A Sphere in the Heart of Silence

Infobox Album
Name = A Sphere in the Heart of Silence
Type = studio
Artist = John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer


Released = November 23, 2004
Recorded = April 9, 2004 – April 11, 2004
Genre = Electronica
Length = 37:39
Label = Record Collection
Producer = John Frusciante, Josh Klinghoffer
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bif1zfg4eh2k link]
Last album = "Inside of Emptiness"
(2004)
This album = "A Sphere in the Heart of Silence"
(2004)
Next album = "Curtains"
(2005)

"A Sphere in the Heart of Silence" is the fifth album in a series of six solo efforts that John Frusciante undertook from June 2004 to February 2005. It is an album of mostly electronica based material, and was a joint collaboration between John Frusciante and friend Josh Klinghoffer. Both of them perform vocals; John Frusciante on lead vocals on "Afterglow", "Walls" and "My Life", and shares vocals with Josh Klinghoffer on "Surrogate People". Josh Klinghoffer performs lead vocals on "Communique", "At Your Enemies" and does the backing vocals for "Walls".

Track listing

All songs written by John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer.

# "Sphere" – 8:29
# "The Afterglow" – 5:19
# "Walls" – 6:19
# "Communique" – 6:55
# "At Your Enemies" – 4:23
# "Surrogate People" – 5:20
# "My Life" – 1:35

Personnel

*John Frusciante – programming, white noise, guitar, lead vocals (on "The Afterglow", "Walls", and "My Life"), backing vocals, vocal treatments, synthetic strings, drum treatments, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, bass, piano, producer, design
*Josh Klinghoffer – arp string ensemble, guitar, bass, synthsizers, drum loops, drums, lead vocals (on "Communique", "At Your Enemies", and "Surrogate People"), backing vocals, one note synth, piano, producer
*Ryan Hewitt – engineer, mixing
*Chris Reynolds – assistant
*Jason Gossman – assistant
*Bernie Grundman – mastering
*Lola Montes Schnabel – photography
*Mike Piscitelli – design
*Dave Lee – equipment technician

References