We Still Take You With Us – The Early Years

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Phantom Agony
• 1
  Adyta “The Neverending Embrace”
  1:26
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Sensorium
  4:49
  3.5 ★
• 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
  3.5 ★
• 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
  Triumph of Defeat
  3:54
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Feint (piano version)
  4:55
  3.0 ★
• CD 2: We Will Take You With Us
• 1
  Façade of Reality (The Embrace That Smothers, Part V)
  8:15
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Sensorium
  4:54
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Illusive Consensus
  5:04
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Cry for the Moon (The Embrace That Smothers, Part IV)
  6:45
  4.0 ★
• 5
  The Phantom Agony
  9:02
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Seif al Din (The Embrace That Smothers, Part VI)
  5:52
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Feint
  4:41
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Run for a Fall
  4:46
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Memory
  4:37
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Falsches Spiel (Run for a Fall, German version)
  4:26
• 11
  Cry for the Moon (Sahara Dust demo)

  Sahara Dust
  6:45
• 12
  Illusive Consensus (Sahara Dust demo)

  Sahara Dust
  5:01
• CD 3: Consign to Oblivion
• 1
  Hunab K’u (A New Age Dawns, Prologue)
  1:43
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Dance of Fate
  5:13
  5.0 ★
• 3
  The Last Crusade (A New Age Dawns, Part 1)
  4:22
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Solitary Ground
  4:24
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Blank Infinity
  4:01
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Force of the Shore
  4:02
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Quietus
  3:47
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Mother of Light (A New Age Dawns, Part 2)
  5:56
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Trois Vierges
  4:42
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Another Me “In Lack’ech”
  4:40
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Consign to Oblivion (A New Age Dawns, Part 3)
  9:47
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Palladium
  2:56
• 13
  Linger (orchestral version)
  4:16
• 14
  Crystal Mountain (orchestral version)
  5:03
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Solitary Ground (remix)
  3:10
• CD 4: The Score – An Epic Journey
• 1
  Vengeance Is Mine
  2:30
• 2
  Unholy Trinity
  3:04
• 3
  The Valley
  2:09
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Caught in a Web
  4:33
• 5
  Insomnia
  2:26
• 6
  Under the Aegis
  2:54
• 7
  Trois vierges (solo version)
  4:45
• 8
  Mystica
  2:47
• 9
  Valley of Sins
  5:41
• 10
  Empty Gaze
  2:26
• 11
  The Alleged Paradigm
  2:35
• 12
  Supremacy
  3:26
• 13
  Beyond the Depth
  2:00
• 14
  Epitome
  1:26
• 15
  Inevitable Embrace
  4:15
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Angel of Death
  3:47
• 17
  The Ultimate Return
  5:18
• 18
  Trois vierges (reprise)
  1:26
• 19
  Solitary Ground (single version)
  4:07
• 20
  Quietus (score version)
  4:05

