Fate of a Dreamer is an album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen under the name Ambeon, released in 2001 by Dutch music label Transmission Records. All of the ten tracks feature samples from and arrangements of Ayreon's songs, as noted below. The album was out of print for years, due to the closing of Transmission. The album was re-released in December 2011 with bonus tracks, and an accompanying acoustic CD covering various Ambeon and Ayreon tracks.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Astrid van der Veen
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Estranged"
2:51
2.
"Ashes"
5:29
3.
"High"
4:15
4.
"Cold Metal"
6:50
5.
"Fate"
7:45
6.
"Sick Ceremony"
3:44
7.
"Lost Message"
4:33
8.
"Surreal"
4:38
9.
"Sweet Little Brother"
6:08
10.
"Dreamer"
5:17
2011 Expanded Edition bonus tracks
No.
Title
Length
11.
"Cold Metal (Single Version)"
3:48
12.
"Merry-Go-Round"
4:45
13.
"High (Remix)"
3:29
2011 Expanded Edition Disc 2: The Unplugged Recordings
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Actual Fantasy"
1:25
2.
"Valley of the Queens"
2:39
3.
"Ashes"
3:15
4.
"Charm of the Seer"
3:29
5.
"Castle Hall"
4:33
6.
"Estranged"
2:49
7.
"Temple of the Cat"
3:32
8.
"Isis and Osiris"
6:09
9.
"High"
3:43
10.
"Garden of Emotions"
4:31
11.
"Sick Ceremony"
3:02
12.
"House on Mars"
5:22
13.
"Lost Message"
3:42
14.
"Into the Black Hole / Cold Metal"
5:10
Single
Cold Metal
Cold Metal
"Cold Metal" is the only single from this album. It has samples of Ayreon's "Into the Black Hole", from the album Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator.
Track listing
"Cold Metal (Remix Single Version)"
"Merry-Go-Round"
"High (Remix)"
"Cold Metal (Album Version)"
Personnel
Astrid van der Veen – vocals, background vocals
Arjen Lucassen – acoustic and electric guitar, keys, samples
Stephen van Haestregt – acoustic and electronic drums, percussion
Walter Latupeirissa – bass, fretless bass
Guest musicians
John McManus – alto flute, uilleann pipes
Pat McManus – viola
Erik Norlander – synthesizers
Lana Lane – reversed background vocals
Ayreon's song reference
"Estranged": "Ye Courtyard Minstrel Boy" (from The Final Experiment)
"Ashes": "Back on Planet Earth" (from Actual Fantasy)
"High": "The Shooting Company of Captain Frans B. Cocq" (from Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer)
"Cold Metal": "Into the Black Hole" (from Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator)
"Fate": "Welcome to the New Dimension" and "Forever of the Stars" (both from Into the Electric Castle)
