AyreonThe Human Equation

Label:

Inside Out Music – 6 93723 00932 2

Format:

2 x CD , Album
DVD , DVD-Video, NTSC
Box Set , Special Edition

Country:

USA & Canada

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Progressive Metal

Tracklist

CD 1
CD1-1 Day One: Vigil
Vocals [Best Friend]Arjen Lucassen*
Vocals [Wife]Marcela Bovio
1:33
CD1-2 Day Two: Isolation
Flute [Alto]Jeroen Goossens
Synthesizer [Solo]Joost van den Broek
Vocals [Fear]Mikael Åkerfeldt
Vocals [Love]Heather Findlay
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [ion]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Pride]Magnus Ekwall
Vocals [Reason]Eric Clayton
8:42
CD1-3 Day Three: Pain
FluteJeroen Goossens
Lyrics By [Rage]Devin Townsend
Vocals [Agony]Devon Graves
Vocals [Love]Heather Findlay
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [Rage]Devin Townsend
4:58
CD1-4 Day Four: Mystery
Vocals [Agony]Devon Graves
Vocals [Best Friend]Arjen Lucassen*
Vocals [Love]Heather Findlay
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [ion]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Pride]Magnus Ekwall
Vocals [Wife]Marcela Bovio
5:37
CD1-5 Day Five: Voices
FluteJeroen Goossens
Flute [Bass]Jeroen Goossens
Vocals [Fear]Mikael Åkerfeldt
Vocals [Love]Heather Findlay
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [Pride]Magnus Ekwall
Vocals [Reason]Eric Clayton
7:09
CD1-6 Day Six: Childhood
PanpipesJeroen Goossens
VocalsMikael Åkerfeldt
5:05
CD1-7 Day Seven: Hope
Vocals [Best Friend]Arjen Lucassen*
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
2:47
CD1-8 Day Eight: School
Lyrics By [Rage]Devin Townsend
Vocals [Agony]Devon Graves
Vocals [Fear]Mikael Åkerfeldt
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [ion]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Pride]Magnus Ekwall
Vocals [Rage]Devin Townsend
Vocals [Reason]Eric Clayton
4:22
CD1-9 Day Nine: Playground
FluteJeroen Goossens
2:15
CD1-10 Day Ten: Memories
Vocals [Best Friend]Arjen Lucassen*
Vocals [Love]Heather Findlay
Vocals [ion]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Pride]Magnus Ekwall
Vocals [Reason]Eric Clayton
Vocals [Wife]Marcela Bovio
3:57
CD1-11 Day Eleven: Love
Vocals [Agony]Devon Graves
Vocals [Fear]Mikael Åkerfeldt
Vocals [Love]Heather Findlay
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [ion]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Pride]Magnus Ekwall
Vocals [Wife]Marcela Bovio
4:18
CD 2
CD2-12 Day Twelve: Trauma
Vocals [Agony]Devon Graves
Vocals [Fear]Mikael Åkerfeldt
Vocals [ion]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Pride]Magnus Ekwall
Vocals [Reason]Eric Clayton
8:59
CD2-13 Day Thirteen: Sign
Flute [Low]John McManus
Lyrics By [Love]Heather Findlay
Recorder [Descant And Treble]Jeroen Goossens
SpinetJoost van den Broek
Vocals [Best Friend]Arjen Lucassen*
Vocals [Love]Heather Findlay
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [Wife]Marcela Bovio
4:47
CD2-14 Day Fourteen: Pride
FluteJeroen Goossens
Flute [Bass]Jeroen Goossens
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [Pride]Magnus Ekwall
Vocals [Reason]Eric Clayton
4:42
CD2-15 Day Fifteen: Betrayal
Synthesizer [Solo]Martin Orford
Vocals [Agony]Devon Graves
Vocals [Fear]Mikael Åkerfeldt
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [ion]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Reason]Eric Clayton
5:24
CD2-16 Day Sixteen: Loser
DidgeridooJeroen Goossens
Flute [Low]John McManus
Lyrics By [Rage]Devin Townsend
Organ [Hammond Solo]Ken Hensley
Vocals [Father]Mike Baker (3)
Vocals [Rage]Devin Townsend
4:46
CD2-17 Day Seventeen: Accident?
Lyrics By [Agony]Devon Graves
Synthesizer [Solo]Oliver Wakeman
Vocals [Agony]Devon Graves
Vocals [ion]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Reason]Eric Clayton
Vocals [Wife]Marcela Bovio
5:42
CD2-18 Day Eighteen: Realization
BassoonJeroen Goossens
FluteJeroen Goossens
Flute [Low]John McManus
VocalsHeather Findlay
Vocals [Agony]Devon Graves
Vocals [Best Friend]Arjen Lucassen*
Vocals [Fear]Mikael Åkerfeldt
Vocals [Love]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [Pride]Magnus Ekwall
Vocals [Reason]Eric Clayton
Vocals [Wife]Marcela Bovio
WhistleJohn McManus
4:31
CD2-19 Day Nineteen: Disclosure
Vocals [Best Friend]Arjen Lucassen*
Vocals [Love]Heather Findlay
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [ion]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Wife]Marcela Bovio
4:42
CD2-20 Day Twenty: Confrontation
Vocals [Agony]Devon Graves
Vocals [Best Friend]Arjen Lucassen*
Vocals [Fear]Mikael Åkerfeldt
Vocals [Love]Heather Findlay
Vocals [Me]James LaBrie
Vocals [ion]Irene Jansen
Vocals [Pride]Magnus Ekwall
Vocals [Reason]Eric Clayton
Vocals [Wife]Marcela Bovio
7:03
DVD
DVD1-1 Inside: Behind The Scenes: The Human Equation 45:27
DVD1-2 Concept: The Concept Of The Human Equation 3:05
DVD1-3 Ayreon: The Story Of Ayreon 4:26
DVD1-4 Drums: Ed Warby's Drums 3:32
DVD1-5 Video: Videoclip Of Day 11: Love 3:49
DVD1-6 Teaser: Teaser - Trailer 1:28

