How to Measure a Planet?
by The Gathering
- Type: Album
- Released: 9 November 1998
- Label: Century Media
- Country: Netherlands
- Length: 1:43:19
- Community rating: 3.91/5 from 10 ratings
Artists on this release: Anneke van Giersbergen
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Moving decisively away from gothic metal, The Gathering creates a deeply peaceful, sprawling journey of art rock and trip-hop on 'How to Measure a Planet?'. Anneke van Giersbergen's ethereal vocals soar over warm, melodic, and highly progressive space-rock atmospheres.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, melodic, progressive, space, sprawling
Tracklist
- Frail (5:04)
- Great Ocean Road (6:19)
- Rescue Me (6:22)
- My Electricity (3:32)
- Liberty Bell (6:01)
- Red Is a Slow Colour (6:25)
- The Big Sleep (5:01)
- Marooned (5:55)
- Travel (9:06)
- South American Ghost Ride (4:25)
- Illuminating (5:41)
- Locked Away (3:23)
- Probably Built In the Fifties (7:26)
- How to Measure a Planet? (28:32)
Credits
- The Gathering - primary artist, arranged by, management [contact]
- Attie Bauw - arranged by, producer, engineer, mixed by, programmed by [programming], percussion [some percussion]
- Miracle Prestige International - booking [worldwide representation]
- Nick Peel - booking [worldwide representation]
- Carsten Drescher - layout, design
- Media Logistics - layout, design
- Anneke van Giersbergen - lyrics by, performer [the gathering], vocals, guitar, written-by, vocal
- Mojo Management - management [business management], booking [benelux representation]
- Rob Trommelen - management [business management], booking [benelux representation]
- Chris Blair - mastered by
- Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - performer [the gathering], bass, written-by
- Hans Rutten - performer [the gathering], drums
- Ren茅 Rutten - performer [the gathering], guitar, written-by, theremin, didgeridoo
- Frank Boeijen - performer [the gathering], keyboards, written-by
- Jack Tillmanns - photography by [bandphoto]