album with a fully digital cover; all other album and single covers have included a photograph. The album contains an instrumental track, which at the time was Walker's longest, the eight-minute long title track 'Checkpoint'. This is also Walker's only song to be played in Drop B tuning. The album is in a mixture of guitar tunings; tracks 1, 5 and 9 are in Eb, 3 and 14 are in standard, 2 is in Drop B, 6, 10 and 11 are in Drop D, 8 and 12 are in D and the remainder are in Drop C. |
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| + | The fourteenth track on the album is a cover of the indie rock band Johnny Goes West. The tenth track 'Adrenaline' is written as a direct sequel to Another Ode's 'Downhill Flight' and the name of the track 'Leave it Out' later re-appeared in the song 'All You People', a B-side from the single 'Come Back to Me'. |
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| ==Track listing== | | ==Track listing== |
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| # Rain (Johnny Goes West cover) (3:00) | | # Rain (Johnny Goes West cover) (3:00) |
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| + | ==Singles== |
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| + | Four of the songs from the album were released as free-download singles through myspace.com, last.fm and mediafire.com. In chronological order these were [[Within the Cloud of War]], [[Storm's Coming]], [[Come Back to Me]] and [[Welcome to the Village]]. |
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| + | ==External Links== |
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| + | #http://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Walker/Checkpoint The album's page on Last.fm. |
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| + | {{Navbox Musical artist |
| + | | name = Tom Walekr |
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| + | | title = [[Directory:Tom Walker|Tom Walker]] |
| + | | background = group_or_band |
| + | | above = '''[[Directory:Tom Walker|Tom Walker]]'''<br>Richard Wood{{·}} Mike Boyd |
| + | | group1 = Studio albums |
| + | | list1 = ''[[Directory:Another Ode|Another Ode]]''{{·}} ''[[Directory:Checkpoint_(album)|Checkpoint]]'' |
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| + | | group2 = Extended plays |
| + | | list2 = ''[[Directory:You Can't Stop Me|You Can't Stop Me]]'' |
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| + | | group3 = Singles |
| + | | list3 = "Downhill Flight"{{·}} "Within the Cloud of War"{{·}} "Storm's Coming"{{·}} "Heart of Your Soul" {{·}} "Come Back to Me"{{·}} "Welcome to the Village"{{·}} "The Truth Will Survive"{{·}} "The Mission / Testament"{{·}} "Hillside View" |
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| + | | group4 = Related articles |
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| [[Category: 2009 albums]] | | [[Category: 2009 albums]] |