Artist: AYREON
Album: THE HUMAN EQUATION REISSUE 2017 (2CD)

Release date: 2004/ 2017
EAN/UPS: 819873014508
Media type: CD

Ayreon-Mastermind Arjen Lucassen recorded a new double concept album. 'The Human Equation' is going to be released end of May. The album feature amongst others James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Mikael Akerfeldt, Devin Townsend, Devon Graves (Dead Soul Tribe), Magnus Ekwall (The Quill), Irene Jansen (Star One), Eric Clayton (Saviour Machine) and Heather Findlay (Mostly Autumn). For this album Arjen Lucassen enlisted also the talents of Uriah Heep's Ken Hensley, IQ's Martin Orford, Sun Caged's Joost van den Broek and Oliver Wakeman. He also continued his ongoing partnership with drummer Ed Warby, and worked with members of the Dutch band Flairck who added the honest classical instrumental flavors of violin, cello and various wind instruments.
After the release of Star One, a heavy metal project with which he was able to tour in 2002, Arjen was ready to create the next Ayreon. It is another double album, mixing all his styles again, and again inviting a critically acclaimed cast of vocalists and returning to the mix of all his favorite styles of music. This time however, Lucassen decided to leave the fantasy and science fiction world behind, and venture into the mind of man…

Tracklist:
CD 1
01. Day One: Vigil 01:33
02. Day Two: Isolation 08:42
03. Day Three: Pain 04:58
04. Day Four: Mystery 05:37
05. Day Five: Voices 07:09
06. Day Six: Childhood 05:05
07. Day Seven: Hope 02:47
08. Day Eight: School 04:22
09. Day Nine: Playground 02:15
10. Day Ten: Memories 03:57
11. Day Eleven: Love 04:18

CD 2
01. Day Twelve: Trauma 08:59
02. Day Thirteen: Sign 04:47
03. Day Fourteen: Pride 04:42
04. Day Fifteen: Betrayal 05:24
05. Day Sixteen: Loser 04:46
06. Day Seventeen: Accident? 05:24
07. Day Eighteen: Realization 04:31
08. Day Nineteen: Disclosure 04:42
09. Day Twenty: Confrontation 07:03

Vocals:
James LaBrie as Me
Marcela Bovio as Wife
Arjen Lucassen as Best Friend
Mike Baker as Father
Mikael Akerfeldt as Fear
Eric Clayton as Reason
Heather Findlay as Love
Irene Jansen as Passion
Magnus Ekwall as Pride
Devon Graves as Agony
Devin Townsend as Rage

Instruments:
Ed Warby (drums)
Oliver Wakeman (Keyboard)
Joost van den Broek (Keyboard)
Martin Orford (Keyboard)
Ken Hensley (Hammond)
Arjen A. Lucassen (vocals, guitars, keyboards)