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AyreonThe Source

Label:

Music Theories Recordings – MTR 7515 5, Music Theories Recordings – MTR 75155

Format:

2 x CD, Album
DVD, Multichannel
All Media, Limited Edition, Digibook

Country:

USA, Canada & Europe

Released:

Genre:

Rock, Folk, World, & Country

Style:

Folk, Prog Rock, Progressive Metal

Tracklist

CD1-1The Day That The World Breaks Down12:32
CD1-2Sea Of Machines5:08
CD1-3Everybody Dies4:42
CD1-4Star Of Sirrah7:03
CD1-5All That Was3:36
CD1-6Run! Apocalypse! Run!4:52
CD1-7Condemned To Live6:14
CD2-1Aquatic Race6:46
CD2-2The Dream Dissolves6:11
CD2-3Deathcry Of A Race4:43
CD2-4Into The Ocean4:53
CD2-5Bay Of Dreams4:24
CD2-6Planet Y Is Alive!6:02
CD2-7The Source Will Flow4:13
CD2-8Journey To Forever3:19
CD2-9The Human Compulsion2:15
CD2-10March Of The Machines1:40
DVD-1Everybody Dies (Videoclip)4:47
DVD-2Star Of Sirrah (Videoclip)5:43
DVD-3Run! Apocalypse! Run! (Videoclip)4:47
DVD-4The Day The World Breaks Down (Videoclip)13:16
DVD-5Interviews23:17
DVD-6Behind The Scenes31:11
DVD-75.1 Audio Mix1:28:16
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Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Arjen Anthony Lucassen
  • Copyright ©Arjen Anthony Lucassen
  • Licensed ToMascot Music Production And Publishing BV
  • Recorded AtThe Electric Castle
  • Produced AtThe Electric Castle
  • Mixed AtThe Electric Castle
  • Recorded AtSandlane Recording Facilities
  • Recorded AtThar She Be Studio
  • Recorded AtTwilight Hall Studios
  • Recorded AtWonderland Studio, Malmö
  • Recorded AtGate Studio, Wolfsburg
  • Recorded AtRue Media Studios
  • Recorded AtOsceola Studios
  • Recorded AtThe Basement Studios
  • Recorded AtKevin Codfert Studio
  • Recorded AtTower Studio
  • Recorded AtSync Music Productions

Credits

  • CelloMaaike Peterse
  • ChoirJan Willem Ketelaers, Lisette van den Berg, Will Shaw, Wilmer Waarbroek
  • Consultant [Creative Consultant]Lori Linstruth
  • Cover [Front Cover], Artwork [All Artwork By]Yann Souetre
  • DrumsEd Warby
  • Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Organ [Hammond], Strings [Solina Strings], Instruments [All Other Instruments]Arjen Anthony Lucassen
  • Grand Piano, Electric PianoJoost van den Broek
  • LayoutRoy Koch
  • Lead GuitarGuthrie Govan, Marcel Coenen, Paul Gilbert
  • Lyrics By [TH-1], Music By [Melodies, TH-1]Arjen Lucassen*, Michael Mills (4)
  • Mastered ByBrett Caldas-Lima
  • Mastered By [DVD Mastered By]Pieter Kop
  • Mixed By [DVD 5.1 Mix By]Arjen Lucassen*
  • Music By, Lyrics ByA.A. Lucassen*
  • Recorded By [Ed Warby's Drums]Arjen Lucassen*, Jos Driessen (2)
  • Recorded By [Hansi Kürsch Recorded By]Thomas Geiger (3)
  • Recorded By [James LaBrie Recorded By]Braeden Kozy
  • Recorded By [Russell Allen Recorded By]Dick Hodgin
  • Recorded By [Thomas Giles And Tommy Rogers Recorded By]Jamie King
  • Recorded By [Tobias Sammet Recorded By]Sascha Paeth
  • Recorded By, Producer [Produced By], Mixed ByArjen Lucassen*
  • SynthesizerMark Kelly (4), Mark Kelly (4)
  • ViolinBen Mathot
  • VocalsFloor Jansen, Hansi Kürsch, James LaBrie, Michael Eriksen, Michael Mills (4), Nils K. Rue, Russell Allen, Simone Simons (2), Thomas Giles Rogers Jr., Tobias Sammet, Tommy Karevik, Zaher Zorgati
  • WindJeroen Goossens

Notes

℗© 2017 Arjen Lucassen, Issued under exclusive license to Mascot Music Production and Publishing B.V.
Made in the EU.

Catalog number MTR 7515 5 appears on backcover and spine.
Catalog number MTR 75155 appears on all three discs.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 8 19873 01455 3
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1): ||MTR7515 CD1 55309||
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI LN12
  • Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 3721
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2): ||MTR7515 CD2 55310||
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI LN12
  • Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 3705
  • Matrix / Runout (DVD, Layer 0): ||MTR75155 DVD 55311 L0||
  • Mastering SID Code (DVD, Layer 0): IFPI LN12
  • Matrix / Runout (DVD, Layer 1): ||MTR75155 DVD 55311 L1||
  • Mastering SID Code (DVD, Layer 1, Mirrored): IFPI LN12
  • Mould SID Code (DVD, Label Side): IFPI 3714
  • Rights Society: Biem/Stemra
  • Label Code: LC 33809

Other Versions (5 of 16)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
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The Source (2×CD, Album, Promo)Music Theories RecordingsMTR PROMO 515Europe2017
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The Source (4×CD, Album, DVD, Album, All Media, Limited Edition, Artbook)Music Theories RecordingsMTR 7515 6Europe2017
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The Source (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Green)Music Theories RecordingsMTR 7515 1Europe2017
New Submission
The Source (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Gold)Music Theories RecordingsMTR 7515 1Europe2017
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The Source (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)Music Theories RecordingsMTR 7515 1Europe2017

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Reviews

  • RoomSounds's avatar
    RoomSounds
    Created in the nineties by the Dutch progressive rock/metal/whatever mastermind Arjen Lucassen, Ayreon has been somehow a mythical beast within the progressive circles, partly due to its theatrical nature, that would restrict it to inhabit in the studio rather than in the live environment (except for a couple of very special live incarnations) and for having given birth to, at least, a couple of the most important albums of the genre (for me, these would be 'Into The Electric Castle' and 'The Human Equation').

    For this instalment of the Ayreon saga, Arjen decided to trace back the story of the species that started all the crazy sci-fi drama that most of the Ayreon's albums use as premise and take us to Alpha, the original planet of the species that would later become the inhabitants of Y and, with the time, also the ones that would cause the human species to rise on Earth.

    While not my favourite Ayreon album, I see 'The Source' as one of the most "metal" albums out the project's history, and has plenty of what has made Ayreon to become the above mentioned reference: killer riffs, memorable melodies, nice hooks and chorus that posses a cinematic quality that perfectly fits the background story.

    With regards to the voices cast, the highlights here are the presence of one of my favourite singers ever (Russell Allen) together with the great Hansi Kürsch (a hero of my teenage power metal years), Tommy Karevik, Floor Jansen and Simone Simons.
    Some of my favourite moments here are the opener 'The Day The World Breaks Down', 'Everybody Dies', 'Run! Apocalypse! Run!', 'Condemned To Live', 'The Dream Dissolves' (great guitar solo in this one!), 'Deathcry Of A Race' (cool Arabic voices by Zaher Zorgati), 'Journey To Forever' and 'The Human Compulsion'.

    All in all, a worthy add to the Ayreon saga, and an unexpected twist to the story of Forever, as always wrapped in a magnificent physical edition.

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