Ayreon – Timeline

TIMELINE follows the thirteen-year evolution of the Ayreon sound from the 1995 debut The Final Experiment to the release of 01011001 in 2008. Its 3 CDs contain 32 essential Ayreon tracks plus one brand new song recorded especially for this release — almost 4 hours of music!

The DVD features nearly two hours of selected released and unreleased video clips, behind-the-scenes featurettes, 5.1 mixes, and live performances of Ayreon tracks (Star one and Stream of Passion versions).

Comes with a timeline poster illustrating the Ayreon universe and 56-page booklet containing many new photos, all lyrics, and notes on the story. The cover is a specially commissioned painting by traditional Ayreon cover artist, Jef Bertels (official site).

Release info

Released by InsideOut Music
7 November 2008 Germany – Austria – Switzerland
17 November 2008 Europe
13 January 2009 North America

Artwork Lay-Out: Thomas Ewerhard (official site)

Track list

CD1
From 1995: The Final Experiment
1) Prologue 3:17
2) The Awareness 6:36
3) Eyes of Time 5:05
4) The Accusation (acoustic version taken from the Special Edition) 3:43
5) Sail Away to Avalon (single version) 3:40
6) Listen to the Waves 4:40

From 1996: Actual Fantasy (Revisited)
7) Actual Fantasy 1:31
8 ) Abbey of Synn 9:25
9) Computer Eyes 7:17
10) Back on Planet Earth 7:04

From 1998 Into the Electric Castle
11) Isis and Osiris 11:09
12) Amazing Flight 10:21
Total time CD1: 73:53

CD2
From 1998 Into the Electric Castle
1) The Garden of Emotions 9:40
2) The Castle Hall 5:48
3) The Mirror Maze 6:23
4) The Two Gates 6:23

From 2000: The Universal Migrator parts I and II
5) The Shooting Company of Captain Frans B Cocq 7:42
6) Dawn of a Million Souls 7:44
7) And the Druids Turned to Stone 6:32
8 ) Into the Black Hole 10:17
9) The First Man on Earth 6:54
From 2004: the Human Equation
10) Day Two: Isolation 8:46

Total time CD2: 76:14
CD3
From 2004: The Human Equation
1) Day Three: Pain 4:53
2) Day Six: Childhood 5:04
3) Day Twelve: Trauma 9:23
4) Day Sixteen: Loser 4:47
5) Day Seventeen: Accident? 5:41

From 2008: 01011001
6) Age of Shadows (edit) 5:39
7) Ride the Comet 3:39
8 ) The Fifth Extinction 10:27
9) Waking Dreams 6:23
10) The Sixth Extinction 12:16
11) Epilogue: The Memory Remains 9:16 (New track recorded in 2008 specifically for TIMELINE)
Total time CD3: 77:23

DVD
1] The Stranger from Within (5.1, available on Actual Fantasy Revisited)
2] Valley of the Queens (available on Star One – Live on Earth)
3] Isis and Osiris (available on Star One – Live on Earth)
4] The Two Gates (available on Star One – Live on Earth)
5] Teaser: The Human Equation (available on the special edition of The Human Equation)
6] Day Eleven: Love (5.1, available on the special edition of The Human Equation)
7] Come Back to Me (available as CD ROM track on the EP Come Back to Me)
8] Loser (Star One version, previously unreleased)
9] Farside of the World (5.1, available on Actual Fantasy Revisited)
10] Back on Planet Earth (5.1, available on Actual Fantasy Revisited)
11] Featurette Actual Fantasy (available on Actual Fantasy Revisited)
12] Computer Eyes (available on Stream of Passion – Live in the Real World)
13] Day One: Vigil (available on Stream of Passion – Live in the Real World)
14] Day Three: Pain (available on Stream of Passion – Live in the Real World)
15] The Castle Hall (available on Stream of Passion – Live in the Real World)
16] Release Party 01011001 (previously unreleased)
17] Beneath the Waves (5.1, available on the special edition of 01011001)
18] Teaser 01011001 (available on the special edition of 01011001)
19] Featurette Epilogue: The Memory Remains (previously unreleased)
Total time DVD: approx 2 hours

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