The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD

The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD
EP by The Gentle Storm
Released	February 2015 (live shows) April 2015 (worldwide)
Recorded	2014
Studio	The Electric Castle, Netherlands
Genre	Acoustic, rock, folk rock
Length	16:03
Label	Independent
Producer	Arjen Anthony Lucassen
The Gentle Storm chronology
The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD (2015) The Diary (2015)

The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD is a cover EP and the first release of the Dutch heavy metal/folk band The Gentle Storm. It is entirely acoustic, and features only bandleaders Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Anneke van Giersbergen, and drummer Rob Snijders.

The EP could initially only be bought at shows during the small acoustic tour preceding the release of The Diary in February 2015, but was made available through Lucassen and van Giersbergen's websites from April of the same year. It does not feature any songs from The Diary, instead consisting of five cover songs, including some from Lucassen's other project Ayreon, all three of which were already originally featuring van Giersbergen.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Castle Hall" (Ayreon cover)	Arjen Anthony Lucassen	03:25
2.	"A Day in the Life" (The Beatles cover)	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	03:36
3.	"Comatose" (Ayreon cover)	Lucassen	02:40
4.	"Mad World" (Tears for Fears cover)	Roland Orzabal	02:52
5.	"Waking Dreams" (Ayreon cover)	Lucassen, Jonas Renkse, Anneke van Giersbergen	03:31

Personnel

The Gentle Storm

• Arjen Anthony Lucassen - vocals, acoustic guitars, acoustic bass guitar, mandolin, percussion, hammered dulcimer
• Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals

Additional musicians

• Rob Snijders - drums, percussion

Production

• Arjen Anthony Lucassen - production, mixing
• Brett Caldas-Lima - mastering

External links

• Arjen Lucassen's official website