The Guessing Game

The Guessing Game is the ninth full-length album by the British doom metal band Cathedral. It was released on March 26, 2010. It is the first double-album from the band.

Track listing
All songs written by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, except where noted.

Disc one

 * 1) "Immaculate Misconception" (Leo Smee) – 2:24
 * 2) "Funeral of Dreams" – 8:28
 * 3) "Painting in the Dark" – 6:18
 * 4) "Death of an Anarchist" – 7:12
 * 5) "The Guessing Game" (Jennings) – 3:08
 * 6) "Edwige's Eyes" – 7:08
 * 7) "Cats, Incense, Candles and Wine" – 6:01

Disc two

 * 1) "One Dimensional People" (Smee) – 2:30
 * 2) "The Casket Chasers" – 6:40
 * 3) "La Noche del Buque Maldito (aka Ghost Ship of the Blind Dead)" (Dorrian, Jennings, Smee) – 5:46
 * 4) "The Running Man" (Dorrian) – 8:46
 * 5) "Requiem for the Voiceless" – 9:50
 * 6) "Journey into Jade" – 10:36


 * "Journey into Jade" ends at 6:32 and continues with silence until 9:32. At this point, there begins a voice recording of Cathedral artist Dave Patchett describing the theme of the artwork for The Guessing Game. At one point during this audio section, Lee Dorrian stifles a laugh in response to one of Dave's opinions about religion. There is music playing in the background.

Personnel

 * Cathedral
 * Lee Dorrian - Vocals, Samples
 * Leo Smee - Bass, Additional guitar, Synthersizer, Keyboards, Moog, Auto Harp
 * Gaz Jennings - Lead guitar, Percussion, Mellotron, Backing vocals
 * Brian Dixon - Drums, Backing vocals


 * Additional musicians
 * Alison O'Donnell - Vocals (Tracks 2, 7 - Disc 1)
 * Munch - Mellotron, Hammond
 * Chloe Herington - Bass (Track 1 - Disc 1)
 * Sara Anderson - Violin, Viola (Track 1 - Disc 1)
 * Shawn Hyder - Sitar
 * Elisha Jennings - Spoken word (Tracks 5, 6 - Disc 2)
 * Peter Dixon - Spoken word (Track 6 - Disc 2)
 * Thelma Heath - Spoken word (Track 3 - Disc 1, Track 2 - Disc 2)
 * Warren Riker - Lead guitar, Additional sitar (Track 1 - Disc 2)


 * Production
 * Warren Riker - Producer, Mixing
 * Ben Rhodes - Engineering
 * Ewan Davies - Engineering
 * Lee Dorrian - Artwork, Layout, Design, Photography
 * Geoffery Perrin - Recording
 * Dave Patchett - Cover art
 * Maor Appelbaum - Mastering