* THIS IS AN ORIGINAL CD. NO CHEAPLY BURNED CD-R, NO RUSSIAN SCAM AND NO PROMO
* THIS CD IS IN PERFECT MINT CONDITION. SILVERPRESS, NEVER USED BEFORE AND STILL FACTORY-SEALED.
DESCRIPTION:
Tracklisting: 01. Shortest Day 02. In Between 03. Alone 04. Waking Hour 05. Fatigue 06. A Noise Severe 07. Forgotten 08. Solace 09. Your Troubles Are Over 10. Box 11. The Quiet One 12. Home 13. Forgotten Reprise "The key to 'Home' is sensitivity, and in a way this may have been a point learned from 'Sleepy Buildings'. There is still a trip-rock essence, but for the first time it works since it is a natural hybrid of the innovative extremities of 'Souvenirs' and 'How To Measure A Planet'. ... Certain musical themes lay a bedrock for each song which strengthens the musical foundations and ultimately provides greater authority: Shortest Day with its guitar fade-in/out effect which dominates the verse, In Between with its jumpy chords and Alone with its buzzing repetitive bassline. The Gathering have also not forgotten the extreme talents of their frontwoman and there are many moments on 'Home' where one is reminded of just how good she can be. Anneke plays with words and verbal rhythms as much as she does with the notes and vocals melodies, some of which are nothing short of stunning. Songs like Forgotten, which only contain Anneke and a piano, will make you stop everything you are doing in order to concentrate on the refinement of the music before you. Her intonation is as endearing as possible and just the way she can whisper a word like 'box' is crisp and sharp, and though there are moments in Waking Hour, one of the best songs on the album, where she actually misses some of the higher notes, one gets the impression that the range is intentionally too high for her so that she's forced to gasp the final strains of the song, choking on the high end of the stave but doing so with a certain humility
