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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album|
Name = Dead Reckoning |▼
| Type name = studioDead |Reckoning
| type = studio
Artist = [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] |
| Cover artist = [[Threshold - Dead Reckoning.jpg (band)|Threshold]]
▲| cover Name = Threshold =- Dead Reckoning |.jpg
Released = 28 March 2007 (UK)/(EU)<br>19 April 2007 (Brazil)<br>April 24, 2007 (USA)|▼
| alt Recorded = 2007 | =
▲| Released released = 28 March 2007 (UK)/(EU)<br />19 April 2007 (Brazil)<br />April 24, 2007 (USAUS)|
Genre = [[Progressive metal]] |▼
| Length recorded = 55:26 |2007
| Label venue = [[Nuclear Blast]] |
| studio Producer = |
▲| Genre genre = [[Progressive metal]] |
Last album = ''[[Subsurface (album)|Subsurface]]''<br> (2004) |▼
| length = 54:55
This album = '''''Dead Reckoning'''''<br> (2007) |
| label = [[Nuclear Blast]]
Next album = ''[[March of Progress (album)|March of Progress]]''<br> (2012) |▼
| producer =
▲| Last album prev_title = ''[[Subsurface (album)|Subsurface]]''<br> (2004) |
| prev_year = 2004
▲| Next album next_title = ''[[March of Progress (album)|March of Progress]]''<br> (2012) |
| next_year = 2012
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllmusicAllMusic|class=album|id=r1023833}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[DPRP]]
| rev2Score = (very positive)<ref>[http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200726.php#threshold DPRP review]</ref>
| rev3 = ''Imperiumi''
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'''''Dead Reckoning''''' is the eighth studio album (and fifteenth overall) by [[progressive metal]] band [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]]. It is their first album since the departure of founding member [[Nick Midson]] and the last to feature long time vocalist [[Andrew "Mac" McDermott]]. It is also the only one to feature guest vocals (provided by [[Dan Swanö]] on two tracks) and their first album on their current label, [[Nuclear Blast]]. The song "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams" appeared on the 2008 film soundtrack ''[[In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale]]''.
 
Before settling on the final title, the album had the working title of "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams".<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=64310 BLABBERMOUTH:NET] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606233212/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=64310 |date=2011-06-06 }}</ref>
 
Many of the songs on the album use extensive flight and aviation metaphors. Some of these are conveyed in the titles of the songs (e.g. "Slipstream", "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams", "Safe to Fly"). This theme is reinforced by the album's title, a reference to the early aviation practice of [[dead reckoning]] as a way of navigating through estimation of a current position based on a past position, a direction, and a speed.
 
== Track listing ==
{{Tracklisting
| all_writing = Richard West and [[Karl Groom]], except where stated
| title1 = Slipstream
| note1 = feat. [[Dan Swanö]]
| length1 = 4:55
| title2 = This Is Your Life
| writer2 = Richard West
| length2 = 3:44
| title3 = Elusive
| note3 = feat. [[Dan Swanö]]
| length3 = 6:10
| title4 = Hollow
| writer4 = Richard West
| length4 = 4:01
| title5 = Pilot in the Sky of Dreams
| writer5 = Richard West
| length5 = 9:47
| title6 = Fighting for Breath
| length6 = 8:18
| title7 = Disappear
| writer7 = Richard West
| length7 = 4:19
| title8 = Safe to Fly
| length8 = 5:08
| title9 = One Degree Down
| length9 = 8:33
| total_length = 54:55
}}
'''Bonus track'''<br />
{{Tracklisting
#| title10 = "[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]" ([[Matthew Bellamy]]) (bonus track)* - 3:08▼
| writer10 = [[Matt Bellamy]]
| note10 = [[Muse (band)|Muse]] cover
| length10 = 3:08
| total_length = 58:03
}}
 
== Notes ==
# "Slipstream" – 4:54 (Groom/West) <small>(feat. [[Dan Swanö]])</small>
* The limited edition Digipack[[digipack]] release, not available in the United States, contains a cover of [[Muse (band)|Muse]]'s "Supermassive Black Hole" as a bonus track.▼
# "This Is Your Life" – 3:41 (West)
# "Elusive" – 6:10 (Groom/West) <small>(feat. [[Dan Swanö]])</small>
# "Hollow" – 4:00 (West)
# "Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams" – 9:46 (West)
# "Fighting For Breath" – 8:16 (Groom/West)
# "Disappear" – 4:17 (West)
# "Safe To Fly" – 5:06 (Groom/West)
# "One Degree Down" – 8:33 (Groom/West)
▲# "[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]" ([[Matthew Bellamy]]) (bonus track)* - 3:08
 
== Members ==
▲* The limited edition Digipack release, not available in the United States, contains a cover of [[Muse (band)|Muse]]'s "Supermassive Black Hole" as a bonus track.
* [[Andrew "Mac" McDermott]] -– vocals▼
 
* [[Karl Groom]] – guitar
== Musicians ==
* Richard West -– keyboard, piano, backing vocals ▼
▲* [[Andrew "Mac" McDermott]] - vocals
* [[KarlSteve Groom]]Anderson -– bass guitar
* [[Johanne James]] -– drums▼
▲* Richard West - keyboard, piano, backing vocals
* Dan Swanö -– guest vocals on "Slipstream" and "Elusive"▼
* Steve Anderson - bass guitar
* Peter Van't Riet -– Mastering albummastering▼
▲* [[Johanne James]] - drums
▲* Dan Swanö - guest vocals on "Slipstream" and "Elusive"
▲* Peter Van't Riet - Mastering album
 
== References ==
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{{Threshold}}
 
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[[Category:Threshold (band) albums]]
[[Category:2007 albums]]
[[Category:Nuclear Blast albums]]
[[Category:AviationAlbums mediaabout aircraft]]
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