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Release credits

• Ad Sluijter
  acoustic guitar [13], guitar [1.1-12, 3.1-12, 2.1-10, 4.1-20]
• Alev Akcos
  cello [1-6, 8-17]
• Amanda Somerville
  alto vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11], background vocals [1-10], choir vocals [3.1-3, 3.5-6, 3.8, 3.10-11, 2.1-10, 1.1-10, 1.12], guest [1.1-10, 1.12, 2.1, 2.1-2, 2.2-3, 2.3-4, 2.4-5, 2.5-6, 2.6-7, 2.7-8, 2.8-9, 2.9-10, 2.10]
• Andre Matos
  choir vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11], tenor vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11]
• Andre Neygenfind
  double bass [1-11], guest [1-11]
• Andreas Pfaff
  guest [1.1-11, 3.1-12], violin [3.1-12, 1.1-11, 4.7, 4.18-20]
• Annette Berryman
  flute [7], guest [7]
• Annie Goebel
  alto vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11], choir vocals [2.1-10, 3.1-3, 3.5-6, 3.8, 3.10-11], guest [1-10]
• Annie Goeble
  choir vocals [1-10, 12], guest [1-10, 12]
• Astrid Müller
  guest [1-12], viola [4.7, 4.18-20, 3.1-12]
• Barbara Bultmann
  violin [1-6, 8-17]
• Benjamin Spillner
  guest [4.15-20, 3.1-12], violin [4.1-11, 4.13-15, 4.15-16, 4.16-17, 4.17-20, 3.1-12]
• Bridget Fogle
  choir vocals [1.1-10, 1.12, 2.1-10, 3.1-3, 3.5-6, 3.8, 3.10-11], guest [2.1-10, 1.1-10, 1.12], soprano vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11]
• Cinzia Rizzo
  choir vocals [1-10, 12], guest [1-10, 12]
• Coen Janssen
  keyboard [1-10], orchestrator [1.1-12, 3.1-12, 4.4, 4.7, 4.18-20], piano [1-12], synthesizer [4.1-6, 4.8-17, 1.1-12, 3.1-12], vocal arranger [1.1-10, 1.12, 3.1-11]
• Cordula Rhode
  cello [1-11], guest [1-11]
• David Schlage
  guest [1-11], viola [1.1-11, 4.1-6, 4.8-17]
• Frederik van Alkemade
  executive [1-10]
• Georgina Chakos
  choir vocals [1-10], guest [1-10]
• Gregor Dierk
  guest [3.1-12, 4.15-20], solo [1-6, 8-17], violin [3.1-12, 4.1, 4.1-2, 4.2-3, 4.3-4, 4.4-5, 4.5-6, 4.6-8, 4.8-9, 4.9-10, 4.10-11, 4.11-12, 4.12-13, 4.13-14, 4.14-15, 4.15, 4.15-16, 4.16, 4.16-17, 4.17, 4.17-20]
• Hans van Vuuren
  executive [3.1-12, 1.1-12, 4.1-20, 2.1-10]
• James Bush
  cello [1-6, 8-17]
• Jan Douwe Kroeske
  producer [1-10]
• Jeroen Simons
  drums (drum set) [1.1-12, 2.1-10, 3.1-12, 4.1-20]
• Jonas Pap
  cello [1-10], guest [1-10]
• Jörn Kellerman
  cello [7, 18-20]
• Jörn Kellermann
  cello [3.1-12, 1.1-11], guest [3.1-12, 1.1-11]
• Karen Dekker
  guest [1-10], violin [1-10]
• Leigh Adoff
  choir vocals [1-10], guest [1-10]
• Lenneke Dijkens
  guest [1-10], violin [1-10]
• Linda van Summeren
  background vocals [1-10], choir vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11], guest [1-10], soprano vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11]
• Lois van Driel
  cello [1-10], guest [1-10]
• Marie-Theres Stumpf
  guest [1-11], viola [1.1-11, 4.1-6, 4.8-17]
• Mark Jansen
  additional [2.1-10, 3.1-11, 1.1-10, 1.12], guitar [3.1-12, 2.1-10, 1.1-12, 4.1-20], orchestrator [1.1-12, 3.1-12, 4.1-20], producer [1-6, 8-17], recording [1-20], synthesizer [1-6, 8-17]
• Marleen Veldstra
  guest [1-10], viola [1-10]
• Melvin Edmondsen
  bass vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11], choir vocals [1.1-10, 1.12, 2.1-10, 3.1-3, 3.5-6, 3.8, 3.10-11], guest [1.1-10, 1.12, 2.1-10]
• Michael Rodenberg
  engineer [3.1-12, 4.1-20], mix [1-6, 8-17], orchestrator [3.1-12, 4.7, 4.18-20], producer [1-6, 8-17], recording [1-20]
• Nikolaus Schlierf
  viola [1-6, 8-17]
• Olaf Reitmeier
  acoustic guitar [4, 7], engineer [3.1-12, 4.1-20, 1.1-12], guest [4, 7], producer [3.1-12, 4.1-20], recording [1-20]
• Patrick Sepec
  guest [1-12], viola [3.1-12, 4.7, 4.18-20]
• Philip Colodetti
  engineer [4.7, 4.18-20, 3.1-12], mix [4.7, 4.18-20, 3.1-12]
• Pieter Althuis
  double bass [1-10], guest [1-10]
• Previn Moore
  choir vocals [1.1-10, 1.12, 2.1-10, 3.1-3, 3.5-6, 3.8, 3.10-11], guest [1.1-10, 1.12, 2.1-10], tenor vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11]
• Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo
  orchestrator [1-12]
• Roy Khan
  additional [9], guest [9], lead vocals [9]
• Sascha Paeth
  acoustic guitar [2], engineer [1.1-12, 3.1-12, 4.7, 4.18-20], guest [2], mix [2.1-10, 3.1-12, 1.1-12, 4.7, 4.18-20], producer [4.1-20, 1.1-12, 3.1-12], remixer [10]
• Simone Simons
  lead vocals [1.1-10, 1.12, 2.1-10, 3.1-11, 4.2, 4.7, 4.18-20]
• Swantje Tessmann
  guest [3.1-12, 4.15-20], viola [3.1-12, 4.15-17], violin [1-20]
• Tanya Ruijgrok
  producer [1-10]
• Thomas Glöckner
  guest [1-11], violin [1-11]
• Tobias Rempe
  guest [3.1-12, 1.1-11], violin [1.1-11, 3.1-12, 4.7, 4.12, 4.18-20]
• Tom Glöckner
  violin [1-6, 8-17]
• Yves Huts
  bass guitar [1.1-12, 2.1-10, 3.1-12, 4.1-20], orchestrator [3.1-12, 4.1-6, 4.8-17], producer [1-6, 8-17], recording [1-20], synthesizer [1-6, 8-17]
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