Lightwork
Lightwork is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend, released on November 4, 2022. The album has been described by Devin as a return to a "song oriented album", with "more traditional arrangements", after his latest releases. Lyrically, the album addresses the struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic, while reflecting about the post-pandemic future.
Personnel
- Devin Townsend – guitar, bass guitar, vocals, synths
- Darby Todd – drums
- Morgan Ågren – additional drums
- Federico Paulovich – additional drums
- Diego Tejeida – additional keyboards
- Nathan Navarro – additional bass guitar
- Elektra Women's Choir – additional vocals, choir vocals
- Echo Picone – additional vocals
- Jonas Hellborg – additional bass guitar
- Mike Keneally – guitar solo
- Rhys Fulber – additional programming
- Hutch Hutchinson – bass guitar
- Joy Lapps – steel pan drums
- Ché Aimee Dorval – additional vocals
- Anneke van Giersbergen – additional vocals
- Aman Khosa – additional vocals
- Tanya Ghosh – additional vocals
- Elizabeth Zharoff – additional choir vocals
- Tia Rose Maxfield – additional choir vocals
- Brian Diamond – additional choir vocals
- Ram Dass – voice sample
- Gggarth – production, engineering
- Devin Townsend – production, mixing (recorded music)|mixing], engineering
- Troy Glessner – mixing assistant, mastering
- Nygel Asselin – mix setup, engineering
- John "Bandstack" Beatle Bailey – engineering
- Travis Smith – artwork, layout
- Paul Harries – photography
Nightwork
Nightwork is a bonus album released with the deluxe edition of Lightwork. According to Devin Townsend, the songs that ended up on Nightwork do not form a "throwaway album", they are songs that thematically didn't fit the main record. Some critics have pointed out the more experimental nature of Nightwork, compared to Lightwork.Personnel
- Devin Townsend – guitar, bass guitar, vocals, synths
- Morgan Ågren – drums
- Aman Khosa – additional vocals
- Tanya Ghosh – additional vocals
- Mattias Eklund – additional instrumentation
- Steve Vai – additional instrumentation
- Anneke van Giersbergen – vocals
- Devin Townsend – production, mixing, engineering