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Not as Good as the Book is the fourth studio album released by progressive rock group The Tangent. The Special Edition of the album includes a 100-page novella by Andy Tillison with illustrations by Antoine Ettori.

Not as Good as the Book

Studio album by

The Tangent

Released

March 3, 2008

Recorded

January 2006 - November 2007

Genre

Progressive rock

Length

94:44

Label

Inside Out

Producer

Andy Tillison

The Tangent chronology

Going Off on One
(2007)

Not as Good as the Book
(2008)

A Place on the Shelf
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Maelstrom	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
DPRP	[3]

Track listing

All words and music written by Andy Tillison.

Disc one - A Crisis in Mid-Life

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Crisis in Mid-Life"	7:13
2.	"Lost in London 25 Years Later"	7:33
3.	"The Ethernet"	10:13
4.	"Celebrity Purée"	3:43
5.	"Not as Good as the Book"	8:54
6.	"A Sale of Two Souls"	7:16
7.	"Bat Out of Basildon"	5:54
Total length:		50:46

Disc two - Throwing Metal at the Sky

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Part One - Four Egos One War" I. "Ours" II. "Theirs (incl. Ours Reprise)" III. "His" IV. "Mine"	21:15
2.	"Part Two - The Full Gamut" V. "The D599" VI. "Gothenburg" VII. "Last Tango" VIII. "Studio Tan" IX. "Not a Drill" X. "Southend on Sea" XI. "The A1 North of Paris" XII. "Four Last Days" XIII. "The D599 & The A61"	22:43
Total length:		43:58

"Four Egos One War" originally performed by Parallel or 90 Degrees.

Personnel

Andy Tillison – organ, piano, Moog synthesizer, guitars and vocals
Guy Manning – acoustic guitar, mandolin, bouzouki and vocals
Jonas Reingold – bass guitar
Jaime Salazar – drums
Theo Travis – saxophone and flute
Jakko Jakszyk – guitars and vocals

With guests:

Julie King – lead vocals on "Ours"
Unknown Frenchman – violin on "A Crisis In Mid-Life"

Cover artwork by Antoine Ettori

References

"Album Review TANGENT, THE-Not as Good as the Book :: Maelstrom :: Issue No 63". www.maelstrom.nu. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
"allmusic ((( Not as Good as the Book > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
"DPRP : CD & DVD REVIEWS". www.dprp.net. Retrieved 24 October 2009.

v t e The Tangent
Andy Tillison Theo Travis Jonas Reingold Luke Machin Steve Roberts Göran Edman Guy Manning Paul Burgess Jakko Jakszyk Roine Stolt David Jackson Sam Baine Zoltan Csörsz Krister Jonsson Jaime Salazar Rikard Sjöblom David Zackrisson Robert Hansen Magnus Östgren David Million Dan Watts Lalle Larsson Marie-Eve de Gaultier Jonathan Barrett Dan Mash Simon Albone Dave Albone Michael Gilbourne Nick Rickwood Tony "Funkytoe" Latham Lindsay Frost Gavin Harrison Morgan Ågren Julie King David Longdon
Studio albums	The Music That Died Alone (2003) The World That We Drive Through (2004) A Place in the Queue (2006) Not as Good as the Book (2008) Down and Out in Paris and London (2009) COMM (2011) Le Sacre du Travail (2013) A Spark in the Aether (2015) The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery (2017) Proxy (2018) Auto Reconnaissance (2020) Songs From the Hard Shoulder (2022)
Live albums	Pyramids and Stars (2004) Going Off on One (2007) Going Off on Two (2010) London or Paris, Berlin or Southend On Sea (2012) Hotel Cantaffordit (as TangeKanic - The Tangent & Karmakanic) (2018)
Compilation albums	A Place on the Shelf (2009) L'Etagère du Travail (2013)
Related artists	Beardfish The Flower Kings Karmakanic

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