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2009 studio album by The Gathering
The West Pole is the ninth studio album by the Dutch rock band The Gathering . It is the first album to feature the new vocalist Silje Wergeland , previous frontwoman of Octavia Sperati . This album also includes two guest singers, Dutch Anne van den Hoogen and Mexican Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion ), as well as other guest musicians. Music videos were made of the songs "All You Are" and "No Bird Call".
Track listing [ edit ]
Title Lyrics Music 1. "When Trust Becomes Sound" Instrumental René Rutten 3:53 2. "Treasure" Silje Wergeland René Rutten 4:06 3. "All You Are" Silje Wergeland René Rutten 4:34 4. "The West Pole" Silje Wergeland René Rutten 6:35 5. "No Bird Call" Silje Wergeland Frank Boeijen 5:38 6. "Capital of Nowhere" Anne van den Hoogen René Rutten 6:35 7. "You Promised Me a Symphony" Silje Wergeland Silje Wergeland 2:54 8. "Pale Traces" Marcela Bovio Frank Boeijen 7:46 9. "No One Spoke" Silje Wergeland Frank Boeijen 4:32 10. "A Constant Run" Silje Wergeland Frank Boeijen 7:44 Total length: 54:01
Personnel [ edit ]
Band members
Silje Wergeland – vocals and grand piano
René Rutten – electric and acoustic guitars, stylophone
Frank Boeijen – keyboards, piano, harmonium and vibraphone
Marjolein Kooijman – bass guitar
Hans Rutten – drums and percussions
Additional musicians
Marcela Bovio – vocals on track 8
Anne van den Hoogen – vocals on track 6, megaphone nonsense on track 1 and megaphone backing vocals on track 2
Jos van den Dungen – violin and viola on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8
John Mitchell – cello on tracks 3, 4, 5 and 8
Marije de Jong and Jonas Pap – narrative on track 4
References [ edit ]
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