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In the House of Stone and Light is the debut album by Martin Page, released in 1994. It features the title song, "In the House of Stone and Light", which was a substantial Billboard Hot 100 hit (peaking at number 14) and AC (number 1) hit.

In the House of Stone and Light
Studio album by Martin Page
Released	(UK) July 26, 1994 (USA)
Recorded	1993-1994
Genre	Pop rock, soft rock
Length	50:44
Label	Mercury
Producer	Martin Page
Martin Page chronology
In the House of Stone and Light (1994) In the Temple of the Muse (2008)
Singles from In the House of Stone and Light
"In the House of Stone and Light" Released: TBA (UK) July 1994 (USA) "Keeper of the Flame" Released: 1995 "Put on Your Red Dress" Released: 1995 (GER)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

EPK

An EPK has been made for the album.[2] It features Martin Page himself, lyricist Bernie Taupin, musician Robbie Robertson, and other friends of Page. In the EPK they talk about his past with his band, Q-Feel, his collaborations with Taupin, and the album and Page himself.

As stated in the EPK, "Shape the Invisible" is Page's favorite on his debut album. As described by him in his video EPK: "My favorite song is 'Shape the Invisible', purely because of what the lyrics say. I was reading a book about Leonardo DaVinci and he mentioned that this shape the invisible in a sentence, and I thought what a great title. And at the time I wrote the song, there is as there always is trouble in the world, and I really wrote it as a wish song."

Also stated in the EPK by Page, about the song "I Was Made For You": "I did a song called 'I Was Made For You' and that song has a distinct kind of Gaelic feel to it."

For the song "Light In Your Heart", Page states: "There's a song called 'A Light In Your Heart' which I wrote with Bernie Taupin, and this song has been around for quite awhile [sic?]." Taupin then adds, "'Light In My Heart' is a very simple song, I mean it's a very direct emotional piece of work." Page comments, "I feel very strong that 'Light In Your Heart' is one of Bernie's best lyrics."

Track listing

All tracks written by Martin Page, except tracks 6 and 9 (Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)

Personnel

• Martin Page – All lead vocals, instrumentation as noted for individual tracks

"In the House of Stone and Light"

• Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, guitars, programming, background vocals
• Jimmy Copley – Drums
• Paul Joseph Moore – Keyboards
• Robbie Robertson – Guitar
• Neil Taylor – Guitar
• Bill Dillon – Guitar, mandolin, guitorgan
• Geoffrey Oryema, Brenda Russell – Background vocals

"Shape the Invisible"

• Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, guitar, programming, background vocals
• Paul Joseph Moore – Keyboards
• Neil Taylor – Guitar, ebow
• Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan
• Jimmy Copley – Drums
• Phil Collins – Additional drums

"I Was Made For You"

• Martin Page – Bass, fretless bass, keyboards, programming, background vocals
• Paul Joseph Moore – Keyboards
• Neil Taylor – Guitar, ebow
• Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan
• Phil Collins – Drums

"Keeper of the Flame"

• Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, programming, background vocals, handclaps
• Neil Taylor – Guitar
• Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan, mandolin
• Jimmy Copley – Drums
• Trevor Thornton – Tribal sidesticks, tambourine, handclaps
• Geoffrey Oryema – Background vocals
• Brian Fairweather, Diane Poncher, Susan Poncher – Handclaps

"In My Room"

• Martin Page – Fretless bass, keyboards, acoustic piano, programming, background vocals
• Neil Taylor – Guitar
• Bill Dillon – Crying guitar, guitar, guitorgan
• Brian Fairweather – Nylon string guitar
• Trevor Thornton – Drums, tambourine

"Monkey in My Dreams"

• Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, programming, handclaps, background vocals
• Neil Taylor – Guitar
• Bill Dillon – Rubber bass, guitar, guitorgan
• Trevor Thornton – Live snare, tambourine, gong tom, sidesticks
• Jack Hues – Background vocals

"Put on Your Red Dress"

• Martin Page – Fretless bass, keyboards, guitar, programming, background vocals
• Paul Joseph Moore – Keyboards
• Neil Taylor – Guitar
• Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan, acoustic guitar
• Jimmy Copley – Drums
• Trevor Thornton – Tambourine

"Broken Stairway"

• Martin Page – Acoustic piano, bass, fretless bass, keyboards
• Jack Hues – Keyboards
• Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan

"Light in Your Heart"

• Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, programming, background vocals
• Neil Taylor – Guitar
• Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan
• Phil Collins – Drums
• Brenda Russell – Background vocals

"The Door"

• Martin Page – Bass, keyboards, programming, background vocals
• Jack Hues – Acoustic steel guitar, nylon string guitar
• Neil Taylor – Guitar
• Brian Fairweather – Nylon string guitar
• Bill Dillon – Guitar, guitorgan, mandolin
• Jimmy Copley – Drums
• Trevor Thornton – Gong tom

[3]

Production

• Arranged & Produced By Martin Page
• Engineered By Jeff Lorenzen, Martin Page & Ed Thacker
• Mixed By Mike Shipley; assisted by Kyle Bess, Bill Cooper, Greg Goldman & Rail Jon Rogut
• Digital Editing By Jeff Lorenzen
• Mastered By Dave Collins

References

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