Ayreon - The Human Equation (2025 Remixed & Remastered) [CD]

Cat. no: MTR77382
Format: CD
Barcode: 8712725749073
Release Date: 18 Apr 2025
Genre: Hard Rock and Metal

Remixed and remastered classic Ayreon album, originally released in 2004, with bonus tracks from the Ayreon archives

The Human Equation was the sixth album from the progressive rock project Ayreon by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. As with other Ayreon albums, it features guest appearances from several musicians previously unrelated to the project, including James LaBrie of Dream Theater, Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth, Eric Clayton of Saviour Machine, and Devin Townsend, performing music arranged and written by Lucassen.

The album explores the idea of psychological rebirth, and follows the story of a man who, after falling into a coma following a car crash, is confronted with his past, his emotions, and his current situation as he lays trapped inside his own mind. The circumstances surrounding the crash are mysterious, as the man ("Me", portrayed by James LaBrie) ploughed into a tree on a deserted road in broad daylight. Following this, he slips into a twenty- day coma, with each day represented by a single song. Each song follows a slightly different format, though there are major common themes, such as the presence of Me's manifest emotions in his dream world including Fear (Mikael Akerfeldt), Reason (Eric Clayton), and Pride (Magnus Ekwall); the presence of Me's Wife (Marcela Bovio) and Best Friend (Arjen Anthony Lucassen) at his bedside; and the past events that Me is forced to refect on.

Remixed and remastered classic Ayreon album, originally released in 2004. First time on green vinyl.
Ayreon is the highly acclaimed project from singer/ songwriter/ multiinstrumentalist / record producer Arjen Lucassen.
Featuring guest performances from James LaBrie of Dream Theater, Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth, Eric Clayton of Saviour Machine, Devin Townsend, and many more.
Ayreon has a very loyal fan base with 140K followers on Facebook, 15.3K on Twitter and over 11.5 million views and more than 43.5k subscribers on YouTube.

CD Tracks: Day One: Vigil / Day Two: Isolation / Day Three: Pain / Day Four: Mystery / Day Five: Voices / Day Six: Childhood / Day Seven: Hope / Day Eight: School / Day Nine: Playground / Day Ten: Memories / Day Eleven: Love / Day Twelve: Trauma / Day Thirteen: Sign / Day Fourteen: Pride / Day Fifteen: Betrayal / Day Sixteen: Loser / Day Seventeen: Accident? / Day Eighteen: Realization / Day Nineteen: Disclosure / Day Twenty: Confrontation / August Fire / No Quarter / Space Oddity / Day Six - Childhood (Acoustic Version) / How You Gonna See Me Now / Bloopers / Untitled Instrumental / 
When I'm Sixty- Four / Loser (Star One Version) / No Quarter (Alternative Version) / 
Back 2 Me (Dance Mix)