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Lucidity is the debut full-length album by the Dutch symphonic metal band, Delain. It was released on 4 September 2006 by Roadrunner Records. It was released in the US by Sensory Records on 22 June 2010.[5] In 2016 the band celebrated their 10th anniversary by re-releasing the album.

Lucidity
Studio album by Delain
Released	4 September 2006 (2006-09-04)
Recorded	Spacelab Studio, Grefrath, Germany Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland (Marko's bass and vocals) Mastersound Studio, Steinheim, Germany (Liv's vocals) somewhere in the Netherlands (Sharon's vocals)
Genre	Symphonic metal, gothic metal
Length	54:44
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Oliver Philipps, Martijn Westerholt
Delain chronology
Amenity (2002) Lucidity (2006) April Rain (2009)
Singles from Lucidity
"Frozen" Released: 8 January 2007 "See Me in Shadow" Released: 2 July 2007 "Shattered" Released: 2007 "The Gathering" Released: 13 December 2008

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
About.com	[2]
Metal Storm	[3]
Sonic Cathedral	[4]

After the disbandment of the band which had recorded the Amenity demo, the keyboard player and main composer Martijn Westerholt decided to retain lead vocalist Charlotte Wessels and to record an album with the best session musicians available, without the perspective of bringing the songs on tour. He recruited for the project Marko Hietala on vocals and bass, Ad Sluijter, Guus Eikens and Jan Yrlund on guitars and Ariën van Weesenbeek on drums. Guest vocalists on the album were Sharon den Adel, Liv Kristine, and George Oosthoek.

The album was recorded in different periods during 2005 and 2006 to accommodate the availability of the many musicians involved, often on tour with their bands.

Lucidity peaked at No. 43 in Dutch charts[6] and the success of the album pushed Westerholt to reorganize Delain as a touring band with new musicians.

In 2021, it was elected by Metal Hammer as the 20th best symphonic metal album.[7]

Track listing

Personnel

Band members

• Charlotte Wessels - lead vocals (except tracks 4 and 10)
• Martijn Westerholt - keyboards, orchestral arrangements, co-producer

Session musicians

• Marko Hietala - lead vocals on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, bass guitar on all tracks
• Ad Sluijter - guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 10
• Guus Eikens - guitar on tracks 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, keyboards on track 7, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11
• Ariën van Weesenbeek - drums
• Rosan van der Aa - backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11

Guest musicians

• Sharon den Adel - lead vocals on track 4
• Liv Kristine - lead vocals on tracks 5 and 10
• George Oosthoek - grunts on tracks 3, 11, 12
• Jan Yrlund - guitar on tracks 1, 4, 5
• Oliver Phillips - guitar on track 4, orchestral arrangements, producer
• Rupert Gillett - cello on tracks 3, 4, 5

Touring members

• Ronald Landa - guitars, backing vocals
• Rob van der Loo - bass
• Sander Zoer - drums

Technical personnel

• Christian Moos, Tero Kinnunen, Daniël Gibson, Alexander Krull - engineers
• Stefan Helleblad - mixing
• Thomas Eberger - mastering

References

External links

• Metallum Archives

На других языках

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- [en] Lucidity (album)

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[es] Lucidity

Lucidity es el primer álbum de estudio de la banda de metal sinfónico neerlandesa, Delain. El CD se caracteriza por tener la presencia de varios artistas invitados de diversas bandas del ámbito del género musical de este grupo. El álbum fue lanzado finalmente el 4 de septiembre de 2006, después de varios retrasos. El CD contiene el bonus track "Deep Frozen" (la cual es una versión con growls del tema "Frozen") y el video making-of del álbum "Making of Lucidity". El primer sencillo del álbum, así como el primero del grupo es Frozen. El segundo es See Me In Shadow y el tercero es The Gathering, lanzado en 2008.

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[ru] Lucidity

Lucidity (с англ. — «Ясность») — дебютный студийный альбом голландской симфо-метал-группы Delain, выпущенный 4 сентября 2006 года. Альбом также был выпущен в США на лейбле Sensory Records 22 июня 2010. Lucidity мог быть издан ещё в апреле 2006 г., но его выпуск был отложен сначала на конец мая, затем до 21 августа. На официальном сайте группы были выложены отрывки песен, полные версии «Sleepwalker’s Dream», «The Gathering», а также видеоклип на песню «Frozen».

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