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The Human Equation is the sixth album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released under the name Ayreon. It was released on May 25, 2004. As with other Ayreon albums, it features guest appearances from several musicians previously unrelated to the project, including James LaBrie of Dream Theater, Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, Eric Clayton of Saviour Machine, and Devin Townsend, performing music arranged and written by Lucassen.

the album peaked at 7# at Dutch Albums Chart and at 50# at Germany Albums Top 50.

Studio Album, released in 2004

Songs / Tracks Listing 
CD 1:
1. Day One: Vigil (1:33)
2. Day Two: Isolation (8:42)
3. Day Three: Pain (4:58)
4. Day Four: Mystery (5:37)
5. Day Five: Voices (7:09)
6. Day Six: Childhood (5:05)
7. Day Seven: Hope (2:47)
8. Day Eight: School (4:22)
9. Day Nine: Playground (2:15)
10. Day Ten: Memories (3:57)
11. Day Eleven: Love (4:18) 

CD 2:
12. Day Twelve: Trauma (8:59)
13. Day Thirteen: Sign (4:47)
14. Day Fourteen: Pride (4:42)
15. Day Fifteen: Betrayal (5:24)
16. Day Sixteen: Loser (4:46)
17. Day Seventeen: Accident? (5:42)
18. Day Eighteen: Realization (4:31)
19. Day Nineteen: Disclosure (4:42)
20. Day Twenty: Confrontation (7:03)


Line-up / Musicians 
Musicians:
- Arjen "Ayreon" Lucassen / electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, analogue synthesizers, Hammond, Mellotron, additional keyboards, mandoline

Vocalists:
- Devon Graves (Dead Soul Tribe) as "Agony"
- Devin Townsend (SYL) as "Rage"
- Eric Clayton (Saviour Machine) as "Reason"
- Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) as "Fear"
- Magnus Ekwall (The Quill) as "Pride"
- Heather Findlay (Mostly Autumn) as "Love"
- Irene Jansen (Karma) as "Passion"
- James LaBrie (Dream Theater) as "Me"
- Marcela Bovio (Elfonia) as "Wife"
- Mike Baker (Shadow Gallery) as "Father"
- Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) as "Best Friend" 

Instrumentalists:
- Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep, Various) / Hammond (16)
- Oliver Wakeman (Nolan & Wakeman) / keyboards (17)
- Martin Orford (IQ, Jadis) / keyboards (15)
- Ed Warby (Gorefest, Various) / drums
- Joost van den Broek (Ayreon) / synthesizer (2), spinet (13)
- John McManus / Low-flute (13,16,18), tin-whistle (18)
- Jeroen Goossens / flute (3,5,9,14,18), alto-flute (2), bass flute (5,14), panpipes (6), descant and treble recorder (13), didgeridoo (16), bassoon (18)
- Robert Baba / violins
- Marieke van der Heyden / cello


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