If_Then_Else

by The Gathering

If_Then_Else cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 July 2000
  • Label: Century Media
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 52:47
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Emmeke Bressers, Jiska Ter Bals, Marthe Kalkhoven, Jasper Slotboom, Ad Verspaandonk, Anneke van Giersbergen, Bart Van Vegchel, Zlaya Hadzich

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Completing their fascinating evolution entirely away from gothic doom metal, the Dutch band embraced an incredibly lush, trip-hop infused alternative rock sound. The album is a profoundly melancholic, atmospheric masterclass, entirely elevated by Anneke van Giersbergen's breathtakingly powerful and emotive vocal performances.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, melodic, female-vocals, downtempo, ambient

Tracklist

  1. Rollercoaster (4:45)
  2. Shot To Pieces (4:10)
  3. Amity (5:57)
  4. Bad Movie Scene (3:49)
  5. Colorado Incident (4:53)
  6. Beautiful War (2:32)
  7. Analog Park (6:05)
  8. Herbal Movement (4:10)
  9. Saturnine (5:11)
  10. Morphia's Waltz (6:37)
  11. Pathfinder (4:38)

Credits

  • Frank Boeijen - arranged by [strings and brass arrangements], performer [the gathering:], keyboards, drum programming [drumloops], keyboards, loops [505 loops], keyboards, organ [hammond], upright piano, keyboards, electric piano [fender rhodes], keyboards, upright piano, organ [hammond], upright piano, electric piano [wurlitzer]
  • Jasper Slotboom - guest, cello
  • Marthe Kalkhoven - guest, cello
  • Bart Van Vegchel - guest, french horn
  • Emmeke Bressers - guest, oboe [hobo & oboe]
  • Ad Verspaandonk - guest, trombone
  • Jiska Ter Bals - guest, violin
  • Anneke van Giersbergen - lyrics by, performer [the gathering:], vocals, written-by

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