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Arjen Anthony Lucassen: The Theory of Everything |
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 Posted: July 27 2022 at 05:14 |
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Best Ayreon album?!! Er……………NO🤔😱 |
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Posted: July 26 2022 at 23:35 |
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 2018: Ayreon - Ayreon's Universe: Best of Ayreon Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJGn3wi7b7b606GfoKAdOgm6rtX9OliRcOne of the best Live albums you'll ever hear in the entire universe, and not just in Ayreon's Universe as.... Miss Jansen takes the Floor!  Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 26 2022 at 23:36 |
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Posted: July 26 2022 at 12:02 |
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Wow! I've just experienced an Actual Fantasy by taking a Fantastic Voyage aboard Ayreon's bright shining Transitus album, which includes deep and meaningful narration by none other than Doctor Who himself (Mr. Tom Baker!). Could this be the best album ever in the Ayreon Equation!? YES!! If ever an album deserved a maximum Pleiades rating (7 stars!), then it's Transitus! Before I feature the magnificent supernova brilliance of the Transitus album here though, I need to step aboard Doctor Who's T.A.R.D.I.S. and travel back two years in time to explore Ayreon's Universe: The Best of Ayreon Live.
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Posted: July 24 2022 at 10:41 |
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 2017: Ayreon - The Source - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k25tw7snlnbdnODw_E00PSEjzap9aJjWwIn this post-apocalyptic sci-fi concept album, the planet Alpha is about to be taken over by the rise of the machines, so set phasers to stun and Run! Apocalypse! Run!  Where's the Governator when you need him the most!?
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Posted: July 20 2022 at 06:32 |
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2016: Ayreon - The Theatre Equation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRPhKLgNffpwY267Kw2NOx5pBMVV7L6iJ  Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 20 2022 at 06:33 |
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Posted: May 02 2022 at 05:45 |
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2013: Ayreon - The Theory of Everything - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDp_PtuyOwCYgVxUVdExKacfWVz14pEs7
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Posted: April 26 2022 at 10:08 |
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2008: Ayreon - Timeline - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDp_PtuyOwCaaIqx6bSc6J8nJdNIGUTL6
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Here's where the whole thing comes together. Not only does the music reach a new level of excellence the lyrics do not detract from the experience this time. Yes, we are still firmly in the realms of SF/ Fantasy but the story is more cohesive despite the wide ranging nature of the narrative. While twisting and turning all over the place the storyline brings in something new while weaving previous elements into it in a way that kept me engaged and that reminded me of Kurt Vonneguts novels. All in all a pleasant way to spend 100 minutes. 4 stars for me.
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2008: Ayreon - 01011001 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDp_PtuyOwCYS8mEf7sImnsoSiALQB9R9 Another epic 100-minute-plus production featuring more guest vocalists (16 in total) than any other Ayreon album. Here are just some of the big names featured from the world of Metal:- Bob Catley (Magnum) Tom S. Englund (Evergrey) Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering) Daniel Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation) Floor Jansen (After Forever) Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian) Jorn Lande (Masterplan) Steve Lee (Gotthard) Janas Renske (Katatonia) Simone Simons (Epica) Edited by Psychedelic Paul - April 13 2022 at 09:36 |
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After exploring the depth of space we go from the outer universe to the inner mind, and what a troubled mind it is. There is a lot of angst on display here and although the music is once again top notch, even quite poppy in places, the lyrics are just terrible at times. Try this from Day Seventeen: Accident: Tears of sorrow fill your eyes Your cold and wretched life flashes by Is that your father standing there? You turn the wheel, you no longer care... or this from Day Eleven: Love: Of all these guys it's you she desires Secretly her heart is on fire Waiting for you to ask her to dance Go ahead, make your move, now's your chance Nice little shift at the end when we find that we've been in the Dream Sequencer all along (if you get that far) but overall it's a bit of a chore to make it all that way. I'll give it 3 stars for the musicianship.
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Posted: April 11 2022 at 12:38 |
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Don't worry if you fall behind. I've posted all of the albums featured so far at the top of Page 1.
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The concept album is King in the world of Ayreon and in The Human Equation, each of the singers in the multi-star & multi-national cast represents a different character in this story of psychological rebirth and mixed emotions. There's no mixed emotions about the quality of this epic album though as this is another Ayreon classic. In the Theater of Dreams, the album is destined to be brought to life on DVD twelve years later in The Theater Equation with James LaBrie (of Dream Theater) as the main character in the story.
2004: Ayreon - The Human Equation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mMpiq68-g_4wYFjlhzTHZ8E5WrH_5hMYAJames LaBrie (Dream Theater) as Me Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth) as Fear Eric Clayton (Saviour Machine) as Reason Heather Findlay (Mostly Autumn) as Love Irene Jansen (younger sister of Floor Jansen) as Passion Magnus Ekwall (The Quill) as Pride Devon Graves (Psychotic Waltz) as Agony Arjen Anthony Lucassen as Best Friend Marcela Bovio (Effonia) as Wife Mike Baker (Shadow Gallery) as Father Devin Townsend as Rage
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The subject matter gets heavier and so does the music. I prefer this both sonically and lyrically to its predecessor. The meat is in the middle with "To the Quasar", "Into the Black Hole" and "Through the Wormhole" with Bruce Dickinson doing a particularly fine vocal turn on "...Black Hole". I give it a 3.5 bordering on a 4.
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Sorry, you're moving a bit fast for me, so I've got a bit of catching up to do. Here is where the saga well and truly takes shape. A concept for sure, but a loose concept that is designed to be able to join up a number of subjects across time into a single bundle. It is meant to be listened to as a whole and as such nothing really stands out. Unless you've got the time to listen to the thing as a whole there is little point in listening to it at all IMHO. There is no doubting the musicianship and professionalism on display here but the lyrics tend towards the mundane for me. Not unpleasant but not essential, except as part of the bigger picture. Three stars for me. Edited by Hugh Manatee - April 10 2022 at 22:37 |
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^ I'm still looking forward to checking out Transitus for the first time, despite some of the negative things I've heard about the album, and Star One will be coming up here soon when I run out of Ayreon albums to listen to.
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3 fantastic musical things happened to me within a month during late 2011: I saw Marillion live for the first time (in Birmingham), I saw Les Miserables in the West End for the first time with my wife, and I bought my first Ayreon album - The Human Equation. No album before or since has blown me away so much on first listen, and it remains in my top 5 albums, very possibly it’s my favourite.
The Theory Of Everything and Into The Electric Castle are not far behind; The Dream Sequencer is also a 5-star album. The other early albums are also extremely good. I found The Source to be somewhat of a letdown and Transitus was a real disappointment…. But I absolutely adore the gentle giant that is Arjen Lucassen and will never miss an Ayreon album, or any of his other side projects come to that! Love Star One!! |
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Calling All Ayreonauts! This is the first compilation album from Ayreon, only this is a compilation with a difference, as it consists entirely of previously unreleased material with alternate versions of Ayreon songs. If you want to save money and buy only one Ayreon album, then this is the one to buy. Ayreonauts Only represents the best of the best of Ayreon's five previous studio masterpieces.
2000: Ayreon - Ayreonauts Only - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF196C3634C5F864D |
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The journey continues for Ayreon's Universal Migrator. Whereas the first melodic Migrator album was clearly aimed at Prog-rockers, this heavier sequel is designed to appeal to the Metal-heads amongst us. 2000: Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Navigator - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvWTIYnQcuY |
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That's true. I've heard some poor Space Rock albums and some very good Metal albums.
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It depends, I would not make that a rule.
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