Best Songs on Ayreon's 01011001

01011001 is the seventh studio album by Ayreon - Arjen Lucassen's long-running project.
"01011001" is the binary representation of the ASCII value of the letter Y.

This is a concept about a race of aquatic beings living on Planet Y. They have advanced to the point that they have become completely dependent on machines and are losing their emotions.

Genre: Progressive rock
It was released in 2008: CD 1 - "Y", CD 2 - "Earth"

Seventeen singers in total (including Lucassen himself) contributed to the album (most of them are metal singers) - Hansi Kürsch, Daniel Gildenlöw, Floor Jansen, Jørn Lande, Simone Simons, Jonas Renkse, Anneke van Giersbergen, Steve Lee, Tom Englund, and more.

The album was a commercial and critical success.

The Top Ten

1 Age of Shadows

The Allmusic reviewer wrote about this album "Music this over the top almost defies criticism. Reviewing it is like reviewing the world's tallest building. It doesn't care; it just goes on and on."

2 The Sixth Extinction

3 Beneath the Waves

4 Liquid Eternity

5 The Fifth Extinction

6 Ride the Comet

7 River of Time

8 E=Mc2

9 Waking Dreams

10 Comatose

Vox: Anneke van Giersbergen, Jorn Lande
A soft song with a very beautiful duet. At times Jorn Lande sounds like the melancholy David Coverdale (Whitesnake, ex-Deep Purple)

The Contenders

11 Newborn Race

12 Unnatural Selection

13 The Truth is in Here

14 Connect the Dots

15 Web of Lies

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