Revival (The Answer album)

"Revival" is the third studio album from the Northern Ireland-based hard rock band The Answer and was released on October 3, 2011 via Spinefarm Records. The initial run of the album is a limited-edition deluxe format with 24-page booklet and band sleeve notes, including an 11-track second disc containing previously unreleased studio, acoustic, demo and cover material.

"Revival" was produced by Chris "Frenchie" Smith and mixed by Chris Sheldon.

Personnel

 * Cormac Neeson - vocals, harmonica, piano, mellotron
 * Paul Mahon - guitar, backing vocals
 * Micky Waters - bass, backing vocals
 * James Heatley - drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

 * Paully "Deathwish" Etheredge - Hammond M1 on "Waste Your Tears" and "Vida (I Want You)", keyboards on "Tornado", "Caught on the Riverbed" and "One More Revival" , piano on "Lights Are Down" and "Lights Are Down" (vocals & piano version)
 * Chris "Frenchie" Smith - additional percussion on "Trouble", "Vida (I Want You)" and "One More Revival", backing vocals on "Trouble" and "Tailspin" , mellotron effects on "Destroy Me"
 * Lynne Jackaman (from Saint Jude) - vocals on "Nowhere Freeway"
 * Zee Asha & Maria Q - additional vocals on "One More Revival"
 * Julia Magness & Tracy Todd - backing vocals on "One More Revival"
 * Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards on "Faith Gone Down"
 * Alex Brown - backing vocals on "Faith Gone Down"

Production

 * Chris "Frenchie" Smith - production on all tracks from disc 1, and "Piece by Piece", "Faith Gone Down", "Tailspin", "Fire and Water" and "Lights Are Down" (vocals & piano version), mixing on "Tailspin"
 * The Answer - production on "Nowhere Freeway" (live acoustic), "Tailspin", "Caught on the Riverbed" (alt. steel version), "The Enemy", "Show Me the World" and "One More Revival" (live acoustic)
 * Jason Buntz - engineering on all tracks from disc 1, and "Piece by Piece", "Faith Gone Down", "Fire and Water"
 * Chris Sheldon - mixing on all tracks from disc 1, and "Piece by Piece", "Faith Gone Down", "Fire and Water" and "Lights Are Down" (vocals & piano version)
 * Paul Mahon - mixing on "Nowhere Freeway" (live acoustic), "Caught on the Riverbed" (alt. steel version), "The Enemy", "Show Me the World" and "One More Revival" (live acoustic)
 * All tracks mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering