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Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer



8.4 | 394 votes |
Release date: 20 June 2000
Style: Progressive metal, Progressive rock

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01. The Dream Sequencer [Feat. Lana Lane]
02. My House On Mars [Feat. Johan Edlund & Floor Jansen]
03. 2084 [Feat. Lana Lane]
04. One Small Step [Feat. Edward Reekers & Lana Lane]
05. The Shooting Company Of Captain Frans B. Cocq [Feat. Mouse & Lana Lane]
06. Dragon On The Sea [Feat. Lana Lane]
07. Temple Of The Cat [Feat. Jacqueline Govaert]
08. Carried By The Wind [Arjen Anthony Lucassen]
09. And The Druids Turn To Stone [Feat. Damian Wilson]
10. The First Man On Earth [Feat. Neal Morse & Mark McCrite]
11. The Dream Sequencer Reprise

Additional info
Arjen Anthony Lucassen: - electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, analog synthesizers, Mellotron, Hammond and additional keyboards
Rob Snijders (Celestial Season) - drums
Erik Norlander - analog synthesizers, piano, vocoder voice, Hammond and additional keyboards

Synth solos:
Erik Norlander - on 1, 4, 6
Clive Nolan (Pendragon, Arena) - on 3

Singers:
Johan Edlund (Tiamat) on 2
Floor Jansen (After Forever) on 2
Lana Lane on 3, 6 and voice on 1
Edward Reekers (ex-Kayak) on 4
Mouse on 5
Jacqueline Govaert (Krezip) on 7
Arjen Lucassen on 8
Damian Wilson (ex-Threshold, Landmarq) on 9
Neal Morse (ex-Spock's Beard) on 10

Backing vocals:
Mark McCrite - on 10
Lana Lane - on 4, 5

strings by Peter Siedlach

Re-released in 2004 in a double-disc set with "The Universal Migrator Part II: Flight of the Migrator" by InsideOut

Guest review by
Spyroid
Rating:
9.8
First of all I will have to warn you about two things:
1. This album is not much of a metal album. When Arjen (the composer) wrote this double album about the universal migrator, he splitted it into two parts - one of which is almost only metal and one which is not metal at all. So don't expect furious riffs and thundering drums.

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published 16.07.2006 | Comments (10)

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25.07.2013 - 07:23
Lit.
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I definitely prefer this one to the second. Some of the songs on here are just magnificent, like My House On Mars, Dragon On The Sea, Temple Of The Cat. A pinnacle prog record.
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29.04.2020 - 16:56
Rating: 5
R.Boxma

How is this even progressive? Isn't progressive supposed to have heaps of chop and changes and odd timing? This just sounds like atmospheric rock music with a bit more originality..
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13.02.2024 - 04:45
Rating: 8
majormalfunction

The "prog rock" half of the Universal Migrator. I always thought it was kind of a bad idea to split the Universal Migrator albums into one metal and one prog rock, as both end up as feeling a bit one-sided. With that said most songs here are actually good or even better, I would say the songs are actually stronger than the album as a whole, if that makes sense. I think one of the main problem is the length of the songs, many songs here are 7 minutes or longer, and rarely it feels justified
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14.02.2024 - 08:11
A Real Mönkey

This album is definitely the better of the two Migrators. The second one is heavier but ultimately pretty lackluster and has zero variety in comparison to this one.

Would probably place it second only to Human Equation as Ayreon’s best album.
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"Change the world. My final message. Goodbye."

~Last words of Harambe, seconds before he was shot, according to child he shielded from gunfire
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