The Gathering

Well, not really a poll but I think this is the place to post it...

Hello everyone,

nice topic, huh? No, there's no Best-Of-CD planned (as far as i know... ) but since there's none available (yet) from The Gathering, I decided to make my own. It's not really for me, it's more like a giveaway to friends in order to introduce them to TG and hopefully make them listen to the regular albums too! And the first impression is usually the most important, right?

So here's the tracklist, I tried to include a great variety of different styles and moods (Note: At the time of compiling the CD, Home had not been released.):

1. Rollercoaster
2. Great Ocean Road
3. On Most Surfaces
4. Nighttime birds
5. Eléanor
6. In motion #1
7. In motion #2 (Sleepy buldings)
8. Marooned
9. Amity
10. Herbal movement
11. You learn about it
12. Saturnine (Sleepy buildings)
13. Travel


What do you think?
A good compilation to get people hooked up on TG? Should I get in contact with Psychonaut for a release ?
Do you have your own Best-Of-CD (Only limitation: 80 Minutes, it should fit on a CD - no mp3-Playlists) and want to post it here?

Best regards
Dominik

I'd say HTMAP as a compilation for those of the unknown.

ok, here we go:

having currently 2 TG era playlists:

1)

Strange Machines
Eleanor
Fear the Sea
Sand & Mercury
On Most Surfaces
Confusion
The May Song
In Power we Entrust
When the Sun Hits
Eleanor (Out of the Dark compilation)

2)

Great Ocean Road
Illuminating
Travel
Saturnine (SB)
These Good People
Even the Spirits are Afraid
Like Fountains (SB)
Alone (ASR)
Waking Hour
Forgotten
Home
Forgotten Reprise

Black Light District belongs to my faves but is too long to be included.

To introduce someone to the Gathering, I loan them my Souvenirs, HTMAP and Mandylion CDs. It gives a better idea than random songs here and there where you miss the general atmosphere of the album.

yeah, this is what i do too, but after my friends got already listened to the compilations i make for them (as they prefer "Best of" and don't have time to listen to each whole album)

with a compilation, i let them choose their fave atmosphere and lend them the album related to the songs they mostly appreciated in my best(s) of.

i thought it was the best solution to introduce the music.

the atmosphere is surely important ... but from my own experience, i mays say that what Music is for you does not necessarily represent the same for other people. Sometimes your listening, attention, passion may be really different.

interesting... well, that's my choice

Rollercoaster
Saturnine
Travel
On Most Surfaces
Confusion
Strange Machines
Eleanor
Sand & Mercury
Second Sunrise
Downfall

this is CD 1 .... I'm thinking about CD 2...

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TODOS

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Glória antiga, volta a nós!

I recently made such a CD.
It wasn't easy because while making my first tracklisting, I had so many songs that I needed 3 full CDs.
So, after further reviewing the tracklisting I managed to narrow my selection to 2 CDs, and here it is (still i miss a lot of songs ):

CD1
Your troubles are over
Bad movie scene
Shortest day
Waking hour
Monsters
In motion #1
Herval movement
Saturnine
Third chance
Even the spirits are afraid
Debris
On most surfaces
Broken glass

CD2
Confusion
Illuminating
Great ocean road
In motion #2 (sleepy buildings)
Home
Probably built in the fifties
Travel
Sand & mercury
Black light district

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On the other hand...we have different fingers!!

hehehe
ok
Disc One
1)Stonegarden (always ver.)or Gayas Dream
2)Sand and Mercury
3)Strange Machines
4)Leaves
5) In motion #2
6)On most surface
7)Kevins Telescope
Travel
9)Great Ocean Road
10)My electricity
11)Saturnine
12)Amity
Disc Two:
1)You learn about it
2)Monsters
3)Jelena
4)Waking Hour
5)Alone
6)A noise serve
7) Propably built in the 50s- live ver
In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated
9) Like Fountains [v2003]( from sleepy biuldings)
10)Black Light Disctrict

Weel..I think it'll be that way(not including songs from HOME for them are too recent to be compiled):
CD 1
1.The Mirror Waters 7:13
2.Her Last Flight 8:46
3.Third Chance 5:25
4.Rollercoaster 4:45
5.Like Fountains(original) 7:40
6.Strange Machines 6:04
7.You Learn About It 5:08
8.Leaves 6:01
9.King For a Day 6:37
10.Amity 5:57
11.Broken Glass 4:59
12.Liberty Bell 6:03
13.Mandylion 5:01

Running time:79:39

CD 2
1.On A Wave 5:51
2.The Blue Vessel 6:04
3.Souvenirs 6:06
4.On Most Surfaces 6:54
5.Travel 9:08
6.In Motion#1 6:56
7.In Motion#2 6:07
8.Kevin's Telescope 3:23
9.Nighttime Birds 6:57
10.Shot To Pieces 4:09
11.A Life All Mine 5:07
12.Analogue Park 6:05
13.Eleanor 6:41

Running Time:79:28

And of courseбsomething is out

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amity

CD #1 :
1. The big sleep
2. In between
3. Alone
4. In Motion #1
5. Kevin's Telescope
6. Nighttime Birds
7. Broken Glass
8. Stonegarden
9. Analog Park
10. Herbal Movement
11. On Most Surfaces
12. A life all mine
13. Fear the sea

CD #2 :
1. Great Ocean Road
2. Even the spirits are Afraid
3. Saturnine (SB version)
4. Probably Built in the fifties
5. A Noise Severe
6. Amity (SB version)
7. Box
8. Red is a slow Colour
9. Like Fountains
10. Sand and Mercury
11. Black Light District

Hard to choose (all the others tracks are rotten )

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How to measure a planet?? I don't know (mais toi tu le sais, Anneke!)

Ι can't think for which song should the first, or the second, in this cd, but I think a compilation must have these songs:

Strange Machines
Eleanor
Sand and Mercury
In Motion II (both Mandylion and SB editions!!! )

Amity

The Mirror Waters (Always version)

Black Light District

and all the others...

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Αγαπώ 13888!!!