The Phantom Agony

Tracklist

• CD 1: Chapter 1
• 1
  Adyta “The Neverending Embrace”
  1:26
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Sensorium
  4:49
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Cry for the Moon “The Embrace That Smothers, Part IV”
  6:46
  3.4 ★
• 4
  Feint
  4:20
  3.4 ★
• 5
  Illusive Consensus
  5:01
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Façade of Reality “The Embrace That Smothers, Part V”
  8:12
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Run for a Fall
  6:32
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Seif al Din “The Embrace That Smothers, Part VI”
  5:48
  2.5 ★
• 9
  The Phantom Agony
  9:01
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Veniality
  4:38
• 11
  The Phantom Agony (single version)
  4:34
  2.0 ★
• 12
  Triumph of Defeat
  3:54
  3.0 ★
• CD 2: Chapter 2
• 1
  Adyta (orchestral version)
  1:30
• 2
  Sensorium (orchestral version)
  4:54
• 3
  Cry for the Moon (orchestral version)
  6:42
• 4
  Feint (orchestral version)
  4:20
• 5
  Illusive Consensus (orchestral version)
  5:03
• 6
  Basic Instinct
  4:08
• 7
  Run for a Fall (orchestral version)
  6:28
• 8
  The Phantom Agony (orchestral version)
  9:02
• 9
  Veniality (orchestral version)
  4:37
• 10
  Feint (piano version)
  4:55
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Cry for the Moon (single version)
  3:31
  3.5 ★
• 12
  Run for a Fall (single version)
  4:29
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Ad Sluijter
  guitar
• Amanda Somerville
  choir vocals [2.1-5, 2.7-12, 1.1-11], guest [1.1-11, 2.1-5, 2.7-12]
• Andre Neygenfind
  double bass [1.1-12, 2.1-9, 2.11-12], guest [1.1-12, 2.1-9, 2.11-12]
• Andreas Pfaff
  guest [2.1-9, 2.11-12, 1.1-12], violin [1.1-12, 2.1-9, 2.11-12]
• Annette Berryman
  flute [7], guest [7]
• Annie Goeble
  choir vocals [1.1-11, 2.1-5, 2.7-12], guest [1.1-11, 2.1-5, 2.7-12]
• Bridget Fogle
  choir vocals [2.1-5, 2.7-12, 1.1-11], guest [2.1-5, 2.7-12, 1.1-11]
• Cinzia Rizzo
  choir vocals [1.1-11, 2.1-5, 2.7-12], guest [1.1-11, 2.1-5, 2.7-12]
• Coen Janssen
  orchestrator, piano, synthesizer, vocal arranger [1.1-11, 2.1-5, 2.7-12]
• Cordula Rhode
  cello [2.1-9, 2.11-12, 1.1-12], guest [2.1-9, 2.11-12, 1.1-12]
• David Schlage
  guest [1.1-12, 2.1-9, 2.11-12], viola [2.1-9, 2.11-12, 1.1-12]
• Hans van Vuuren
  executive
• Jeroen Simons
  drums (drum set)
• Jörn Kellermann
  cello [2.1-9, 2.11-12, 1.1-12], guest [1.1-12, 2.1-9, 2.11-12]
• Marie-Theres Stumpf
  guest [2.1-9, 2.11-12, 1.1-12], viola [2.1-9, 2.11-12, 1.1-12]
• Mark Jansen
  additional [2.1-5, 2.7-12, 1.1-11], guitar, orchestrator
• Melvin Edmondsen
  choir vocals [2.1-5, 2.7-12, 1.1-11], guest [1.1-11, 2.1-5, 2.7-12]
• Olaf Reitmeier
  acoustic guitar [4, 7], engineer, guest [4, 7]
• Previn Moore
  choir vocals [1.1-11, 2.1-5, 2.7-12], guest [2.1-5, 2.7-12, 1.1-11]
• Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo
  orchestrator
• Sascha Paeth
  engineer, mix, producer
• Simone Simons
  lead vocals [2.1-5, 2.7-12, 1.1-11]
• Thomas Glöckner
  guest [1.1-12, 2.1-9, 2.11-12], violin [1.1-12, 2.1-9, 2.11-12]
• Tobias Rempe
  guest [1.1-12, 2.1-9, 2.11-12], violin [1.1-12, 2.1-9, 2.11-12]
• Yves Huts
  bass guitar
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  The Phantom Agony

  CD
  5 June 2003
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  The Phantom Agony

  CD
  5 June 2003
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  The Phantom Agony

  CD
  29 July 2003
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  The Phantom Agony

  CD
  21 August 2003
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  The Phantom Agony

  CD
  2003
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  The Phantom Agony

  CD
  9 March 2004
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  The Phantom Agony (expanded edition)

  2x CD
  14 March 2013
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  The Phantom Agony (expanded edition)

  Digital Media
  14 March 2013
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  The Phantom Agony (expanded edition)

  Digital Media
  18 March 2013
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  The Phantom Agony

  2x 12" Vinyl
  18 March 2013
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  The Phantom Agony

  2x CD
  2014
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  The Phantom Agony

  CD (20th anniversary edition)
  23 December 2022