MoonBabies

MoonBabies
Studio album by Planet X
Released	July 29, 2002[1]
Recorded	The Leopard Room and Coy Sound Studio Room in Hollywood Hills
Genre	Instrumental rock, progressive rock, progressive metal, jazz fusion
Length	56:40[2]
Label	Inside Out
Producer	Simon Phillips
Planet X chronology
Live from Oz (2002) MoonBabies (2002) Quantum (2007)

MoonBabies is the second studio album by instrumental rock/progressive metal supergroup Planet X, released in 2002 (see release history) through Inside Out Music.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	Favorable[3]
AllMusic	[4]

Glenn Astarita at All About Jazz gave MoonBabies a positive review, recommending it highly while praising the band's cohesiveness and each musician's technical craft.^[3] François Couture at AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five, remarking that "The music occasionally falls into the culprit of 'complex for complexity's sake'", but also saying it was "more varied and overall accomplished" than Planet X's 2000 debut album Universe. Guitarist Tony MacAlpine, in particular, was described as "a magician, often stealing the show with his inspired solos and soaring lead lines—recalling Allan Holdsworth in his prime."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"MoonBabies"	Derek Sherinian, Virgil Donati	5:39
2.	"The Noble Savage"	Donati, Tony MacAlpine, Sherinian	6:14
3.	"Ataraxia"	Donati	6:17
4.	"70 VIR"	MacAlpine, Donati	4:02
5.	"Micronesia"	Donati	5:56
6.	"Interlude in Milan"	Donati	4:40
7.	"Digital Vertigo"	Donati, MacAlpine, Sherinian	4:25
8.	"Ground Zero"	Donati	6:03
9.	"Midnight Bell"	Donati	3:56
10.	"Ignotus Per Ignotium"	Donati	9:28
Total length:			56:40

Personnel

• Tony MacAlpine – guitar
• Derek Sherinian – keyboard
• Virgil Donati – drums
• Tom Kennedy – bass (tracks 1, 4–6, 10)
• Billy Sheehan – bass (track 2)
• Jimmy Johnson – bass guitar (tracks 3, 7–9)
• Simon Phillips – engineering, mixing, production
• Albert Law – engineering
• Brad Vance – mastering

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Europe	July 29, 2002[1]	Inside Out
North America	August 13, 2002[1]
Japan	August 21, 2002[1]

References

1. "Discography". xplanetx.com. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
2. MoonBabies (CD edition "InsideOut 6 93723 65072 2").
3. Astarita, Glenn (2002-09-1). "MoonBabies". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 2007-06-17. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
4. Couture, François. "MoonBabies - Planet X". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-01-31.

External links

• In Review: Planet X "Moon Babies" at Guitar Nine Records