One is the debut studio album by British progressive metal band Tesseract. Released on 22 March 2011,[4] the album features six tracks. The third track, "Concealing Fate", was split into six parts for a total length of twenty seven minutes and forty seconds. This was Tesseract's only full-length release with vocalist Daniel Tompkins until his return in 2014. A bonus track entitled "Hollow" was released digitally to those who pre-ordered One from Century Media.

One
Studio album by
Released22 March 2011
RecordedMetropolis Studios, UK and 4D Sounds
Genre
Length54:31
LabelCentury Media
Producer
  • Acle Kahney
  • Amos Williams
  • Francesco Cameli
Tesseract chronology
Concealing Fate
(2010)
One
(2011)
Perspective
(2012)
Singles from One
  1. "Nascent"
    Released: 4 February 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Bloody Disgusting(positive)[2]
PopMatters[3]

A live studio play through of "Concealing Fate" was also included as a bonus DVD along with the album. In September 2011, an instrumental version was released digitally and in October that year both the album and the instrumental version were released on vinyl as a double LP.[5] "Nascent" was released as a promotional single in February 2011, and music videos were released for both "Nascent" and "Deception". Acoustic renditions of "Perfection", "April" and "Origin" were featured on the band's second EP Perspective, which released the following year.

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Acle Kahney and Daniel Tompkins

No.TitleLength
1."Lament"4:53
2."Nascent"4:09
3."Concealing Fate
  1. "Acceptance" (8:33)
  2. "Deception" (5:22)
  3. "The Impossible" (4:50)
  4. "Perfection" (2:38)
  5. "Epiphany" (1:29)
  6. "Origin" (4:44)
"
27:36
4."Sunrise"3:57
5."April"4:49
6."Eden"9:08
Total length:54:31
Pre-order bonus track
No.TitleLength
7."Hollow"4:22
Total length:58:53

Personnel edit

Chart performance edit

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Billboard Top Hotseekers[6] 36

References edit

  1. ^ Eduardo Rivadavia. "One - Tesseract | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. ^ Jonathan Barkan. "Bloody Disgusting - [Album Review] TesseracT 'One'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  3. ^ Adrien Begrand. "TesseracT: One | PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  4. ^ TESSERACT Stream 'Eden' Track Online BW&BK Magazine Retrieved March 02, 2011
  5. ^ "TesseracT - One /black 2 LP". CMDistro. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  6. ^ "One - Tesseract | Awards | AllMusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2013.