The Final Experiment

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Prologue: a) The Time Telepathy Experiment / b) Overture / c) Ayreon’s Quest
  3:16
  2.0 ★
• 2
  The Awareness: a) Premonition / b) Dreamtime (Words Become a Song) / c) The Awakening
  6:36
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Eyes of Time: a) Eyes of Time / b) Brainwaves
  5:05
  3.0 ★
• 4
  The Banishment: a) A New Dawn / b) The Gathering / c) The Accusation / d) The Banishment / e) Oblivion
  11:08
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy
  2:45
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Sail Away to Avalon
  4:02
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Nature’s Dance
  2:27
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Computer‐Reign (Game Over)
  3:24
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Waracle
  6:44
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Listen to the Waves
  4:58
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Magic Ride
  3:35
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Merlin’s Will
  3:20
  4.0 ★
• 13
  The Charm of the Seer
  4:11
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Swan Song
  2:44
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Ayreon’s Fate: a) Ayreon’s Fate / b) Merlin’s Prophecy / c) Epilogue
  6:55
  3.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Dreamtime
  4:19
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Eyes of Time
  3:25
  3.0 ★
• 3
  The Accusation
  3:49
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy
  2:50
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Sail Away to Avalon
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Nature’s Dance
  2:03
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Waracle
  5:16
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Merlin’s Will
  3:29
  3.0 ★
• 9
  The Charm of the Seer
  9:01
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Arjen Anthony Lucassen
  12 string guitar [6], acoustic guitar [1-9], background vocals [1.3-4, 1.6-7, 1.10-13, 2.6], bass guitar [2.2-3, 2.5, 2.7-9, 1.2, 1.9-10, 1.12-13], drums (drum set) [2, 5, 8], electric guitar [8-9], guitar [1-15], keyboard [1-15], lead vocals [7, 10-11], mandolin [6], mix, percussion [1-3, 5, 7-9], producer, recording [1-9], timpani [7]
• Astrid van der Veen
  guest [1]
• Barry Hay
  alto flute [6], guest [6], lead vocals [6]
• Cleem Determeijer
  Hammond organ [1-15], Minimoog [1-15], additional [4], analog synthesizer [1-15], guest [1, 1-2, 2, 2-3, 3, 3-4, 4, 4-5, 5, 5-6, 6, 6-7, 7, 7-8, 8, 8-9, 9, 9-10, 10, 10-11, 11, 11-12, 12, 12-13, 13, 13-14, 14, 14-15, 15], harpsichord [1-15], keyboard [1-15], mellotron [1-15], piano [1-15], synthesizer [1-15], vocoder [1-15]
• Davy Mickers
  drums (drum set) [1, 3, 7, 9], guest [1, 3, 7, 9]
• Debby Schreuder
  background vocals [2-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12, 15], guest [2-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12, 15], lead vocals [15]
• Dewi Kerstens
  cello [4], guest [4]
• Edward Reekers
  guest [1-2, 15], lead vocals [1-2, 15]
• Ernst van Ee
  drums (drum set) [1-15], guest [1-15]
• Esther Ladiges
  guest [4]
• Ewa Albering
  flute [1, 4], flûte d'amour [4], guest [1, 4]
• Ian Parry
  guest [5, 8, 15], lead vocals [5, 8, 15]
• Irene Jansen
  background vocals [8], guest [8], lead vocals [8]
• Jan Bijlsma
  bass guitar [11], guest [11]
• Jan-Chris de Koeijer
  guest [4], lead vocals [4]
• Jay van Feggelen
  guest [9, 15], lead vocals [9, 15]
• Jeroen Goossens
  alto flute [7-8], cor anglais [3], flute [2-3, 5-9], guest [2-3, 3, 5, 5-7, 7-8, 8, 8-9], piccolo [8], siku [5], sopranino recorder [5], soprano recorder [3, 5], tenor recorder [3]
• John JayCee Cuijpers
  background vocals [5], guest [5], lead vocals [5]
• Jolanda Verduijn
  background vocals [13], bass guitar [4, 6, 15], guest [4, 6, 13, 15]
• Lenny Wolf
  guest [3], lead vocals [3]
• Leon Goewie
  guest [12, 15], lead vocals [12, 15]
• Lori Linstruth
  electric guitar [2, 7], guest [2, 7], solo [2, 7]
• Lucie Hillen
  background vocals [13], guest [13], lead vocals [13]
• Marcela Bovio
  background vocals [7], guest [7], lead vocals [7]
• Marieke van der Heyden
  cello [1-3, 5-9], guest [1-3, 5-9]
• Mirjam van Doorn
  background vocals [2-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12, 15], guest [2-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12, 15], lead vocals [15]
• Oscar Holleman
  engineer [1-15], mix [1-15], producer [1-15]
• Peter Daltrey
  guest [6], lead vocals [6]
• Peter Vink
  acoustic bass guitar [1], bass guitar [3-4, 8], guest [1.3-4, 1.8, 2.1]
• René Merkelbach
  background vocals [3-4, 6-7, 11-12], guest [3-4, 6-7, 11-12]
• Robby Valentine
  background vocals [9], guest [9], lead vocals [9], piano [9]
• Robert Soeterboek
  guest [4, 15], lead vocals [4, 15]
• Rodney Blaze
  background vocals [3], guest [3], lead vocals [3]
• Ruud Houweling
  background vocals [2.2, 1.13], guest [2.2, 1.13], lead vocals [2.2, 1.13]
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  21 February 1996
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  28 February 2005
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