| 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves | ||||
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| Released | 17 May 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 15–17 September 2023 | |||
| Genre | Progressive metal, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 2:14:48 | |||
| Label | Mascot Label Group / Music Theories | |||
| Producer | Arjen Anthony Lucassen | |||
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01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves is a live albumbyArjen Lucassen's progressive rock/metal rock opera project Ayreon, released on 17 May 2024.[1] It is a live version of the 2008 concept album 01011001, which was filmed during a series of five concerts performed in September 2023 in the 013 venue in Tilburg, Netherlands.[2]
After performing the previous Ayreon live album Electric Castle Live and Other Tales in 2019, plans were made for a new set of concerts to be held in 2021.[3] These plans were delayed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, unsure about post-pandemic demand for the shows, Arjen Lucassen announced three 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves shows to be performed on 15–17 September 2023.[4] After the initial three shows sold out in minutes, two matinée shows were added, for a total of five shows played in three days. The evening performance of the Sunday 17 September show was the main recording used for the live album.[5]
Of the seventeen singers on the original album, twelve returned to perform the live shows. In addition, four additional guest lead vocalists and three backup singers completed the vocalist lineup. As the singers on the album do not have unique characters they perform, vocal parts were not strictly distributed based on the performers of the original album.[6]
After performing the album in its entirety, the cast performed several songs from other Lucassen albums: "This Human Equation" from the 2020 Ayreon album Transitus, "Fate of Man" from the Star One album Revel in Time and "The Day That the World Breaks Down" from the Ayreon album The Source.
All tracks are written by Arjen Lucassen, except melodies by Anneke van Giersbergen for "We Are Forever"[a] and "Waking Dreams" and melodies by Jonas Renkse for "We Are Forever"[a], "Waking Dreams", "Unnatural Selection", "2085"[b].
| No. | Title | Lead vocalists[c] | Length |
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| 1. | "March of the Machines" | 2:45 | |
| 2. | "Age of Shadows" | Tom S. Englund, Michael Mills, Daniel Gildenlöw, Hansi Kürsch, Brittney Slayes, Jonas Renkse, Anneke van Giersbergen, John Jaycee Cuijpers | 10:26 |
| 3. | "Comatose" | Van Giersbergen, Damian Wilson | 4:22 |
| 4. | "Liquid Eternity" | Renkse, Gildenlöw, Maggy Luyten, Wilson, Englund, Slayes | 7:45 |
| 5. | "Connect the Dots" | Arjen Lucassen | 4:30 |
| 6. | "Beneath the Waves" | Gildenlöw, Wilson, Van Giersbergen, Mills, Slayes, Kürsch, Englund, Cuijpers | 8:25 |
| 7. | "Newborn Race" | Gildenlöw, Slayes, Englund, Renkse, Wilson, Kürsch, Cuijpers | 8:03 |
| 8. | "Ride the Comet" | Renkse, Slayes, Englund, Luyten | 4:45 |
| 9. | "Web of Lies" | Simone Simons, Phideaux Xavier[d] | 2:47 |
| 10. | "The Fifth Extinction" | Van Giersbergen, Wilson, Mills, Cuijpers, Englund, Gildenlöw, Kürsch, Renkse, Slayes | 10:43 |
| 11. | "Waking Dreams" | Renkse, Van Giersbergen | 6:35 |
| 12. | "The Truth Is in Here" | Lucassen, Liselotte Hegt | 5:19 |
| 13. | "Unnatural Selection" | Englund, Mills, Cuijpers, Wilson, Kürsch, Renkse, Irene Jansen, Marcela Bovio | 7:23 |
| 14. | "River of Time" | Kürsch, Wilson | 4:06 |
| 15. | "E=mc2" | Wudstik, Marjan Welman | 5:19 |
| 16. | "The Sixth Extinction" | Englund, Mills, Kürsch, Gildenlöw, Renkse, Slayes, Wilson, Cuijpers, Van Giersbergen, Hegt, Lucassen, Luyten, Simons, Welman, Wudstik | 12:12 |
| 17. | "Speech" | 6:50 | |
| 18. | "This Human Equation" | Simons | 3:54 |
| 19. | "Fate of Man" | Slayes | 5:40 |
| 20. | "The Day That the World Breaks Down" | Wilson, Gildenlöw, Jan Willem Ketelaers, Simons, Luyten, Cuijpers, Kürsch, Mills, Englund, Van Giersbergen, Bovio, Jansen | 12:59 |
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| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] | 2 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] | 29 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[9] | 4 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10] | 18 |
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