The Gathering - How to Measure a Planet? VINYL

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Oct 4, 2009 Sold Date

Sep 27, 2009 Start Date

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The Gathering - How to Measure a Planet? VINYL

How to Measure a Planet? is a double album by the Dutch band The Gathering. It was originally released in 1999 by Century Media Records.

The Gathering had begun as a heavy metal band, making two albums in that style. In 1994, though, they gained a new vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen, who brought a much more subtle approach to the band, both vocally and lyrically. The Gathering then made two albums, Mandylion (1995) and Nighttime Birds (1997) which stood in a mostly heavy style, while pushing at the genre's boundaries. Over the course of these two albums guitarist René Rutten also changed styles to something more akin to progressive rock guitarists such as David Gilmour of Pink Floyd and King Crimson's Robert Fripp.

On How to Measure a Planet?, the band's fifth album, the Gathering wanted to push boundaries even further. They had already acknowledged the growing influence of such shoegazer bands as Slowdive and the more ethereal sounds of 4AD bands such as Dead Can Dance. Second guitarist Jelmer Wiersma didn't agree with the new direction and left amicably.

Eventually released as a double album, How to Measure a Planet? was produced and engineered by Attie Bauw, mostly at Bauwhaus Studios in Amsterdam. The performers were Anneke van Giersbergen (vocals and guitars), René Rutten (guitar and theremin), Frank Boeijen (keyboards), Hugo Prinsen Geerligs (bass) and Hans Rutten (drums). There were also extensive orchestrations on some tracks, although these were in fact programmed and played on "string synthesisers" rather than using an actual orchestra.

The track "Liberty Bell" was released as a single in Europe as well as in Canada via Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles #12 track 9.

How to Measure a Planet? remains something of a high point for the Gathering, with tracks from the album making up the majority of its two subsequent live albums, Superheat (2000) and Sleepy Buildings (2004).

LP 1

"Frail (You Might as Well Be Me)" – 5:04
"Great Ocean Road" – 6:19
"Rescue Me" – 6:22
"My Electricity" – 3:32
"Liberty Bell" – 6:01
"Red Is a Slow Colour" – 6:26
"The Big Sleep" – 5:01
"Marooned" – 5:56
"Travel" – 9:06

LP 2

"South American Ghost Ride" – 4:25
"Illuminating" – 5:41
"Locked Away" – 3:24
"Probably Built in the Fifties" – 7:26
"How to Measure a Planet?" – 28:33

Total Time: 103:19

Line-up / Musicians

- Frank Boeijen / keyboards
- Hugo Prinsen Geerligs / bass
- Anneke van Giersbergen / vocals, guitars on "My Electricity" and "Locked Away"
- Hans Rutten / drums
- René Rutten / guitars, Theremin on 'Rescue Me and 'Illuminating', Didgeridoo on 'South American Ghost Ride'
- Attie Bauw / programming and some percussion

BOTH COVER AND VINYL IN MINT CONDITION!

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