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Inside Out Music
  • Copyright ©Inside Out Music
  • Distributed BySPV GmbH – SPV 097-60700 DCD+DVD
  • Pressed BySonopress – 51070665
  • Pressed BySonopress – 51102869
  • Pressed BySonopress Arvato – 51070713
  • Recorded AtThe Electric Castle
  • Mixed AtThe Electric Castle
  • Mixed AtSync Music Productions
  • Mastered AtSync Music Productions
  • Licensed FromArjen Anthony Lucassen

Credits

  • Artwork [Cover Painting "the Human Equation"]Jef Bertels
  • CelloMarieke van der Heyden
  • Drums, PercussionEd Warby
  • Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Steel Guitar [Lap], Organ [Hammond], Keyboards, SynthesizerArjen Lucassen*
  • Film Editor [Dvd Footage], Other [Filmed By - Dvd Footage], Other [Subtitled - Dvd Footage]Yvette Boertje
  • Layout, Artwork [Booklet]Mattias Norén
  • Mixed By [5.1 Mix]Arjen Lucassen*
  • Mixed By [5.1 Mix], Mastered ByPieter Kop
  • Other [Boy On Day 6]Luc Verstralen
  • Other [Filmed By - Additional Dvd Footage]Angelique, Arjen Lucassen*, Jolanda Verduijn, Mirko
  • Other [Filmed By - Behind The Scenes Footage]Yvette Boertje
  • Other [Filmed By - Day 11 - Love (Videoclip)]Angelique, Mirko
  • Other [Filmed By - Joost Van Den Broek]Andreas Grotenhoff, Joost van den Broek, Marcel Vuurboom
  • Other [Filmed By - Mike Baker]Gary Wehrkamp
  • Other [Filmed By - Oliver Wakeman]Oliver*
  • Photography By [Artist Photographs Except Devin Townsend And Mike Baker]Yvette Boertje
  • Photography By [Images For Days 6, 7, 11 And 12]Jolanda Verduijn
  • Recorded By, Producer, Mixed ByArjen Lucassen*
  • ViolinRobert Baba
  • Written By, Composed ByA.A. Lucassen*

Notes

CD2 has 11 very short interconnected tracks as an intro to "Day Twelve: Trauma". This allows the tracks to continue the pattern of matching the track number to the day title.

