An Acoustic Night at the Theatre

An Acoustic Night at the Theatre is the fourth live album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation that has been released in October–November 2009.

History The album is made up of the acoustic set at Eindhoven's Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, from the band's Theatre Tour, on 30 November 2008. It also includes a new studio recording, "Utopia", a duet with Chris Jones, which was released as a single on 23 October 2009. Drummer Mike Coolen performed on the acoustic set: he later became the band's full-time drummer, replacing Stephen van Haestregt who moved on to new band My Favorite Scar.

Track listing "Towards the End" (Sharon Den Adel, Martijn Spierenburg, Robert Westerholt) – 3:27 "Stand My Ground" (Den Adel, Daniel Gibson, Han Kooreneef, Westerholt) – 3:53 "Caged" (Den Adel) – 5:19 "All I Need" (Den Adel, Westerholt) – 5:20 "Frozen" (Den Adel, Gibson, Westerholt) – 4:31 "Somewhere" (feat. Anneke van Giersbergen) (DenAdel, Westerholt) – 4:19 "The Cross" (Den Adel, Spierenburg, Westerholt) – 4:57 "Pale" (Den Adel, Westerholt) – 5:08 "What Have You Done" (feat. Mina Caputo) (Den Adel, Gibson, Westerholt) – 4:33 "Memories" (Den Adel, Spierenburg, Westerholt) – 4:00 "Forgiven" (Den Adel, Spierenburg, Westerholt) – 4:42 "Utopia" (feat. Chris Jones) (Den Adel, Gibson) – 3:49

Bonus tracks "Utopia" (Demo version) – 4:31 (Amazon MP3 Germany) "Hand of Sorrow" (Live in Eindhoven 2007) – 5:43 (iTunes) "Restless" (acoustic version) – 5:58 (Play.com MP3 UK) (Roadrunner Records Japan CD)

Personnel

Performance Peter Brandt – engineer Jules Buckley – conductor, orchestral arrangements Rayann Elzein – photography Daniel Gibson – arranger, composer, producer Stefan Glaumann – mixing Olivia Jehel – photography Juno Jimmink – engineer, editing Han Kooreneef – composer Patrick Mühren – mixing Red Limo String Quartet – violin, cello Within Temptation – producer

Within Temptation Mike Coolen – percussion, drums Sharon den Adel – composer, vocals Ruud Jolie – guitar Martijn Spierenburg – composer, keyboards, engineer, editing Stephen Van Haestregt – drums Jeroen van Veen – bass Robert Westerholt – guitar, composer

Guest artists Mina Caputo – vocals Chris Jones – vocals Anneke van Giersbergen – vocals

Charts Chart (2009)PeakpositionDutch Albums Chart4Portuguese Albums Chart28Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)31Swiss Albums Chart35Austrian Albums Chart38Greek Albums Chart44German Albums Chart46Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)47Spanish Albums Chart74French Albums Chart89

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