Once and Future King Part I
Studio album by Gary Hughes
Released	2003
Genre	Hard rock
Length	50:38
Label	Frontiers FR CD 161D
Producer	Gary Hughes
Gary Hughes chronology
In Your Eyes EP (1998) Once and Future King Part I (2003) Once and Future King Part II (2003)
Gary Hughes compilation chronology
The Reissues (2000) Decades (2021)

Once and Future King Part I is the fourth studio album released by Gary Hughes.

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Hughes.

1. "Excalibur" – 6:22
2. "Dragon Island Cathedral" – 6:03
3. "At the End of Day" – 4:30
4. "The Reason Why" – 4:36
5. "Shapeshifter" – 4:45
6. "King for a Day" – 4:47
7. "Avalon" – 4:00
8. "Sinner" – 5:01
9. "In Flames" – 5:03
10. "Lies" – 5:31

Personnel

Singers-The Cast

• Damian Wilson – (Track 1)
• Gary Hughes – King Arthur (Tracks 2, 3 and 10)
• Lana Lane – Queen Guinevere (Track 3)
• Danny Vaughn – Lancelot (Tracks 4 and 7)
• Irene Jansen – Morgana (Track 5)
• Bob Catley – Merlin (Tracks 6 and 9)
• Sean Harris – Sir Galahad (Track 8)

Musicians-The Players

• Gary Hughes – guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals and programming
• Chris Francis – guitars
• John Halliwell – guitars
• Steve McKenna – Bass guitars
• Greg Morgan – drums and percussion
• Arjen Lucassen – keyboards (Track 1)
• Paul Hodson – piano and keyboards (Track 6)
• Graham Woodcock – keyboards (Track 8)
• Jason Thanos – backing vocals
• Damian Wilson – backing vocals

Production

• Mixing – Pete Coleman
• Engineer – Gary Hughes
• Additional Engineering – Pete Coleman, Audu Obaje, Arjen Lucassen, Erik Norlander, Billy Churchill and Jason Thanos