If Then Else

if_then_else
Studio album by The Gathering
Released 25 July 2000
Recorded January to March 2000
Genre
Length 52:46
Label Century Media 77298-2
Producer The Gathering; co-produced by Zlaya Hadzich
The Gathering chronology
How To Measure A Planet?
(1998)How To Measure A Planet?1998		 if_then_else
(2000)		 Black Light District
(2002)Black Light District2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Chronicles of Chaos[3]
Metal Storm[4]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5[5]

if_then_else is the sixth studio album by the Dutch alternative rock band The Gathering. The album was released on 25 July 2000 through Century Media.

Background

The album was recorded at the Koeienverhuurbedrijf Studio, Purmerend, and at S&K Studio, Doetinchem between January and March, 2000, under the band's own guidance with Zlaya Hadzich as co-producer. The album was engineered by Zlaya Hadzich and Dick Kemper, mixed and mastered on Pro Tools by Attie Bauw at Bauwhaus Studio, Amsterdam in April 2000.

Its title combines two frequently used computer programming notations:

"Colorado Incident" is about a real-life experience of having to cancel a gig in Colorado because of overbooking, exhaustion and the band members' illnesses. Fans were frustrated, and the band was later very apologetic about this "incident".[6] (It is apparently not about the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, as often speculated.)

An excerpt of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is heard between "Analog Park" and "Herbal Movement".

Track listing

All lyrics written by Anneke van Giersbergen except when noted; all music composed by The Gathering.

No.TitleLength
1."Rollercoaster"4:45
2."Shot to Pieces"4:10
3."Amity"5:57
4."Bad Movie Scene"3:49
5."Colorado Incident" (René Rutten, van Giersbergen)4:53
6."Beautiful War"2:33
7."Analog Park"6:06
8."Herbal Movement"4:11
9."Saturnine"5:12
10."Morphia's Waltz"6:37
11."Pathfinder"4:39

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart[7] 47
German Albums Chart[8] 76

Additional musicians

  • Bart van Vegchel - French horn [tracks 1, 6, 11]
  • Ad Verspaandonk - Trombon [tracks 6, 11]
  • Emmeke Bressers - Oboe [track 6]
  • Jasper Slotboom - cello [track 6]
  • Marthe Kalkhoven - cello [track 6]
  • Jiska ter Bals - violin [tracks 3, 6, 9, 10, 11]

Notes

  1. ↑ allmusic ((( If_Then_Else > Overview)))
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ "CoC : The Gathering - ifthenelse : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
  4. ↑ "The Gathering - If_Then_Else review - Metal Storm". www.metalstorm.net.
  5. ↑ "The Gathering: if_then_else". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. February 5, 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Rutten, Hans. "The colorado incident". Disable Javascript before following link. Archived from the original on 2002-01-22. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
  7. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". www.dutchcharts.nl.
  8. ↑ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.officialcharts.de.
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