''Fate of a Dreamer'' is an album by Dutch singer and musician

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under the name Ambeon, released in 2001 by Dutch music label Transmission Records. All of the ten tracks feature samples from and

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'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

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Track listing

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 (Remix Single Version)" # "Merry-Go-Round" # "High (Remix)" # "Cold Metal (Album Version)"

Personnel

*Astrid van der Veen – vocals, background vocals *

Arjen Lucassen Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 3 April 1960) is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer, best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. Lucassen started his career in 1980 as th ...

– acoustic and electric guitar, keys, samples *

Stephen van Haestregt Stephen van Haestregt (born 12 September 1972 in Westdorpe) is a Dutch drummer, best known as the drummer of the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation until his departure in 2010. During the mid-late 1990s,Van Haestregt was drummer with ...

– acoustic and electronic drums, percussion *Walter Latupeirissa – bass, fretless bass

Guest musicians

*John McManus – alto flute,

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*Pat McManus – viola *

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– synthesizers *

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– reversed background vocals

Ayreon's song reference

*"Estranged": "Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy" (from ''

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'') *"Ashes": "Back on Planet Earth" (from ''

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'') *"High": "The Shooting Company of Captain Frans B. Cocq" (from '' Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer'') *"Cold Metal": "Into the Black Hole" (from '' Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator'') *"Fate": "Welcome to the New Dimension" and "Forever of the Stars" (both from ''

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'') *"Sick Ceremony": "Magic Ride" (from ''

'') *"Lost Message": "The Charm of the Seer" (from ''

'') and "Carried by the Wind" (from '' Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer'') *"Surreal": "And the Druids Turn to Stone" and "Carried by the Wind" (both from '' Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer'') *"Sweet Little Brother": "2084" (from '' Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer'') *"Dreamer": "Computer Eyes" (from ''

'') *"Merry-Go-Round": "The Dawn of Man" (from ''

'')

References

{{Authority control 2001 debut albums Ambeon albums Transmission (record label) albums