Fate of a Dreamer
Fate of a Dreamer is an album by Dutch singer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen under the name Ambeon, released in 2001 by Dutch music label Transmission Records. All of the ten tracks feature samples from and arrangements of Ayreon's songs, as noted below. The album was out of print for years, due to the closing of Transmission. The album was re-released in December 2011 with bonus tracks, and an accompanying acoustic CD covering various Ambeon and Ayreon tracks.
Single
Cold Metal
"Cold Metal" is the only single from this album. It has samples of Ayreon's "Into the Black Hole", from the album Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator.Track listing
- "Cold Metal "
- "Merry-Go-Round"
- "High "
- "Cold Metal "
Personnel
- Astrid van der Veen – vocals, background vocals
- Arjen Lucassen – acoustic and electric guitar, keys, samples
- Stephen van Haestregt – acoustic and electronic drums, percussion
- Walter Latupeirissa – bass, fretless bass
Guest musicians
- John McManus – alto flute, uilleann pipes
- Pat McManus – viola
- Erik Norlander – synthesizers
- Lana Lane – reversed background vocals
Ayreon's song reference
- "Estranged": "Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy"
- "Ashes": "Back on Planet Earth"
- "High": "The Shooting Company of Captain Frans B. Cocq"
- "Cold Metal": "Into the Black Hole"
- "Fate": "Welcome to the New Dimension" and "Forever of the Stars"
- "Sick Ceremony": "Magic Ride"
- "Lost Message": "The Charm of the Seer" and "Carried by the Wind"
- "Surreal": "And the Druids Turn to Stone" and "Carried by the Wind"
- "Sweet Little Brother": "2084"
- "Dreamer": "Computer Eyes"
- "Merry-Go-Round": "The Dawn of Man"