1755 is the eleventh studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on 3 November 2017. Unlike previous albums, it is entirely sung in Portuguese. It is a concept album detailing the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
This album was recorded in Antfarm Studios and Poison Apple Studios, produced and mixed by Tue Madsen, noted for working with Meshuggah, The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity, Dir En Grey, and Die Apokalyptischen Reiter. Cover artwork was designed by João Diogo. It includes guest performances in some songs, including vocals by Paulo Bragança on the track 'In Tremor Dei'.
Track listing All songs written by Moonspell, all lyrics by Fernando Ribeiro (except "Lanterna dos Afogados").
Personnel Fernando Ribeiro – vocals Ricardo Amorim – guitars Aires Pereira – bass Pedro Paixão – keyboards Miguel Gaspar – drums
Additional musicians Silvia Guerreiro – choir vocals Mariangela Demurtas – choir vocals Carmen Susana Simões – choir vocals Jon Phipps – virtual orchestration Martin Lopez – darbuka on "1755" Paulo Bragança – vocals on "In Tremor Dei"
Production Adriano Esteves – logo Tiago Canadas – engineering, recording Jon Phipps – pre-production, arrangements João Diogo – artwork Tue Madsen – producer, mixing, mastering Paulo Mendes – photography
Charts Chart (2017) Peakposition
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