Timeline

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Prologue
  3:17
  2.0 ★
• 2
  The Awareness
  6:36
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Eyes of Time
  5:05
  3.0 ★
• 4
  The Accusation
  3:43
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Sail Away to Avalon (single version)
  3:40
• 6
  Listen to the Waves
  4:40
• 7
  Actual Fantasy
  1:31
• 8
  Abbey of Synn
  9:25
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Computer Eyes
  7:17
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Back on Planet Earth
  7:04
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Isis and Osiris
  11:09
  3.4 ★
• 12
  Amazing Flight
  10:21
  3.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  The Garden of Emotions
  9:40
  2.6 ★
• 2
  The Castle Hall
  5:48
  3.0 ★
• 3
  The Mirror Maze
  6:23
  2.4 ★
• 4
  The Two Gates
  6:23
  3.0 ★
• 5
  The Shooting Company of Captain Frans B. Cocq
  7:42
• 6
  Dawn of a Million Souls
  7:44
  3.0 ★
• 7
  And the Druids Turned to Stone
  6:32
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Into the Black Hole
  10:17
• 9
  The First Man on Earth
  6:54
• 10
  Day Two: Isolation
  8:46
  4.0 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  Day Three: Pain
  4:53
  3.4 ★
• 2
  Day Six: Childhood
  5:04
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Day Twelve: Trauma
  9:23
• 4
  Day Sixteen: Loser
  4:47
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Day Seventeen: Accident?
  5:41
  3.4 ★
• 6
  Age of Shadows (edit)
  5:39
• 7
  Ride the Comet
  3:39
  3.8 ★
• 8
  The Fifth Extinction
  10:27
  3.6 ★
• 9
  Waking Dreams
  6:23
• 10
  The Sixth Extinction
  12:16
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Epilogue: The Memory Remains
  9:16
• DVD-Video 4
• 1
  The Stranger From Within (5.1)
  3:43
• 2
  Valley of the Queens
  3:02
• 3
  Isis and Osiris
  8:42
• 4
  The Two Gates
  14:34
• 5
  Teaser: The Human Equation
  1:32
• 6
  Day Eleven: Love (5.1)
  3:53
• 7
  Come Back to Me
  3:21
• 8
  Loser (Star One version)
  3:54
• 9
  Farside of the World (5.1)
  6:41
• 10
  Back on Planet Earth (5.1)
  7:04
• 11
  Featurette Actual Fantasy
  11:13
• 12
  Computer Eyes
  6:32
• 13
  Day One: Vigil
  1:37
• 14
  Day Three: Pain
  5:56
• 15
  The Castle Hall
  6:40
• 16
  Release Party 01011001
  10:01
• 17
  Beneath the Waves (5.1)
  7:24
• 18
  Teaser 01011001
  1:34
• 19
  Featurette Epilogue: The Memory Remains
  6:32

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Release credits

• Alan J. Verone
  engineer [2.10, 3.1-5], recording [4]
• Andreas Grotenhoff
  engineer [2.10, 3.1-5], recording [10]
• Anneke van Giersbergen
  guest [1.11, 2.1], lead vocals [2.1, 1.11], vocal [8, 10]
• Arjen Anthony Lucassen
