Into the Electric Castle
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Into The Electric Castle is an Ayreon album released in 1998. It is a "space opera" and it's lyrics are based on sci-fi as is the previous albums; The Final Experiment excluded.
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Outline
The story begins with a strange voice calling out to the various characters that are taken from various planes of time. The characters find themselves in a strange reality, and the mysterious voice urges, forces or gently prods them in one direction; The Electric Castle, where the answers to their questions rest.
Tracks
- 01 - Welcome To The New Dimension [3:05]
- 02 - Isis And Osiris [11:11]
- a) Let The Journey Begin
- b) The Hall Of Isis And Osiris
- c) Strange Constellations
- d) Reprise
- 03 - Amazing Flight [10:15]
- a) Amazing Flight In Space
- b) Stardance
- c) Flying Colours
- 04 - Time Beyond Time [6:05]
- 05 - The Decision Tree (We're Alive) [6:24]
- 06 - Tunnel Of Light [4:05]
- 07 - Across The Rainbow Bridge [6:20]
- 08 - The Garden Of Emotions [9:40]
- a) In The Garden Of Emotions
- b) Voices In The Sky
- c) The Aggression Factor
- 09 - Valley Of The Queens [2:25]
- 10 - The Castle Hall [5:49]
- 11 - Tower Of Hope [4:54]
- 12 - Cosmic Fusion [7:27]
- a) I Soar On The Breeze
- b) Death's Grunt
- c) The Passing Of An Eagle
- 13 - The Mirror Maze [6:34]
- a) Inside The Mirror Maze
- b) Through The Mirror
- 14 - Evil Devolution [6:28]
- 15 - "Forever" Of The Stars [2:02]
- 16 - Another Time, Another Space [5:20]
All songs by Arjen Anthony Lucassen except:
- Fish wrote lyrics for Highlander on tracks 2, 5 and 6
- Jay van Feggelen wrote lyrics for Barbarian on track 3
- Anneke van Giersbergen wrote melody line for Egyptian on track 6
- P. Daltrey wrote the lyrics for track 1 and 15 and all narration
Personnel
Vocals
- Edwin Balogh as Roman
- Sharon den Adel as Indian
- Jay van Feggelen as Barbarian
- Fish as Highlander
- Anneke van Giersbergen as Egyptian
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen as Hippie
- Edward Reekers as Futureman
- Damian Wilson as Knight
Instruments
- Roland Bakker - all Hammonds
- Taco Kooistra - celli
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen - all electric and acoustic guitars, mandoline, bassguitar, Minimoog, Mellotron and keyboards
- Rene Merkelbach - synth solos on track 5, 14 and harpsichord on track 9
- Clive Nolan - synth solos on track 3 part C
- Ernö Olah - violins
- Jack Pisters - sitar
- Ton Scherpenzeel - synth solos on 12 part C
- Robby Valentine - all pianos, synth solos on 2 part A, 3 part A and 11 and Mellotron on track 13 part A
- Thijs van Leer - flute on track 3 part C, 4, 9 and 10
- Ed Warby - all drums