CD 1
Phase I: Singularity (23:29)
01. Prologue: The Blackboard
02. The Theory Of Everything Part 1
03. Patterns
04. The Prodigy's World
05. The Teacher's Discovery
06. Love And Envy
07. Progressive Waves
08. The Gift
09. The Eleventh Dimension
10. Inertia
11. The Theory Of Everything Part 2
Phase II: Symmetry (21:31)
12. The Consultation
13. Diagnosis
14. The Argument 1
15. The Rival's Dilemma
16. Surface Tension
17. A Reason To Live
18. Potential
19. Quantum Chaos
20. Dark Medicine
21. Alive!
22. The Prediction
CD 2
Phase III: Entanglement (22:34)
01. Fluctuations
02. Transformation
03. Collision
04. Side Effects
05. Frequency Modulation
06. Magnetism
07. Quid Pro Quo
08. String Theory
09. Fortune?
Phase IV: Unification (22:20)
10. Mirror Of Dreams
11. The Lighthouse
12. The Argument 2
13. The Parting
14. The Visitation
15. The Breakthrough
16. The Note
17. The Uncertainty Principle
18. Dark Energy
19. The Theory Of Everything Part 3
20. The Blackboard (Reprise)
DVD (PAL)
01. The Making Of The Theory Of Everything
02. Full-Length Interviews
03. Recording Session Time Lapse Footage
본 앨범을 추천해주시겠습니까? 추천하기
네덜란드 뮤지션 Arjen Anthony Lucassen이 리드하는 수퍼 프로젝트 프로그레시브 록 밴드 Ayreon이 5년만에 선보이는 최신 정규 앨범 The Theory of Everything (2013년 作)
프로그레시브 록/메틀 팬들에겐 이미 그 실력을 인정받은 Ayreon이 Timeline (2008) 이후 5년만에 발표되는 8번째 정규 앨범으로서 전작들과 마찬가지로 컨셉 앨범 형식을 띄고 있다. 물론 이번 작품에도 Asia, Yes, Dream Theater, Kamelot, Nightwish 등 프로그레시브 록, 멜로딕 파워 메틀씬의 전세계 내로라하는 밴드들의 뮤지션들이 대거 참여해 협력했다. 이미 전작들을 통해 소문난 잔치라도 잘만하면 먹을 것이 많을 수 있다는 것을 증명한 Ayreon답게, 이미 앨범에 대해서도 프로그레시브 메틀팬들과 전문 리뷰 사이트들로부터 만점에 가까운 극찬이 쏟아지고 있다. 프로그레시브 록/메틀팬들이라면 반드시 주목해야할 작품.
* All lyrics written by Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Lori Linstruth, all music composed by Lucassen
* Producer : Arjen Lucassen
Vocalists
JB (Grand Magus) as The Teacher
Sara Squadrani (Ancient Bards) as The Girl
Michael Mills (Toehider) as The Father
Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil) as The Mother
Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder) as The Prodigy
Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot) as The Rival
John Wetton (Asia, UK, ex-King Crimson, ex-Family, ex-Roxy Music) as The Psychiatrist
Wilmer Waarbroek - backing vocals
Musicians
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, mandolin, analog synthesizers, Hammond, Solina Strings
Ed Warby - drums, percussion
Rick Wakeman (ex-Yes) - synthesizer solo on "Surface Tension", piano
Keith Emerson (ex-Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - synthesizer solo on "Progressive Waves"
Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment) - synthesizer solo on "Progressive Waves"
Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis) - guitar solo on "The Parting"
Troy Donockley (Nightwish) - uilleann pipes, whistles
Ben Mathot - violin
Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) - cello
Jeroen Goossens - flutes, bass flute, piccolo, bamboo flute, contrabass flute
Siddharta Barnhoorn - orchestrations
Michael Mills (Toehider) - Irish bouzouki