If Then Else
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{{Infobox album
| name = if_then_else
| type = studio
| artist = The Gathering
| cover = TheGathering-Ifthenelse.jpg
| alt =
| released = 3 July 2000
| recorded = January–March 2000
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Progressive rock|alternative rock}}
| length = 52:46
| label = Century Media
| producer = The Gathering; co-produced by Zlaya Hadzich
| prev_title = How to Measure a Planet?
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Black Light District
| next_year = 2002
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r490137|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = Chronicles of Chaos
|rev2score = {{Rating|9.5|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-1673|title=CoC : The Gathering – ifthenelse : Review|website=www.chroniclesofchaos.com}}
}}
If Then Else (stylized if_then_else) is the sixth studio album by the Dutch rock band The Gathering. The album was released on 3 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:
- The
if, then, elseconditional statement - The use of all lowercase, underscore-separated words
"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".{{cite web| title=The colorado incident| publisher=Disable Javascript before following link| url=http://www.gathering.nl/underneath/und-colorado.html| last=Rutten | first=Hans| access-date=23 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020122053002/http://www.gathering.nl/underneath/und-colorado.html |archive-date = 22 January 2002}} (It is apparently not about the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, as often speculated.)
An excerpt of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, narrated by Willie Rushton, is heard between "Analog Park" and "Herbal Movement".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Anneke van Giersbergen, except when noted
| all_music = The Gathering
| total_length = 52:46
| title1 = Rollercoaster
| length1 = 4:45
| title2 = Shot to Pieces
| length2 = 4:10
| title3 = Amity
| length3 = 5:57
| title4 = Bad Movie Scene
| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = Colorado Incident
| note5 = René Rutten, van Giersbergen
| length5 = 4:53
| title6 = Beautiful War
| length6 = 2:33
| title7 = Analog Park
| length7 = 6:06
| title8 = Herbal Movement
| length8 = 4:11
| title9 = Saturnine
| length9 = 5:12
| title10 = Morphia's Waltz
| length10 = 6:37
| title11 = Pathfinder
| length11 = 4:39
}}
Personnel
The Gathering
- Anneke van Giersbergen – lead vocals
- René Rutten – guitars, vibraphone
- Frank Boeijen – synthesizer, keyboards, drum programming, Hammond, piano, effects
- Hugo Prinsen Geerligs – bass
- Hans Rutten – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Bart van Vegchel – French horn (Tracks 1, 6, and 11)
- Ad Verspaandonk – Trombone (Tracks 6 and 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, and 11)
Charts
| class="wikitable" |
| style="text-align:center;"|Chart (2000)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
|---|
| align="left"|Dutch Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Gathering&titel=If+Then+Else&cat=a|title=Dutch Charts – dutchcharts.nl|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=www.dutchcharts.nl}}
| style="text-align:center;"|47 |
| align="left"|German Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=The+Gathering&title=If+Then+Else&cat=a&country=de|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707083503/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=The+Gathering&title=If+Then+Else&cat=a&country=de|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2014|title=Home – Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=www.officialcharts.de}}
| style="text-align:center;"|76 |
References
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Category:The Gathering (band) albums