1995年発売
収録曲
1. Prologue
A) The Time Telepathy Experiment
B) Overture
C) Ayreon's Quest
Act I 'The Dawning'
2. The Awareness
A) The Premonition
B) Dreamtime (words become a song)
C) The Awakening
3. Eyes Of Time
A) Eyes Of Time
B) Brainwaves
4. The Banishment
A) A New Dawn
B) The Gathering
C) The Accusation
D) The Banishment
E) Oblivion
Act II 'King Arthur's Court'
5. Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy
6. Sail Away To Avalon
7. Nature's Dance
Act III 'Visual Echoes'
8. Computer-reign (game over)
9. Waracle
10. Listen To The Waves
11. Magic Ride
Act IV 'Merlin's Will And Ayreon's Fate'
12. Merlin's will
13. The Charm Of The Seer
14. Swan Song
15. Ayreon's Fate
A) Ayreon's Fate
B) Merlin's Prophecy
C) Epilogue
メンバー
Ayreon
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen - vocals (tracks 7, 10, 11 & 15), guitar, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, timpani, audio mixing, sleeve design & photography
Vocalists
- Barry Hay on "Sail Away To Avalon"
- Edward Reekers as Merlin on "Prologue," "The Awareness" and "Ayreon’s Fate;" as Ayreon on "The Awareness" and "Ayreon’s Fate"
- Ian Parry as Nobleman on "Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy", "Computer Reign" and as Merlin on "Ayreon’s Fate"
- Jan-Chris de Koeijer on "The Banishment"
- Jay van Feggelen of Bodine as Merlin on "Ayreon's Fate" and "Waracle"
- Lenny Wolf on "Eyes Of Time"
- Leon Goewie as Merlin on "Merlin's Will" and "Ayreon's Fate"
- Robert Soeterboek as Villagers on "The Banishment" and as Merlin on "Ayreon's Fate"
- Ruud Houweling as Ayreon on "The Charm Of The Seer"
- Lucy Hillen on "The Charm Of The Seer;" as Chorus on several tracks
- Debby Schreuder as Merlin, Women and Villagers on "Ayreon's Fate;" as Chorus on several tracks
- Mirjam van Doorn as Merlin, Women and Villagers on "Ayreon's Fate;" as Chorus on several tracks
- Irene Jansen (bonus)
- Marcela Bovio (bonus)
- Peter Daltrey (bonus)
- John "Jaycee" Cuijpers (bonus)
- Esther Ladiges (bonus)
- Rodney Blaze (bonus)
- Astrid van der Veen (bonus)
- Valentine (bonus)
Keyboards
- Cleem Determeijer (tracks 2-6, 14)
- Rene Merkelbach (tracks 4, 6, 11, 12)
Drums
- Ernst van Ee (tracks 2-4, 6-10, 12, 15)
- Davy Mickers
Bass
- Peter Vink - acoustic bass (tracks 3-4, 7-8)
- Jolanda Verduijn (tracks 4, 6, 15)
- Jan Bijlsma (track 11)
Cello
- Marieke van der Heyden
- Dewi Kerstens
Artwork
- Ruud Houweling
- Richèle Nijst
- Jacoby Peters
Designs
- Richele Nijst - additional
- Jacoby Peeters - additional
- Ruud Houweling - sleeve
Miscellaneous
- Ewa Albering – flute
- Lori Linstruth – electric lead guitar solos
- Jeroen Goossens – assorted wind instruments
- Valentine – piano, vocals
- Oscar Holleman – engineering
- Sjoerd Kops - photography
- Peter Brussee - mastering
- Oscar Holleman - production, mixing & engineering
感想
1995年発売の1stアルバム
元ヴェンジェンスのアルイエン・アンソニー・ルカッセンによるロックオペラ作品です。
プログレと呼んでも良いようにも思います。
レニー・ウルフが参加してるのには驚きましたし、色んな方が歌ってるのでその辺も面白いです。
聞いてて非常に気持ちの良い作品でも有りますね。
プログレやロックオペラと言われてる作品はそんなに聞いた事がありませんが、非常にクオリティーの高い作品ではないでしょうか。
壮大な物語が目に浮かぶようです。
自分の買ったＣＤにはボーナスＣＤが付いてまして、アコースティックバージョンになってました。
