The Theory of Everything

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Prologue: The Blackboard
  1:56
  2.0 ★
• 2
  The Theory of Everything, Part 1
  3:02
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Patterns
  1:03
  3.0 ★
• 4
  The Prodigy’s World
  1:31
  3.0 ★
• 5
  The Teacher’s Discovery
  2:59
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Love and Envy
  2:40
  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
  1:51
  3.0 ★
• 12
  The Consultation
  3:49
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Diagnosis
  2:49
  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
• 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 ★

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Release credits

• Arjen Anthony Lucassen
  Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, analog synthesizer, bass guitar, drums (drum set), electric guitar, lead vocals [1.12-13, 1.20, 2.4], mandolin, mix, producer, recording, strings
• Ben Mathot
  violin [1.3, 1.6-7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.18, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8, 2.18-19]
• Brett Caldas-Lima
  mastering
• Christophe Dessaigne
  artwork, photography
• Cristina Scabbia
  lead vocals [2.10, 2.12-13, 2.19, 1.2, 1.4, 1.11, 1.14, 1.22]
• Dave Kerzner
  keyboard [7]
• Ed Warby
  drums (drum set)
• Erik Jordan
  keyboard [2, 16]
• Janne “JB” Christoffersson
  lead vocals [1.1, 1.5, 1.8, 1.17-18, 2.2, 2.11, 2.17, 2.20]
• Jef Bertels
  illustration
• Jeroen Goossens
  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]
• John Wetton
  lead vocals [2.4, 1.12-13, 1.20]
• Jordan Rudess
  keyboard [7]
• Jos Driessen
  drums (drum set)
• Keith Emerson
  keyboard [7]
• Lee Wilkinson
  photography
• Lori Linstruth
  photography
• Maaike Peterse
  cello [2.6, 2.8, 2.10-11, 2.18-20, 1.15, 1.18, 1.21]
• Maarten de Peijper
  drums (drum set)
• Marko Hietala
  lead vocals [1.5-6, 1.15, 2.3, 2.6-7, 2.9]
• Michael Mills
  Irish bouzouki [10], lead vocals [2.4, 2.12-15, 1.2, 1.8, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.20-21]
• Mike Inns
  photography
• Rick Wakeman
  piano [2], synthesizer [16]
• Roger King
  guitar [13]
• Sara Squadrani
  lead vocals [1.1, 1.6, 1.17-18, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.17, 2.19]
• Siddhartha Barnhoorn
  orchestrator [8, 13, 18-19]
• Steve Hackett
  guitar [13]
• Steve Rispin
  lead vocals [2.4, 1.12-13, 1.20]
• Thomas Ewerhard
  graphic design
• Tommy Karevik
  lead vocals [1.4-5, 1.10, 1.12, 1.21, 2.2-4, 2.6-7, 2.9, 2.11, 2.14-16]
• Troy Donockley
  low whistle [1.7, 2.7, 2.10], uilleann pipes [1.7, 2.6], whistle [1.7, 1.15, 2.6]
• Wilmer Waarbroek
  background vocals [1.1-2, 1.4-6, 1.8, 1.10-15, 1.17-18, 1.20-22, 2.2-4, 2.6-7, 2.9-20]
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Issues

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  The Theory of Everything

  2x 12" Vinyl, 2x CD
  25 September 2013
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  The Theory of Everything

  2x CD
  25 October 2013
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  The Theory of Everything

  2x CD, DVD-Video (mediabook)
  25 October 2013
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  The Theory of Everything

  4x CD (limited artbook edition)
  25 October 2013
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  The Theory of Everything

  2x CD, DVD-Video
  25 October 2013
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  The Theory of Everything

  Digital Media
  28 October 2013
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  The Theory of Everything

  2x CD
  4 December 2013
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  The Theory of Everything

  2x CD
  2013
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  The Theory of Everything

  2x Digital Media
  6 November 2020
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  The Theory of Everything

  Digital Media
  2020