Lucidity (album)
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| Studio album by Delain | ||||
| Released | September 4, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | Spacelab Studio, Grefrath, Germany Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland (Marco's bass and vocals) Mastersound Studio, Steinheim, Germany (Liv's vocals) somewhere in the Netherlands (Sharon's vocals) |
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| Genre | Symphonic metal | |||
| Length | 54:44 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Oliver Philipps, Martijn Westerholt | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| About.com |  [2] |
| Metal Storm |    [3] |
| Sonic Cathedral | [4] |
Lucidity is the debut full-length album by the Dutch symphonic metal band, Delain. It was released on September 4, 2006 by Roadrunner Records. It was released in the USA by Sensory Records on June 22, 2010.[5]
After the disbandment of the band which had recorded the Amenity demo, the keyboard player and main composer Martijn Westerholt decided to retain lead vocalist Charlotte Wessels and to record an album with the best session musicians available, without the perspective of bringing the songs on tour. He recruited for the project Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot) on vocals and bass, Ad Sluijter (Epica), Guus Eikens (Orphanage) and Jan Yrlund (Imperia) on guitars and Ariën van Weesenbeek (God Dethroned) on drums. Guest vocalists on the album were Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Liv Kristine (Leaves' Eyes), and George Oosthoek.
The album was recorded in different periods during 2005 and 2006 to accommodate the availability of the many musicians involved, often on tour with their bands.
Lucidity peaked at No. 43 in Dutch charts[6] and the success of the album pushed Westerholt to reorganize Delain as a touring band with new musicians.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Sever" | Martijn Westerholt | Westerholt | 4:53 |
| 2. | "Frozen" | Westerholt, Charlotte Wessels | Westerholt | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Silhouette of a Dancer" | Wessels | Westerholt, Jan Yrlund | 5:25 |
| 4. | "No Compliance" | Westerholt | Westerholt | 5:10 |
| 5. | "See Me in Shadow" | Westerholt, Wessels | Westerholt | 4:41 |
| 6. | "Shattered" | Westerholt | Westerholt | 4:20 |
| 7. | "The Gathering" | Guus Eikens | Eikens | 3:35 |
| 8. | "Daylight Lucidity" | Westerholt, Eikens | Westerholt, Eikens | 4:36 |
| 9. | "Sleepwalkers Dream" | Westerholt, Wessels | Westerholt | 4:27 |
| 10. | "A Day for Ghosts" | Westerholt | Westerholt | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Pristine" | Rein Doze | Westerholt | 4:31 |
| 12. | "(Deep) Frozen" (bonus track) | Westerholt, Wessels | Westerholt | 4:46 |
| Japanese edition bonus track | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 13. | "Silhouette of a Dancer" (acoustic) | 3:23 |
| US edition bonus tracks[7] | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 13. | "Frozen" (acoustic) | 4:27 |
| 14. | "Silhouette of a Dancer" (acoustic) | 3:21 |
| 15. | "See Me in Shadow" (acoustic) | 3:36 |
| 16. | "No Compliance" (Charlotte only vocals) | 5:09 |
Personnel
- Band members
- Charlotte Wessels - lead vocals (except tracks 4 and 10)
- Martijn Westerholt - keyboards, orchestral arrangements, co-producer
- Session musicians
- Marco Hietala - lead vocals on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, bass guitar
- Ad Sluijter - guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 10
- Guus Eikens - guitar on tracks 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, keyboards on track 7, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11
- Ariën van Weesenbeek - drums
- Rosan van der Aa - backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11
- Guest musicians
- Sharon den Adel - lead vocals on track 4
- Liv Kristine - lead vocals on tracks 5 and 10
- George Oosthoek - grunts on tracks 3, 11, 12
- Jan Yrlund - guitar on tracks 1, 4, 5
- Oliver Phillips - guitar on track 4, orchestral arrangements, producer
- Rupert Gillett - cello on tracks 3, 4, 5
- Touring members
- Ronald Landa - guitars, backing vocals
- Rob van der Loo - bass
- Sander Zoer - drums
- Technical personnel
- Christian Moos, Tero Kinnunen, Daniël Gibson, Alexander Krull - engineers
- Stefan Helleblad - mixing
- Thomas Eberger - mastering
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