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| | The Human Equation [Regular Edition] | | | Music Artist : | | Ayreon | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Inside Out U.S. | | Release Date : | | 2004-05-25 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $19.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $16.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Day One: Vigil
2. Day Two: Isolation
3. Day Three: Pain
4. Day Four: Mystery
5. Day Five: Voices
6. Day Six: Childhood
7. Day Seven: Hope
8. Day Eight: School
9. Day Nine: Playground
10. Day Ten: Memories
11. Day Eleven: Love
Disc 21. Day Twelve: Trauma
2. Day Thirteen: Sign
3. Day Fourteen: Pride
4. Day Fifteen: Betrayal
5. Day Sixteen: Loser
6. Day Seventeen: Accident?
7. Day Eighteen: Realization
8. Day Nineteen: Disclosure
9. Day Twenty: Confrontation
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 One of my favorite Ayreon Albums
Submitted on: 2009-07-15 |
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Bought this album about 3 months ago after buying 01011001.
Just love this album. It's a double-disc, with both having a few really good songs on them. Unlike 01011001, the songs on this album are pretty fresh sounding and original.
My fav's are:
Disc 1:
Pain, Mystery, Childhood, Hope, Day 11
Disc 2:
Sign, Loser, Realization
There are other good ones, but those are the ones I have on my playlist when I work out or run. |
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Amazong rock opera
Submitted on: 2008-07-07 |
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If I were to label this album as a "rock opera", people that will love this might flee at the idea. No no, this album is so much more. Each track follows the story of a young man in a coma following an accident - I won't go into details and spoil the story!
In any case, there are some tracks that I love, most that I like, and only two that I don't particularly care for. There at least half a dozen people singing in this album, and each one is a rather well known Dutch/European vocalist. Amazing instrumentals accompany great singing and dialogues.
I can't really describe the greatness this album holds, but I highly recommend finding samples of the songs somewhere - or just go ahead and buy it! If you like rock music and/or light metal even the slightest, I'm almost positive you'll enjoy The Human Equation. It also carries string solos, particularly violin, to die for, and Marcela Bovio, the voice of Wife, has one of the prettiest voices I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.
When you listen to this the first time, make sure you have enough time to get through the entire story...and each time you listen to it afterward, you'll pick up and hear other parts you missed the last time - an amazingly enjoyable album.
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 Obnoxious stab at the epic
Submitted on: 2008-05-07 |
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| The kind of grandiose (bloated) concept double disc that gives neo-prog a bad name. Despite, or perhaps because of Lucassen's preoccupation with theatrical tendencies, most of his contrived and poorly (over) produced musical ambitions are flat-lined and even sidetracked with laughable vocals masking as "perspectives". There can be an audience for this, but it wouldn't be a large one. Metalheads who are closet theater fans or people who find their Evanesence lacking progressive bite perhaps. There is no doubt the songwriter holds talent in the pop-rock arena, but succeeds at alienating a vast majority of potential listeners with thematic self-seriousness and typical modern prog-rock compositional arrogance. |
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Brilliantly arranged
Submitted on: 2008-04-28 |
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The Human Equation is a definite must for all progressive record collecters. The man behind Ayreon, Arjen Lucassen is a true talent, plus the guest appearances of James LaBrie (Dream Theater) voicing the main character 'Me'. Other borrowed vocals include Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth, Eric Clayton of Saviour Machine, Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad and more!
The concept behind The Human Equation is, though at times cheesy, an epic masterpiece.
The music is diverse, ranging from the power-metal style voices, to the screaming, and the death growling. Keyboards and synthesizers are well composed, as well as the guitar solos and the additional instruments such as the didgeridoo.
This is a record to definitely check out if you're into epic sounding music. It has folk, thrash, progressive elements. But most of all, it is great METAL concept album. |
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I think Beethoven would approve
Submitted on: 2007-08-10 |
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What a great piece of musicianship! It's of course difficult, impossible even, to represent a work of great aesthetic value in words but here are some impressions.
I believe this is the best non-classical album I own. It is like a deep well of good things, a cornucopia of inspiration. There is a wide variety of genres involved: some metal, some gothic, some pop, some ambient, some classical, some musical, some celtic, some country, perhaps even sprinklings of jazz here and there... I could go on. It's very well engineered and thought out without loss to the creativity and spontaneity involved in the production.
It is difficult to raise up specific highlights since the whole works so smoothly as a one full song, story. In that sense it reminds me of Beethoven's 9th.
Among the brilliant singular moments to me I just briefly mention come from "Sign" and "Confrontation". "Sign" at one point beautifully breaks into an etheric lone and brief electric guitar melody immediately, and with passion, repeated with violin climbing upwards: "Can you feel me touch your aching heart/I can sense how much you're missing me..." It's such a great moment, reminding me somehow of Pachelbel, still sparing and lovingly modest, without too much pomposity nor loudness. Another great detail is in the last track, "Confrontation", where I was immediately by the verse "Welcome to reality" reminded of a plane on three different altitudes landing little by little on the ground. The metaphor, the concept and the message all met splendidly and instantly.
If only more music like this was made... If you want new experiences, you cannot miss this album. |
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