All artists recorded at The Electric Castle except:
Ed Warby - Excess Studios, Rotterdam, The Netherlands by Arjen Lucassen and Hans Pieters.
Devin Townsend - The DevLab, Vancouver, Canada by Dan Kearley.
Mike Baker - Ninth Street Studios, Allentown, PA, USA by Gary Wehrkamp and Alan J. Verone.
Joost van den Broek - Klop Baroque Keyboard Instruments, Garderen, The Netherlands by Andreas Grotenhoff.
John McManus, Oliver Wakeman, Martin Orford and Ken Hensley recorded their parts at their own studio.
Arjen's bass guitar recording engineered by Pieter Kop at The Electric Castle.

James LaBrie appears courtesy of Elektra/East West Records
Heather Findlay appears courtesy of Mostly Autumn and Classic Rock Legends
Eric Clayton appears courtesy of MCM Music
Devin Townsend appears courtesy of HevyDevy Records
Mikael Åkerfeldt appears with kind permission
Mike Baker appears courtesy of Shadow Gallery
Gery Wehrkamp doesn't appear courtesy of A.A. Lucassen

Transcriptions by Boudewijn Bonebakker, Peter Daltrey as 'Forever', Yvette Boertje as 'the hospital voice', Meri Pitkänen as 'the sexy cough'

DVD
IQ footage used by kind permission of GEP
Menu and Authoring by Angelique and Mirko at D'Images
Day 11 - Love (videoclip) edited by D'Images.
5.1 Mix at Sync Music Productions

Catalog Numbers SPV 092-60702 DCD, IOMCD 168, IOMACD 2081 appear on CD1 and CD2.
Catalog Numbers IOMSECD 168, IOMACD 2081, SPV 097-607L DCD+DVD appear on DVD.

℗&© 2004 InsideOutMusic
Licensed from Arjen A. Lucassen
Distributed by SPV GmbH

The CD set in a jewel case included in this box set is the same release as Ayreon - The Human Equation minus the slipcase.
Made in (for the North American market, NTSC version)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 6 93723 00932 2
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variant 1,2,3): [Sonopress logo] 51070665/092-60702-1 21
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1, Variant 1,2,3): IFPI L0 30
  • Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 1): IFPI 0775
  • Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 2): IFPI 0780
  • Mould SID Code (CD1 Variant 3): IFPI 0751
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 1 & 2): [Sonopress Arvato logo] 51070713/092-60702-2 26
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2 Variant 3): (Sonopress logo) 51070713/092-60702-2 22
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2, Variant 1,2,3): IFPI LB 46
  • Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 1): IFPI 0775
  • Mould SID Code (CD 2, Variant 2): IFPI 0780
  • Mould SID Code (CD2 Variant 3): IFPI 0754
  • Matrix / Runout (DVD, Variant 1 & 2): [Sonopress logo] 51102869/60700 S 22
  • Matrix / Runout (DVD Variant 3): [Sonopress logo] 51102869/60700 S 21
  • Mastering SID Code (DVD, Variant 1,2,3): IFPI LB 47
  • Mould SID Code (DVD, Variant 1): IFPI 0714
  • Mould SID Code (DVD, Variant 2): IFPI 0704
  • Mould SID Code (DVD Variant 3): IFPI 07F4
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 1, Variant 4): [Sonopress Logo] 51070665/092-60702-1 21
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 2, Variant 4): [Sonopress Arvato Logo] 51070713/092-60702-2 25
  • Matrix / Runout (DVD, Variant 4): [Sonopress Logo] 51106650/6070L S 21
  • Mastering SID Code (CD 1, Variant 4): IFPI L030
  • Mastering SID Code (CD 2, Variant 4): IFPI LB47
  • Mastering SID Code (DVD, Variant 4): IFPI LB47
  • Mould SID Code (CD 1, Variant 4): IFPI 0755
  • Mould SID Code (CD 2, Variant 4): IFPI 0755
  • Label Code: LC 01414
  • Rights Society: GEMA

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