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The West Pole

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Released
  
12 May 2009

Length
  
54:01

Artist
  
The Gathering

Producer
  
René Rutten

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Recorded
  
2008

The West Pole (2009)
  
City from Above (2009)

Release date
  
4 May 2009

Label
  
Psychonaut Records

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Similar
  
The Gathering albums, Progressive rock albums

The West Pole is the ninth studio album by The Gathering. It is the first album to feature the new vocalist Silje Wergeland, previous front woman of Octavia Sperati. This album also includes two guest singers, Dutch Anne van den Hoogen and Mexican Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion), as well as other guest musicians. Music videos were made of the songs "All You Are" and "No Bird Call".

Contents

Pale traces the gathering album the west pole


Personnel

Band members
  • Silje Wergeland - vocals and grand piano
  • René Rutten - electric and acoustic guitars, stylophone
  • Frank Boeijen - keyboards, piano, harmonium and vibraphone
  • Marjolein Kooijman - bass guitar
  • Hans Rutten - drums and percussions
    • Additional musicians
  • Marcela Bovio - vocals on track 8
  • Anne van den Hoogen - vocals on track 6, megaphone nonsense on track 1 and megaphone backing vocals on track 2
  • Jos van den Dungen - violin and viola on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8
  • John Mitchell - cello on tracks 3, 4, 5 and 8
  • Marije de Jong and Jonas Pap - narrative on track 4

    • Songs

    1When Trust Becomes Sound3:53
    2Treasure4:06
    3All You Are4:34

    References

    The West Pole Wikipedia
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