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Release date: 1998
Style: Experimental rock

Rating:

8.7 | 184 votes

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15 want it


Disc I
01. Frail
02. Great Ocean Road
03. Rescue Me
04. My Electricity
05. Liberty Bell
06. Red Is A Slow Color
07. The Big Sleep
08. Marooned
09. Travel

Disc II
01. South American Ghost Ride
02. Illuminating
03. Locked Away
04. Probably Built In The Fifties
05. How To Measure A Planet?

Top 20 albums of 1998: 14

Review
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Guest review by
Joey Jo Jo

Rating:
10
Bands can sometimes make painful sounds akin to nails on a black board when transitioning between styles. Especially if the band members aren't sure in which direction they want to go. However, for The Gathering, they make it seem as easy as breathing with their seamless transition and seemingly effortless excursion into some pretty experimental territory on "How To Measure a Planet?". It isn't such a far fetched idea that all the members of the Gathering have been blessed with ESP since an album of this magnitude must've taken perfect chemistry between all members to make.

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published 03.10.2007 | Comments (5)

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Vonpire - 20.02.2010 at 04:39  
Rating: 10 My Fav album... EVER!

Masterpiece, Travel best song ever!
tirim4 - 08.07.2011 at 22:13  
Rating: 10 This album is kinda funny for me... I started out rating it as a six and though it was my least favorite The Gathering album. I Suppose I hadn't listened enough to it as during the last few months I have gradually improved the rating which is now a 10 for me. It's just a masterpiece! Heavy yet soothing and melodic. There are just some parts of this album I just can sit and listen to over and over again, like the second part of "Probably Build In The Fifties" or the title track's awesome riff, not to mention "Travel", one of the greatest masterpieces I've ever heard. The Gathering is successfully experimenting and creating a unnameable genre. It's the perfect middle station in between the heavier sound of Nighttime Birds and Mandylion and their later softer style.
Kenos - 20.08.2011 at 21:57  
  "All I want is to be where you are..."
musicalkaratekid - 22.10.2012 at 01:09  
Rating: 10 Never have I been so enchanted by an album of 'How to measure a Planet?'s grandiose quality. It is, truly and honestly for me, a flawless piece of work. I remember being shocked when the only album I had heard by the band was the Gothic Metal/Death-Doom Debut 'Always...', and then listening to this out of sheer curiosity-But that's exactly why it has to be listened to more than once to get to grips with its overall sound. At a monstrously large 103 minutes you could say that it is too long, but this isn't too long at all-It's long enough, yet it feels like a lifetime-But this lifetime is one that can be fully enjoyed. The title track and 'Travel' alone are worthy buying.

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