The Gathering - 'Mandylion' (official album stream)

Band: The Gathering
Album: "Mandylion"
Type: Full length
Release date: August 1995
Label: Century Media

Track listing:
1. Strange Machines 06:04
2. Eléanor 06:41
3. In Motion #1 06:56
4. Leaves 06:01
5. Fear the Sea 05:49
6. Mandylion 05:01
7. Sand and Mercury 09:57
8. In Motion #2 06:07

Band members:
Anneke van Giersbergen - Vocals, Lyrics
René Rutten - Guitars, Flute
Jelmer Wiersma - Guitars
Frank Boeijen -Synthsizers
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - Bass
Hans Rutten - Drums, Bells, Tambourine, Windchimes

Miscellaneous staff:
Waldemar Sorychta - Producer, Engineering
Siggi Bemm - Producer, Engineering
Jack Tillmanns - Photography

All music by: The Gathering
All lyrics by: Anneke van Giersbergen

Recorded & mixed June 1st - June 16th 1995 at Woodhouse Studios, Hagen, Germany
Mastered at DMS
Produced by The Gathering as well
Photo taken by Jack Tillmanns
Picture taken at De Refter, Ubbergen, Holland
A music video was made for the song Leaves

Bonus tracks for Japan:
09. Adrenaline (04:13)
10. Third Chance (05:37)

Also released on Picture Disc LP, limited to 1,500 copies. Re-released as a Deluxe Edition by Century Media on 11/21/05 with a bonus 2nd disc of previously unreleased demos from the Mandylion era:

1. In Motion #1 (7:28)
2. Mandylion (4:42)
3. Solar Glider (Instrumental) (4:35)
4. Eleanor (6:38)
5. In Motion #2 (7:18)
6. Third Chance (5:53)
7. Fear the Sea (6:29)

Track 1-3: Beaufort Studio (June 1994) Demo
Track 4-7: Tilburg, Double Noise Studio (Early 1995) Demo

Re-released in 2012 by Century Media as Limited Special 2CD Edition to celebrate the label's 25th Anniversary. The content of the bonus live CD is the same as previously released on the 2008 box set "Sand and Mercury" CD7. Bonus CD tracks 1 to 7 recorded live at Dynamo Open Air, 1996. Tracks 8 to 13 recorded live in Krakow, 1997.