The Theory of Everything
2x CD, DVD-Video (mediabook)

The Theory of Everything

Album by Ayreon

Released 25 September 2013
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Tracklist

  • CD 1: Phase I: Singularity / Phase II: Symmetry
  • 1
    Prologue: The Blackboard
    1:55
    2.0 ★
  • 2
    The Theory of Everything, Part 1
    3:01
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    Patterns
    1:03
    3.0 ★
  • 4
    The Prodigy’s World
    1:31
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    The Teacher’s Discovery
    2:58
    3.5 ★
  • 6
    Love and Envy
    2:39
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Progressive Waves
    3:16
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    The Gift
    2:38
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    The Eleventh Dimension
    1:46
    3.0 ★
  • 10
    Inertia
    0:45
    2.0 ★
  • 11
    The Theory of Everything, Part 2
    1:50
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    The Consultation
    3:49
    3.0 ★
  • 13
    Diagnosis
    2:48
    4.0 ★
  • 14
    The Argument 1
    0:24
    2.0 ★
  • 15
    The Rival’s Dilemma
    2:22
    4.0 ★
  • 16
    Surface Tension
    0:57
    2.5 ★
  • 17
    A Reason to Live
    0:45
    2.5 ★
  • 18
    Potential
    3:14
    3.0 ★
  • 19
    Quantum Chaos
    2:09
    3.0 ★
  • 20
    Dark Medicine
    1:23
    2.5 ★
  • 21
    Alive!
    2:29
    4.0 ★
  • 22
    The Prediction
    1:05
    3.0 ★
  • CD 2: Phase III: Entaglement / Phase IV: Unification
  • 1
    Fluctuations
    1:01
    2.0 ★
  • 2
    Transformation
    3:14
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    Collision
    3:27
    5.0 ★
  • 4
    Side Effects
    2:59
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    Frequency Modulation
    1:44
    2.5 ★
  • 6
    Magnetism
    3:54
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    Quid Pro Quo
    3:09
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    String Theory
    1:29
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    Fortune?
    1:37
    3.0 ★
  • 10
    Mirror of Dreams
    2:31
    3.0 ★
  • 11
    The Lighthouse
    3:16
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    The Argument 2
    0:49
    2.5 ★
  • 13
    The Parting
    3:27
    3.0 ★
  • 14
    The Visitation
    3:27
    3.0 ★
  • 15
    The Breakthrough
    2:00
    4.0 ★
  • 16
    The Note
    1:11
    3.0 ★
  • 17
    The Uncertainty Principle
    2:10
    3.0 ★
  • 18
    Dark Energy
    0:44
    2.5 ★
  • 19
    The Theory of Everything, Part 3
    1:29
    3.0 ★
  • 20
    The Blackboard (reprise)
    1:13
    3.0 ★
  • DVD-Video 3
  • 1
    Making of The Theory of Everything
  • 2
    Full‐length artist interviews
  • 3
    Recording sessions time lapse

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Release credits

  • Hammond organ [1.1-22, 2.1-20], acoustic guitar [1.1-22, 2.1-20], analog synthesizer [1.1-22, 2.1-20], bass guitar [2.1-20, 1.1-22], drums (drum set) [2.1-20, 1.1-22], electric guitar [2.1-20, 1.1-22], lead vocals [2.4, 1.12-13, 1.20], mandolin [1.1-22, 2.1-20], mix [1.1-22, 2.1-20], producer [2.1-20, 1.1-22], recording [2.1-20, 1.1-22], strings [1.1-22, 2.1-20]
  • violin [2.2, 2.4, 2.8, 2.18-19, 1.3, 1.6-7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.18]
  • lead vocals [1.2, 1.4, 1.11, 1.14, 1.22, 2.10, 2.12-13, 2.19]
  • keyboard [7]
  • drums (drum set) [1.1-22, 2.1-20]
  • keyboard [2, 16]
  • lead vocals [1.1, 1.5, 1.8, 1.17-18, 2.2, 2.11, 2.17, 2.20]
  • bass flute [13], contrabass flute [11], flute [1.2, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.15, 1.18, 2.8, 2.19], transverse flute [1]
  • lead vocals [1.12-13, 1.20, 2.4]
  • keyboard [7]
  • drums (drum set) [2.1-20, 1.1-22]
  • keyboard [7]
  • cello [2.6, 2.8, 2.10-11, 2.18-20, 1.15, 1.18, 1.21]
  • drums (drum set) [1.1-22, 2.1-20]
  • lead vocals [2.3, 2.6-7, 2.9, 1.5-6, 1.15]
  • Irish bouzouki [10], lead vocals [1.2, 1.8, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.20-21, 2.4, 2.12-15]
  • piano [2], synthesizer [16]
  • guitar [13]
  • lead vocals [1.1, 1.6, 1.17-18, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.17, 2.19]
  • orchestrator [8, 13, 18-19]
  • guitar [13]
  • lead vocals [1.12-13, 1.20, 2.4]
  • lead vocals [1.4-5, 1.10, 1.12, 1.21, 2.2-4, 2.6-7, 2.9, 2.11, 2.14-16]
  • low whistle [1.7, 2.7, 2.10], uilleann pipes [1.7, 2.6], whistle [1.7, 1.15, 2.6]
  • background vocals [2.2-4, 2.6-7, 2.9-20, 1.1-2, 1.4-6, 1.8, 1.10-15, 1.17-18, 1.20-22]

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