Album 920
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Year: 2004
A concept album/rock opera about a man trapped in his own mind in a coma reliving his life. Featuring a brilliant cast of characters such as Mikael Åkerfelt playing Fear, James LaBrie playing Me and Devin Townsend playing Rage. Deliciously cheesy and an amazing journey on each listen this is definitely up there as one of my personal favourite albums. Ayreon as a whole ties together their albums in a form of over-arching concept as well, but for now just pop on The Human Equation and get yourself immersed. This is one where for the first listen you should be paying attention to the story. This album is definitely divisive, maybe not for the metal fan who takes himself to seriously.
3 Choice Tracks: Day Two: Isolation, Day Eleven: Love, Day Sixteen: Loser