A Place in the Queue is the third studio album released by the progressive rock group The Tangent. This is the band's first album not to include guitarist Roine Stolt and drummer Zoltan Cs rsz.

Track listing

All songs by Andy Tillison, except where noted.

1. "In Earnest"  20:03
   • I. The Radio Amateur
   • II. Worthy of Memory (Part I)
   • III. Demobilized
   • IV. Dehumanized
   • V. Flights of Fancy
   • VI. Worthy of Memory (Part II)
   • VII. The Silent Key
   • VIII. Earnest Dreams of 617
   • IX. Some Crazy Old Guy
   • X. In Earnest
2. "Lost in London" (Guy Manning, Andy Tillison)  8:08
3. "DIY Surgery" (Stephen C. Middleton, Theo Travis)  2:17
4. "GPS Culture"  10:07
5. "Follow Your Leaders"  9:21
6. "The Sun in My Eyes"  3:44
7. "A Place in the Queue" (Andy Tillison, Theo Travis)  25:14
   • I. Silent Screams
   • II. Two for the Queue (Part I)
   • III. Shaping the Line
   • IV. Hierarchies
   • V. The Escher Staircase
   • VI. An 'elping Hand
   • VII. Two for the Queue (Part II)
   • VIII. The Escher Staircase (Reprise)

Special Edition Bonus Disc

Part One  Other songs recorded at the same time as the main CD

1. "Promises Were Made" (Sam Baine, Andy Tillison)  7:26
2. "The First Day At School" (demo)  5:30
3. "Forsaken Cathedrals"  4:54

Part Two  Alternative Version

1. "The Sun In My Eyes" (extended mix)  9:12

Part Three  Instrumental Ambience

1. "Grooving On Mars" (live at Karlsruhe, Germany, 2005) (Theo Travis)  6:16
2. "Kartoffelsalat Im Unterseeboot" (Krister Jonsson, Andy Tillison, Theo Travis)  13:37

Personnel

• Andy Tillison  piano, guitars, vocals
• Sam Baine  piano, synthesizer, vocals
• Jonas Reingold  bass guitar
• Theo Travis  saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Guy Manning  acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Jaime Salazar  drums
• Krister Jonsson  electric guitars (except on "GPS Culture")
• Dan Watts  electric guitars (only on "GPS Culture")
• Ed Unitsky  Album artwork

References