  compiler, liner notes, Hammond organ [2.5-10, 3.1-10], Minimoog [1.11-12, 2.1-4], acoustic guitar [1.4, 1.11-12, 2.1-10, 3.1-2, 3.4-10], additional [5-9], analog synthesizer [5-9], arranger [7-10], assistant [7-8, 10], background vocals [3.7-8, 3.10, 1.3, 1.5-6], bass guitar [1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.11-12, 2.1-10, 3.1-10], drums (drum set) [7-8, 10], electric guitar [2.1-10, 1.11-12, 3.1-2, 3.4-10], engineer [7-10], guitar [2.7-8, 3.3, 1.1-3, 1.5-6], instrument [7-10], keyboard [2.1-10, 3.1-10, 1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.11-12], lap steel guitar [2.10, 3.1-2, 3.4-5], lead vocals [2.1, 2.3, 1.12], mandolin [1.11-12, 2.1-4, 2.10, 3.1-10], mellotron [2.1-9, 1.11-12], mix [1.1-12, 3.1-10, 2.1-10], percussion [4], producer [3.1-11, 1.1-12, 2.1-10], recording [3.1-10, 1.4, 1.7-10, 2.10], solo [7], string synthesizer [7-8, 10], synthesizer [2.7, 2.10, 3.1-2, 3.4-10]
• Astrid van der Veen
  additional [10]
• Barry Hay
  alto flute [5-6], guest [5, 5-6, 6], lead vocals [5-6]
• Ben Mathot
  electric violin [6, 9], violin [6-10]
• Bob Catley
  vocal [7-8, 10]
• Bruce Dickinson
  guest [8]
• Cleem Determeijer
  Hammond organ [1-3, 5-6], Minimoog [1-3, 5-6], analog synthesizer [1-3, 5-6], guest [1, 1-2, 2, 2-3, 3, 5, 5-6, 6], harpsichord [1-3, 5-6], instrument arranger [7, 10], keyboard [1-3, 5-6], mellotron [1-3, 5-6], orchestrator [7, 10], piano [1-3, 5-6], solo [9], synthesizer [1-3, 5-6, 9], vocoder [1-3, 5-6]
• Clive Nolan
  guest [12], solo [12], synthesizer [12]
• Damian Wilson
  background vocals [6], guest [1.11, 2.1-4, 2.6], lead vocals [2.1-4, 1.11], vocal [7]
• Dan Kearley
  engineer [2.10, 3.1-5], recording [1, 4]
• Daniel Gildenlöw
  vocal [8, 10]
• David Bachwitz
  additional [7]
• David Faber
  cello [6-10]
• Davy Mickers
  drums (drum set) [4], guest [4]
• Debby Schreuder
  background vocals [2-3, 5-6], guest [2-3, 5-6]
• Derek Sherinian
  additional [8], solo [8], synthesizer [8]
• Devin Townsend
  guest [1, 4], lead vocals [1, 4]
• Devon Graves
  guest [1-3, 5], lead vocals [1-3, 5]
• Ed Warby
  drums (drum set) [1.7-12, 2.1-4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 3.1-10], guest [1.11-12, 2.1-4, 2.6, 2.10, 3.1-2, 3.4-5], membranophone [2.10, 3.1-2, 3.4-5], percussion [3.1-10, 2.8, 2.10]
• Edward Reekers
  guest [1.1-2, 2.1, 2.3], lead vocals [2.1, 2.3, 1.1-2], vocal [7-10]
• Edwin Balogh
  guest [1.11, 2.1, 2.3-4], lead vocals [1.11, 2.1, 2.3-4]
• Eric Clayton
  guest [2.10, 3.3, 3.5], lead vocals [3.3, 3.5, 2.10]
• Erik Norlander
  Hammond organ [5-9], additional [5-9], analog synthesizer [5-9], bass pedals [6, 8], guest [5, 5-6, 6, 8, 8-9, 9], keyboard [5-9], piano [5, 7, 9], vocoder [5-9]
• Ernst van Ee
  drums (drum set) [1-3, 5-6], guest [1-3, 5-6]
• Ernö Olah
  guest [1.11-12, 2.1-4], violin [1.11-12, 2.1-4]
• Ewa Albering
  flute [7-10]
• Fabio Lione
  vocal [8]
• Fish
  guest [11], lead vocals [11]
• Floor Jansen
  vocal [7-8, 10]
• Floortje Schilt
  violin [7-10]
• Gary Wehrkamp
  engineer [3.1-5, 2.10], guest [8], guitar [8], recording [4], synthesizer [8]
• Gordon Groothedde
  drums (drum set) [7-8, 10]
• Hans Pieters
  engineer [2.10, 3.1-5], recording [2.10, 3.1-2, 3.4-5]
• Hansi Kürsch
  vocal [8, 10]
• Heather Findlay
  guest [2.10, 3.1], lead vocals [2.10, 3.1]
• Irene Jansen
  guest [2.10, 3.3, 3.5], lead vocals [2.10, 3.3, 3.5]
