Ayreon: The Human Equation / Green LP (3 LP) - Ayreon

Album skúma myšlienku psychologického znovuzrodenia a sleduje príbeh muža, ktorý po tom, čo upadol do kómy po autonehode, je konfrontovaný so svojou minulosťou, svojimi emóciami a súčasnou situáciou, keď leží uväznený vo svojej vlastnej mysli. Okolnosti havárie sú záhadné, keďže muž („Ja“, ktorého stvárnil James LaBrie) narazil za bieleho dňa do stromu na opustenej ceste. Následne sa dostane do dvadsaťdňovej kómy, pričom každý deň predstavuje jedna pieseň. Každá skladba má trochu iný formát, aj keď existujú hlavné spoločné témy, ako napríklad prítomnosť zjavných emócií Me v jeho vysnívanom svete vrátane Strachu (Mikael Akerfeldt), Rozumu (Eric Clayton) a Pride (Magnus Ekwall); prítomnosť Me's Wife (Marcela Bovio) a Best Friend (Arjen Anthony Lucassen) pri jeho posteli; a minulé udalosti, o ktorých som nútený uvažovať.

LP 1:1. Day One: Vigil2. Day Two: Isolation3. Day Three: Pain4. Day Four: Mystery5. Day Five: Voices6. Day Six: Childhood7. Day Seven: Hope8. Day Eight: School9. Day Nine: Playground10. Day Ten: Memories11. Day Eleven: Love

LP 2:1. Day Twelve: Trauma2. Day Thirteen: Sign3. Day Fourteen: Pride4. Day Fifteen: Betrayal5. Day Sixteen: Loser6. Day Seventeen: Accident?7. Day Eighteen: Realization8. Day Nineteen: Disclosure9. Day Twenty: Confrontation

LP 3:1. August Fire2. No Quarter3. Space Oddity4. Day Six - Childhood (Acoustic Version)5. How You Gonna See Me Now6. Bloopers7. Untitled Instrumental8. When I'm Sixty-Four9. Loser (Star One Version)10. No Quarter (Alternative Version)11. Back 2 Me (Dance Mix)

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Remixed and remastered classic Ayreon album, originally released in 2004, with bonus tracks from the Ayreon archives. The Human Equation was the sixth album from the progressive rock project Ayreon by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. As with other Ayreon albums, it features guest appearances from several musicians previously unrelated to the project, including James LaBrie of Dream Theater, Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, Eric Clayton of Saviour Machine, and Devin Townsend, performing music arranged and written by Lucassen.

The album explores the idea of psychological rebirth, and follows the story of a man who, after falling into a coma following a car crash, is confronted with his past, his emotions, and his current situation as he lays trapped inside his own mind. The circumstances surrounding the crash are mysterious, as the man ("Me", portrayed by James LaBrie) ploughed into a tree on a deserted road in broad daylight. Following this, he slips into a twenty-day coma, with each day represented by a single song. Each song follows a slightly different format, though there are major common themes, such as the presence of Me's manifest emotions in his dream world including Fear (Mikael Åkerfeldt), Reason (Eric Clayton), and Pride (Magnus Ekwall); the presence of Me's Wife (Marcela Bovio) and Best Friend (Arjen Anthony Lucassen) at his bedside; and the past events that Me is forced to reflect on.