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by Dutch singer and musician

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project/ supergroup

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. It features songs from their debut album '' Space Metal'', but also numerous songs from Lucassen's other project

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. The album was recorded live on 5 October 2002 at Lucky & Co in

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by Andreas Grotenhoff (audial mobile-Recording studio, Germany) and is the first live album Lucassen had ever recorded.

Track listing

Disc one

#"Intro/Lift Off" - 1:34 #"Set Your Controls" - 6:19 #"High Moon" - 5:28 #"Dreamtime" - 2:55 #"Eyes of Time" - 3:50 #"Songs of the Ocean" - 5:59 #" Dawn of a Million Souls" - 5:17 #" The Dream Sequencer" - 6:03 #" Into the Black Hole" - 11:28 #"Actual Fantasy" - 1:26 #"Valley of the Queens" - 3:23

Disc two

#"Isis and Osiris" - 8:48 #"Amazing Flight in Space" - 8:00 #"Intergalactic Space Crusaders" - 5:15 #"Castle Hall" - 4:58 #"The Eye of Ra" - 9:16 #"Starchild" - 9:22 #"The Two Gates" - 14:35

Bonus DVD features

*Photo gallery *Behind the Scenes *"

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’" (Rijssen) *"Intergalactic Laxative" (Tilburg) *"Dreamtime" with Edward Reekers (Tilburg) The DVD also comes with two extra tracks: a keyboard and a bass solo.

Personnel

* Sir Russell Allen -

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- vocals *

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- vocals *

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- vocals *

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*Joost van den Broek - keyboards *

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Special appearances

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- vocals * Ewa Albering -

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References

External links

Star One's official homepage
* {{Authority control Star One albums 2003 live albums Inside Out Music live albums 2000s live video albums 2003 video albums Inside Out Music video albums