Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening

Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening
Live album from The Gathering
Publication (s)	2004
admission	August 21 and 22, 2003
Label (s)	Century Media
Title (number)	14th
running time	72:39
occupation	Anneke van Giersbergen : vocals , guitar René Rutten: guitar Hugo Prinsen Geerligs: Bass Frank Boeijen: keyboard , piano Hans Rutten: drums
production	The Gathering
Studio (s)	LUX, Nijmegen
chronology Souvenirs (2003) Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening Home (2006)

Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening is a live album by the Dutch band The Gathering . It was published by Century Media in 2004 .

Creation and publication

At the beginning of 2003 Souvenirs had already appeared on the band's own label Psychonaut Records, but The Gathering were still obliged to publish one more time with Century Media. Instead of a simple compilation , they opted for a semi- acoustic live album with a cross-section of the first six studio albums. Performances for Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening were recorded on August 21 and 22, 2003 in Nijmegen . The recordings were mixed by Jan Schuurman, Wouter Nagtegaal, René Rutten and Frank Boeijen and mastered by Paul Schuurman.

Track list

1. Locked Away - 3:36 (Original on How to Measure a Planet? )
2. Saturnine - 4:54 (original on if_then_else )
3. Amity - 5:52 (original on if_then_else )
4. The Mirror Waters - 6:41 (Original on Always ... )
5. Red Is a Slow Color - 5:39 (Original on How to Measure a Planet? )
6. Sleepy Buildings - 2:55 (previously unreleased)
7. Travel - 9:08 (Original on How to Measure a Planet? )
8. Shrink - 2:58 (Original on Nighttime Birds )
9. In Motion # 2 - 4:29 (Original on Mandylion )
10. Stonegarden - 5:11 (Original on Always ... )
11. My Electricity - 3:23 (Original on How to Measure a Planet? )
12. Eléanor - 5:32 (Original on Mandylion )
13. Marooned - 5:31 (Original on How to Measure a Planet? )
14. Like Fountains - 6:45 (Original on Almost a Dance )

style

For the live album, pieces from the doom and gothic metal phase as well as from the band's alternative and progressive rock phase were rearranged for acoustic guitar and increased use of piano and keyboard. Anneke van Giersbergen's singing is even more central than usual in these calm and sparingly orchestrated versions. The mood is thoughtful and melancholy.

reception

“'Sleepy Buildings' is not for frickle or complexity fanatics, the focus here is on atmosphere. If you like gentle melancholy, you've come to the right place. "

- Jochen Rindfrey : Baby blue pages

“There was no escape here. Feelings galore, the soundtrack to a movie in your head. "

- Boris Kaiser : Rock Hard

Web links

• Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening at Allmusic (English)
• Reviews of Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening on the Babyblauen Seiten

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Baby Blue Prog Reviews: The Gathering: Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening , Baby Blue Pages , accessed on January 27, 2013.
2. ↑ John Serba: Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening on Allmusic , accessed on January 27, 2013.
3. ↑ Michael Edele: “Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening” by The Gathering , laut.de , accessed on January 27, 2013.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Boris Kaiser: The Gathering. Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening , Rock Hard # 201, accessed January 27, 2013.