In the House of Stone and Light (album)

In the House of Stone and Light is the debut album by Martin Page, released in 1994. It features the title song, "In the House of Stone and Light", which was a substantial Billboard Hot 100 hit (peaking at number 14) and AC (number 1) hit.

In the House of Stone and Light
Studio album by Martin Page
Released	(UK) July 26, 1994 (USA)
Recorded	1993–1994
Genre	Pop rock, soft rock
Length	50:44
Label	Mercury
Producer	Martin Page
Martin Page chronology
In the House of Stone and Light (1994) In the Temple of the Muse (2008)
Singles from In the House of Stone and Light
"In the House of Stone and Light" Released: TBA (UK) July 1994 (USA) "Keeper of the Flame" Released: 1995 "Put on Your Red Dress" Released: 1995 (GER)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Background and composition

An EPK has been made for the album.^[2] It features Martin Page himself, lyricist Bernie Taupin, musician Robbie Robertson, and other friends of Page. In the EPK they talk about his past with his band, Q-Feel, his collaborations with Taupin, and the album and Page himself.

As stated in the EPK, "Shape the Invisible" is Page's favorite on his debut album. As described by him in his video EPK: "My favorite song is 'Shape the Invisible', purely because of what the lyrics say. I was reading a book about Leonardo DaVinci and he mentioned that this shape the invisible in a sentence, and I thought what a great title. And at the time I wrote the song, there is as there always is trouble in the world, and I really wrote it as a wish song."

Also stated in the EPK by Page, about the song "I Was Made For You": "I did a song called 'I Was Made For You' and that song has a distinct kind of Gaelic feel to it."

For the song "Light In Your Heart", Page states: "There's a song called 'A Light In Your Heart' which I wrote with Bernie Taupin, and this song has been around for quite awhile [sic?]." Taupin then adds, "'Light In My Heart' is a very simple song, I mean it's a very direct emotional piece of work." Page comments, "I feel very strong that 'Light In Your Heart' is one of Bernie's best lyrics."

"The song 'Put on Your Red Dress' is a romantic song, about basically saying we've been through some ups and downs, but I'm going to come to your house, knock on your door, we're going to walk down to the docks, and we're going to forget about our problems."

Track listing

All tracks written by Martin Page, except tracks 6 and 9 (Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"In the House of Stone and Light"	5:00
2.	"Shape the Invisible"	4:34
3.	"I Was Made For You"	5:13
4.	"Keeper of the Flame"	6:03
5.	"In My Room"	5:33
6.	"Monkey In My Dreams"	6:38
7.	"Put on Your Red Dress"	5:13
8.	"Broken Stairway"	2:49
9.	"Light In Your Heart"	5:05
10.	"The Door"	4:35

Personnel

The following personnel is adapted from the album's liner notes:^[3]

• Martin Page – lead vocals, bass, keyboards, guitars, programming, background vocals, acoustic piano
• Jimmy Copley – drums (1–2, 4, 7, 10)
• Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards (1–3, 7)
• Robbie Robertson – guitar (1)
• Neil Taylor – guitar (1–7, 9–10), ebow (2–3)
• Bill Dillon – guitar (1–10), mandolin (1, 4, 10), guitorgan (1-10), rubber bass (6)
• Geoffrey Oryema – background vocals (1, 4)
• Brenda Russell – background vocals (1, 9)
• Phil Collins – drums (2-3, 9)
• Trevor Thornton – tribal sidesticks, handclaps (4); tambourine (4–7); drums (5); Live snare, sidesticks (6); gong tom (6, 10)
• Brian Fairweather, diane poncher, susan poncher – handclaps (4); guitar (5, 10)
• Jack Hues – background vocals (6), keyboards (8); acoustic steel guitar, nylon string guitar (10)

Production

• Arranged & Produced By Martin Page
• Engineered By Jeff Lorenzen, Martin Page & Ed Thacker
• Mixed By Mike Shipley; assisted by Kyle Bess, Bill Cooper, Greg Goldman & Rail Jon Rogut
• Digital Editing By Jeff Lorenzen
• Mastered By Dave Collins