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Released
  
2005

Excerpts From Nostradamus - The Fate Of Man (2005)
  
Kayakoustic (2007)

Release date
  
2005

Label
  
SMH

Artist
  
Kayak

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Recorded
  
2005, at E-sound (Weesp), ABT (Hilversum), Heilige Geestkerk (Doetinchem), The Netherlands

Producer
  
Ton Scherpenzeel and Pim Koopman

Similar
  
Chance for a Live Time, The Anniversary Box, Nostradamus – The Fate of Man, Close to the Fire, The Last Encore

Excerpts From Nostradamus - The Fate Of Man is a studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. It is a shorter version of their double album Nostradamus - The Fate Of Man. The single CD contains 11 songs, plus "The Story Behind Nostradamus" in Dutch and English. The latter is a piece of spoken word, also used as voice-over at Nostradamus-concerts.

Contents

Track listing

(All lyrics by Irene Linders and Ton Scherpenzeel)

  1. "Friend Of The Stars" (Scherpenzeel) - 4:17
  2. "Celestial Science" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:50
  3. "Seekers Of Truth" (Koopman) - 4:14
  4. "Save My Wife" (Scherpenzeel) - 5:24
  5. "Pagan's Paradise" (Scherpenzeel) - 4:23
  6. "The Wandering Years" (Koopman) - 4:41
  7. "A Man With Remarkable Talents" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:30
  8. "Settle Down" (Scherpenzeel) - 4:21
  9. "Tell Me All" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:27
  10. "Living In Two Realities" (Scherpenzeel) - 4:11
  11. "Act Of Despair" (Koopman) - 4:22

Bonus tracks

  1. "The Story Behind Nostradamus" (English) - 13:16
  2. "Het Verhaal Achter Nostradamus" (Dutch) - 11:58

Members

  • Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, bass guitar, accordion, backing vocals
  • Pim Koopman - drums, keyboards, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Bert Heerink - lead and backing vocals ("The Astrologer")
  • Cindy Oudshoorn - lead and backing vocals ("The Astrologer's Second Wife")
  • Joost Vergoossen - guitars
  • Rob Vunderink - guitars, lead and backing vocals ("The Opposition")
  • Edward Reekers - lead and backing vocals, voice-over ("The Monk")
  • Monique van der Ster - lead and backing vocals ("The Queen")
  • Syb van der Ploeg - lead and backing vocals ("The Scientist")

    • Guests

  • Marjolein Teepen - vocals ("The Flying Squadron")
  • Eddy Koopman - percussion
  • Rens van der Zalm - fiddle
  • The Nostradamus Choir - vocals ("The People")
  • Valentijn Achterberg - voice ("The Boy")

    • Songs

    1Friends of the Stars4:22
    2Celestial Science3:54
    3Seekers of Truth4:16

    References

    Excerpts from Nostradamus – The Fate of Man Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA