FWX

FWX is the tenth studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released on October 5, 2004, through Metal Blade Records; their last album on the label until re-signing in 2019. It is also the band's last studio album to feature drummer Mark Zonder.

FWX
Studio album by Fates Warning
Released	October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05)[1]
Recorded	April–June 2004
Studio	Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut; "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" in New Hampshire
Genre	Progressive metal
Length	52:10[2]
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Jim Matheos, Ray Alder
Fates Warning chronology
Disconnected (2000) FWX (2004) Darkness in a Different Light (2013)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Sputnikmusic	[3]

Track listing

All music is composed by Jim Matheos.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Left Here"	Jim Matheos	6:59
2.	"Simple Human"	Ray Alder	4:03
3.	"River Wide Ocean Deep"	Matheos	6:09
4.	"Another Perfect Day"	Matheos	4:43
5.	"Heal Me"	Alder	7:38
6.	"Sequence # 7"	(instrumental)	2:13
7.	"Crawl"	Alder	4:21
8.	"A Handful of Doubt"	Matheos	5:06
9.	"Stranger (With a Familiar Face)"	Matheos	4:20
10.	"Wish"	Matheos	6:38
Total length:			52:10

Personnel

• Ray Alder – vocals, production
• Jim Matheos – guitar, keyboard, programming, production
• Mark Zonder – drums
• Joey Vera – bass
• Phil Magnotti – engineering, mixing
• Andy VanDette – mastering