Ad Astra

Ad Astra
Studio album by Spiritual Beggars
Released	July 11 2000
Recorded	1999 at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre	Heavy Metal, Stoner Rock
Length	54:15
Label	Music For Nations
Producer	Fredrik Nordström, Spiritual Beggars
Spiritual Beggars chronology
Violet Karma (1998)	Ad Astra (2000)	It's Over / Twilight Train (2001)

Ad Astra is the fourth studio album by Spiritual Beggars. The follow-up to 1998's Mantra III, it would be recorded and mixed at Studio Fredman, additional mixing was done at Maestro Musik and Mellotron overdubs were recorded at Studio Helikopter. Notably, it's the last Spiritual Beggars album to feature Christian Sjöstrand on bass and vocals. Ad Astra garnered positive reception upon release.

The version released in Japan would feature two bonus tracks in "Let The Magic Talk" and "It's Over". "It's Over" would also appear as a split 7" with Grand Magus released in 2001 via Southern Lord Records.

Tracklist

NOTES: Tracks 13 and 14 only appear on the Japan and Vinyl editions.

• 1. Left Brain Ambassadors (3:17)
• 2. Wonderful World (4:01)
• 3. Sedated (4:19)
• 4. Angel of Betrayal (3:41)
• 5. Blessed (3:33)
• 6. Per Aspera Ad Astra (4:11)
• 7. Save Your Soul (3:57)
• 8. Until The Morning (6:04)
• 9. Escaping The Fools (5:24)
• 10. On Dark Rivers (5:34)
• 11. The Goddess (3:17)
• 12. Mantra (6:49)
• 13. Let The Magic Talk (5:39)
• 14. It's Over (4:44)

Personnel

Spiritual Beggars

• Christian Sjöstrand - Bass, Vocals
• Michael Amott - Guitars, Mixing
• Ludwig Witt - Drums
• Per Wiberg - Organ, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet

Guests and Other Personnel

• Camilla Henningson - Backing Vocals (1)
• Christopher Amott - Slide Guitar (10)
• The Dirty Bunch - Handclaps (10)
• Fredrik Nordström - Engineer, Mixing, Producer; Keyboards (13)
• Sven Jansson - Recording (Mellotron)
• Göran Finnberg - Mastering
• Tony Hunter - Photography
• Hippograffix - Artwork

External Links

• Discogs