• Jack Pisters
  guest [1.11-12, 2.1-4], sitar [1.11-12, 2.1-4]
• James LaBrie
  guest [2.10, 3.1-2], lead vocals [2.10, 3.1-2]
• Jay van Feggelen
  guest [2.1-2, 2.4, 1.12], lead vocals [1.12, 2.1-2, 2.4]
• Jef Bertels
  design/illustration
• Jeroen Goossens
  alto flute [10], cor anglais [4], didgeridoo [4], flute [1.4, 2.10, 3.1, 3.4], guest [3.1, 3.4, 1.4, 2.10], pan flute [2], soprano recorder [4], tenor recorder [4]
• John McManus
  contrabass flute [4], flute [4], guest [4]
• Jolanda Verduijn
  bass guitar [5-6], guest [5-6], photography [2]
• Jonas Renkse
  vocal [7-8, 10]
• Joost van den Broek
  additional [7, 10], assistant [7-8, 10], drums (drum set) [7-8, 10], guest [10], keyboard [10], piano [7, 10], solo [3.7, 2.10], synthesizer [2.10, 3.7, 3.10]
• Jurgen Vries
  engineer [2.10, 3.1-5]
• Jørn Lande
  vocal [7-8, 10]
• Ken Hensley
  Hammond organ [4], guest [4], solo [4]
• Lana Lane
  background vocals [5, 8], guest [5, 8]
• Lenny Wolf
  guest [3], lead vocals [3]
• Magali Luyten
  vocal [7]
• Magnus Ekwall
  guest [2.10, 3.3], lead vocals [2.10, 3.3]
• Marcela Bovio
  guest [5], lead vocals [5]
• Marieke van der Heyden
  cello [2.10, 1.4, 3.1-2, 3.4-5], guest [4]
• Mark McCrite
  background vocals [9], guest [9]
• Michael Romeo
  guest [6], guitar [6], solo [6]
• Mikael Åkerfeldt
  guest [3.2-3, 2.10], lead vocals [3.2-3, 2.10]
• Mike Baker
  guest [4], lead vocals [4]
• Mirjam van Doorn
  background vocals [2-3, 5-6], guest [2-3, 5-6]
• Mouse
  guest [5]
• Neal Morse
  guest [9]
• Okkie Huijsdens
  vocal [7-10]
• Oliver Wakeman
  guest [5], solo [5], synthesizer [5]
• Oscar Holleman
  engineer [1-3, 5-10], mix [2.1-9, 1.1-3, 1.5-12], producer [1-3, 5-6], recording [7-10]
• Peter Daltrey
  guest [1.12, 2.1-4], spoken vocals [2.1-4, 1.12]
• Peter Siedlach
  guest [5-6, 8-9], strings [5-9]
• Peter Vink
  bass guitar [3, 7-10], guest [3]
• Pieter Kop
  recording [2.10, 3.1-2, 3.4-5]
• René Merkelbach
  Hammond organ [7-10], background vocals [3, 5-6], guest [3, 5-6], solo [8], synthesizer [8]
• Rob Snijders
  drums (drum set) [5, 7, 9], guest [5, 9]
• Robby Valentine
  guest [1.11, 1.11-12, 1.12, 2.1-3, 2.3-4], mellotron [3], piano [2.1-4, 1.11-12], solo [2.3, 1.11-12], synthesizer [11-12]
• Robert Baba
  violin [2.10, 3.1-2, 3.4-5]
• Robert Soeterboek
  vocal [7-10]
• Rodney Blaze
  background vocals [4], guest [4], lead vocals [4]
• Roland Bakker
  Hammond organ [2.1-4, 1.11-12], guest [1.11-12, 2.1-4]
• Russell Allen
  guest [6]
• Sharon den Adel
  guest [2.1, 1.11-12], lead vocals [2.1, 1.11-12]
• Simon van Vegten
  design/illustration [7]
• Stephen van Haestregt
  additional [5], assistant [6-9]
• Steve Lee
  vocal [8, 10]
• Taco Kooistra
  cello [1.11-12, 2.1-4], guest [1.11-12, 2.1-4]
• Thijs van Leer
  flute [1.12, 2.2], guest [2.2, 1.12]
• Thomas Ewerhard
  graphic design
• Tom S. Englund
  vocal [7-8, 10]
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  3x CD, DVD-Video
  7 November 2008
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  3x Digital Media
  22 April 2016