Clone (Threshold album)

Clone
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Studio album by Threshold
Released	20 November 1998
Recorded	January 1998
Genre	Progressive metal
Length	58:38
Label	Giant Electric Pea
Producer	Karl Groom Richard West
Threshold chronology
Extinct Instinct (1997) Clone (1998) Hypothetical (2001)

Clone is the fourth studio album by the British progressive metal band Threshold, released in 1998. It is the first album with the long time singer Andrew "Mac" McDermott and the final one with the drummer Mark Heaney. In October 2012, Nuclear Blast released a "Definitive Edition", including three bonus tracks.

The album also comes closer than any other by the band to presenting a loose storyline through its songs, describing how the genetic manipulation of humans leads to the development of telepathy, and how these enhanced humans leave the earth to colonize other planets, eventually returning to Earth centuries later.

The UK Planet Rock DJ Darren Redick appears on the introduction to the song "Goodbye Mother Earth".

Track listing

1. "Freaks" (Groom, Jeary) – 5:23
2. "Angels" (Groom, Midson, West) – 6:42
3. "The Latent Gene" (Groom, Jeary) – 8:00
4. "Lovelorn" (Groom, Jeary) – 5:41
5. "Change" (West) – 4:33
6. "Life's Too Good" (Groom, Jeary, Midson) – 5:27
7. "Goodbye Mother Earth" (West) – 7:58
8. "Voyager II" (Groom, Jeary) – 9:04
9. "Sunrise On Mars" (West) – 5:47

Definitive edition

The 2012 reissue contains three bonus tracks:

1. "Freaks (Live in Paris)" – 5:24 (originally included on Concert in Paris)
2. "Change (Live in Paris)" – 4:43 (originally included on Concert in Paris)
3. "The Latent Gene (Uncut Version)" – 9:12 (originally included on Replica)

Personnel

• Andrew "Mac" McDermott – lead vocals
• Karl Groom – guitar/acoustic
• Nick Midson – guitar/acoustic
• Jon Jeary – bass guitar
• Richard West – keyboards
• Mark Heaney – drums

Definitive edition bonus tracks:

• Johanne James – drums