(if) is the ninth full-length studio album of the German darkwave band Diary of Dreams , released March 13, 2009 . The video for the track "The Wedding" was the band's first major video release .
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| Studio Album Diary of Dreams | ||||
| Date of issue |
 May 5, 2009 | |||
| Recorded by | 2008-2009 White Room Studio | |||
| Genres | darkwave | |||
| Duration | 65:00 | |||
| Producer | Adrian Heights | |||
| A country |  Germany | |||
| Language of songs | English | |||
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| Accession records | A 111 | |||
| Timeline of Diary of Dreams | ||||
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As on the previous album, the photos for the booklet were taken by Annie Bertram, and Ingo Romlin was involved in the design. The limited edition album includes a “bonus” disc called G (if) t with four additional songs [1] [2] .
Content
- 1 List of Songs
- 1.1 Limited Edition
- 2 worked on the album
- 2.1 Technical composition
- 3 reviews
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
List of Songs
| No. | Title | The words | Music | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one. | "The Wedding" | 05:47 | ||
| 2. | "Requiem 4.21" | 05:31 | ||
| 3. | Odyssey Asylum | 04:39 | ||
| four. | "Poison Breed" | 04:50 | ||
| 5. | "Wahn! Sinn?" | 04:41 | ||
| 6. | "The Colors of Gray" | 06:40 | ||
| 7. | "Choir Hotel" | 06:17 | ||
| 8. | "The Chain" | 05:04 | ||
| 9. | King of Nowhere | 05:13 | ||
| 10. | "21 Grams of Nothing" | 04:04 | ||
| eleven. | Mind over Matter | 07:00 | ||
| 12. | "Kingdom of Greed" | 05:18 |
Limited Edition
Also, the album (if) was released in a limited series of bonus discs called G (if) T with four additional songs:
| No. | Title | The words | Music | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one. | "Momentum" | 05:01 | ||
| 2. | "Regicide" | 04:18 | ||
| 3. | "The Saint" | 05:12 | ||
| four. | "Never tell the Widow" | 06:34 |
Worked on the album.
- Adrian Heights - guitar , vocals
- Gaun: A - guitar, vocals
- Torben Wendt - keyboards
- DNS - drums
Technical composition
- Adrian Heights - Mastering
- Rainer Assmann ( English Rainer Assmann ) - mastering
- Daniel Myer - Producer
- Florian Sikorski - vocal recording
- Christian Zimmerli - Pre-Mastering
- Ingo Romling - design
- Annie Bertram - photo
Reviews
Orkus magazine columnist Dorin Craze set the album to 9 out of 10 points, noting that the album seems more personal and more based on stories from Adrian Heights than previous conceptual albums of the group [2] .
The online music magazine Reflections of Darkness set the album 10 points out of 10. Co-author of the review, Daniela Worndran, named (if) one of the best albums of the year [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Huhn, Vorndran 2009 .
- ↑ 1 2 Krase, 2009 .
Literature
- Doreen Krase. (if) (German) // Orkus . - 2009. - April.
Links
- Sebastian Huhn, Daniela Vorndran. Diary of Dreams - (if) - the Memento Ritual Project . Reflections of Darkness (October 29, 2007). Date of treatment February 1, 2016.