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01011001

by: Ayreon, Arjen Luccasson, Bob Catley, Hansi Kursch, Michael Romeo, Anneke van Giersbergen, Ty Tabor, Daniel Gildenlow, Jonas Renke, Tomas Bodin

Release Date January 28, 2008
Very disappointed in this. If you are a fan of the Human Equation or Into the Electric Castle you'll also be disappointed
Too many tracks lacking a change of pace with heavy rifts not backed up with the usual synth and guitar passages.
The only reason I give this 2 stars is the somewhat unexpected brilliance of Waking Dreams, oh if only there had been more tracks like this one.

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01011001 Ltd Edition Digipak

by: Ayreon, Arjen Luccasson, Bob Catley, Hansi Kursch, Michael Romeo, Anneke van Giersbergen, Ty Tabor, Daniel Gildenlow, Jonas Renke, Tomas Bodin

Release Date January 28, 2008
Hi! I decided to share my opinion since the existing all came from people who had expectations. I, for myself, can tell that I had none. I came in contact with Ayreon through this album only, so I will cannot compare it to other work of Arjen Lucassen.
This is an absolutely great musical work which grows and grows at every new listen. Arjen chose his vocalists wisely, and they all present some great moments, especially some of the male vocalists (can't point their names, though).
Musically, I believe it to be a small treasure in the immense heavy metal scenario! I have no words to describe Arjen Lucassen's talent but awesome. He combines textures, vocals and melodies like only a true music composer does.
This is one of those albums ... Read More:

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01011001 Bonus DVD

by: Ayreon, Arjen Luccasson, Bob Catley, Hansi Kursch, Michael Romeo, Ty Tabor, Daniel Gildenlow, Jonas Renke, Anneke van Giersbergen, Tomas Bodin

Release Date January 28, 2008
I've been a fan of Arjen A Lucassen since Electric Castle. His works just seem to get better and better. This is possibly the heaviest Ayreon CD to date, which isn't a bad thing. There are still plenty of hooks and melodies, more so than Human Equation I think. The opening track, Age of Shadows, just won't leave my brain - crunching rhythms, powerful chorus and some beautiful haunting melodies in the middle section.

I find the first CD 'Y' to be significantly better than the second 'Earth', where I think the music suffers at the expense of the narrative on a couple of tracks. This isn't too bad if you're following the story from the lyric book, which you really have to do if you want to distinguish between the performers. As usual for Ayreon, ... Read More:

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Pinup Guru

by: Tomas Bodin

Release Date October 28, 2002
I've been a fan of Arjen A Lucassen since Electric Castle. His works just seem to get better and better. This is possibly the heaviest Ayreon CD to date, which isn't a bad thing. There are still plenty of hooks and melodies, more so than Human Equation I think. The opening track, Age of Shadows, just won't leave my brain - crunching rhythms, powerful chorus and some beautiful haunting melodies in the middle section.

I find the first CD 'Y' to be significantly better than the second 'Earth', where I think the music suffers at the expense of the narrative on a couple of tracks. This isn't too bad if you're following the story from the lyric book, which you really have to do if you want to distinguish between the performers. As usual for Ayreon, ... Read More:

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Iam

by: Tomas Bodin

Release Date June 27, 2005
Be warned, fans of the short song, this concept album lasts over an hour, but only features three songs, the shortest clocking in at 18 minutes. But for lovers of rock opera, this will be manna from heaven.

For those who don't know, Tomas Bodin is the keyboard player with prog rock titans, The Flower Kings. On his latest solo album he drags along fellow Flowers Jonas Reingold on bass and Marcus Liliequist on drums along with Glenn Hughes guitarist JJ Marsh and a trio of guest vocalists.

Each suite, 'I', 'A' and, of course, 'M' is an incredibly complex piece of work in its own right, powerfully orchestral and with themes exploring philosophy, religion and reincarnation. So, not for the faint hearted! Additionally, taking his first solo steps ... Read More:

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An Ordinary Night in My Ordinary Life

by: Tomas Bodin

Release Date January 31, 2000
On this solo debut Tomas Bodin proves that his is more than a significant contribution to the Flower Kings sound. Not since the heyday of Wakeman, Emerson and Banks in the 70's has progressive rock had such an exciting and innovative keyboardist. The compositions are complex, melodic and inspired. The Flower Kings' Roine Stolt, Michael Stolt and Jaime Salazar all contribute here. This is a terrific instrumental recording. Not a weak cut in the bunch.Highly recommended...Simon

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Sonic Boulevard

by: Tomas Bodin

Release Date September 29, 2003
On this solo debut Tomas Bodin proves that his is more than a significant contribution to the Flower Kings sound. Not since the heyday of Wakeman, Emerson and Banks in the 70's has progressive rock had such an exciting and innovative keyboardist. The compositions are complex, melodic and inspired. The Flower Kings' Roine Stolt, Michael Stolt and Jaime Salazar all contribute here. This is a terrific instrumental recording. Not a weak cut in the bunch.Highly recommended...Simon

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pinup guru

by: tomas bodin

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On this solo debut Tomas Bodin proves that his is more than a significant contribution to the Flower Kings sound. Not since the heyday of Wakeman, Emerson and Banks in the 70's has progressive rock had such an exciting and innovative keyboardist. The compositions are complex, melodic and inspired. The Flower Kings' Roine Stolt, Michael Stolt and Jaime Salazar all contribute here. This is a terrific instrumental recording. Not a weak cut in the bunch.Highly recommended...Simon