Arjen Anthony Lucassen – Lost In The New Real 2LP Coloured Vinyl

Arjen Anthony Lucassen – Lost In The New Real

2LP, gatefold sleeve, booklet, limited magenta/black vinyl

This limited reissue of Arjen Lucassen’s (of Ayreon fame) second solo album from 2012 comes in a gatefold jacket and features the original booklet.

The story of “Lost in the New Real” follows Mr. L, a twenty-first century man who was cryopreserved at the moment of clinical death from a terminal disease. The album begins as Mr. L is being revived at a point in the distant future, when technology has advanced enough to cure his disease. Mr L finds himself in a world that has drastically changed — to the point that the line between what’s real and what’s not is no longer clear.

Arjen Lucassen as “Mr. L”
Vocals, instruments, music, lyrics

Rutger Hauer as “Dr. Voight-Kampff”

Instrumentalists
Arjen lucassen: all instruments, with the exception of those listed below
Wilmer Waarbroek: backing vocals
Ed Warby: drums
Rob Snijders: drums
Ben Mathot:violin
Maaike Peterse: cello
Jeroen Goossens: flute
Elvya Dulcimer: Hammered dulcimer on “Battle of Evermore”

Tracklist:
Side A
1. The New Real (06:24)
2. Pink Beatles In A Purple Zeppelin (03:36)
3. Parental Procreation Permit (05:03)
4. When I’m A Hundred Sixty-Four (02:30)
5. E-Police (04:07)
Side B
1. Don’t Switch Me Off (04:06)
2. Dr Slumber’s Eternity Home (03:51)
3. Yellowstone Memorial Day (03:31)
4. Where Pigs Fly (03:47)
5. Lost In The New Real (10:19)
Side C
1. Our Imperfect Race (06:27)
2. Welcome to the Machine (04:45)
3. So Is There No God? (04:41)
4. Veteran of the Psychic Wars (04:34)
5. The Social Recluse (03:55)
Side D
1. Battle of Evermore (05:28)
2. The Space Hotel (03:49)
3. Some Other Time (03:21)
4. You Have Entered The Reality Zone (03:24)
5. I’m the Slime (02:53)

Label: Svart Records
Released: 2012/2022