Home (The Gathering album)

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Home
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Studio album by
Released15 April 2006 (except North America)
18 April 2006 (North America)
Recorded2005–2006
StudioLa Divina Commedia Church in Maurik, Netherlands
Genre
Length60:25
Label Noise/Sanctuary (except North America)
The End Records (North America)
Producer Attie Bauw
The Gathering chronology
Sleepy Buildings
(2004)
Home
(2006)
The West Pole
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5 [2]

Home is the eighth studio album by Dutch band The Gathering. The album was released on 15 April 2006 by Sanctuary Records through its heavy metal label Noise. The album had a separate release in North America which took place on 18 April 2006 by Brooklyn-based label The End Records. It was the last album to feature lead singer and lyricist Anneke van Giersbergen.

Contents

In an interview for the San Diego–based magazine Modern Fix, drummer Hans Rutten described Home as being "more stripped-down...Souvenirs was quite structured and was quite heavy to make. This one is more simple, I think, but still there, still in a Gathering kind of way. But rhythmically speaking, it's more stripped-down, it's more primitive, I think. I think 'primitive' is a good word...it's more instinctive (and) more primitive. It's not as layered as Souvenirs, and maybe it's less 'trippish.' Maybe it's more...yeah, primitive trip-rock, something like that." [3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Anneke van Giersbergen; all music is composed by The Gathering

No.TitleLength
1."Shortest Day"4:13
2."In Between"4:44
3."Alone"4:57
4."Waking Hour"5:38
5."Fatigue"1:49
6."A Noise Severe"6:07
7."Forgotten"3:25
8."Solace"3:51
9."Your Troubles Are Over"3:46
10."Box"4:44
11."The Quiet One"2:16
12."Home"6:58
13."Forgotten Reprise"7:59
Total length:60:25

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart [4] 34
French Albums Chart [5] 58
Hungarian Albums Chart [6] 31

Personnel

Production

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References

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