Souvenirs
Studio album by
The Gathering
Released24 February 2003[1]
Genre
Length59:25
LabelPsychonaut
ProducerZlaya Hadzich
The Gathering chronology
Black Light District
(2002)		 Souvenirs
(2003)		 Sleepy Buildings
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chronicles of Chaos[3]
Metal Storm[4]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5[5]

Souvenirs is the seventh studio album by Dutch rock band The Gathering. It was released on 24 February 2003 through independent label Psychonaut Records; the label was founded by the band in 1999.

Overview

Souvenirs is the first full-length release from The Gathering since parting ways with Century Media, and the first full-length release for Psychonaut Records. The album was recorded at E-Sound, Weesp, Loud Amsterdam and A1 Amsterdam during 2002 and 2003 under the guidance of producer Zlaya Hadzich. The album was engineered by Zlaya Hadzich, Sietze Gardenier, David Klooker & Ignaz Bruens; mixed at A1, Loud & E-Sound by Zlaya Hadzich, René Rutten & Michael Buyens; and mastered by Alan Ward at Electric City.

Many speculate that it was the new experimental directions of the group, as well as the inability of the label to market them that signaled the end of their contract with Century Media.[2]

This is the last studio album to feature original bassist Hugo Prinsen Geerligs until Beautiful Distortion which was released in 2022.

Track listing

All music is composed by The Gathering and Zlaya Hadzich

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."These Good People"Anneke van Giersbergen5:55
2."Even the Spirits Are Afraid"Anneke van Giersbergen5:13
3."Broken Glass"Anneke van Giersbergen4:59
4."You Learn About It"Anneke van Giersbergen5:09
5."Souvenirs"Anneke van Giersbergen6:07
6."We Just Stopped Breathing"Zlaya Hadzich6:52
7."Monsters"Zlaya Hadzich5:02
8."Golden Grounds"Anneke van Giersbergen4:53
9."Jelena"Anneke van Giersbergen6:10
10."A Life All Mine"Trickster G., Anneke van Giersbergen5:08
Bonus track
No.TitleLyricsLength
11."Telson"Anneke van Giersbergen2:08

On the CD version, "Telson" appears as a hidden track in the pregap. On the vinyl edition of this album, Telson is the final bonus track. There is a four-minute pregap between "Jelena" and "A Life All Mine" that often elongates the length of "Jelena" when the disc is ripped (pregaps are usually appended to the previous track in this process).

There's also a promo CD version with only the first 8 tracks. Monsters and We Just Stopped Breathing are swapped, and the Monsters track is only 4:18 long.[6]

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart[7] 47
German Albums Chart[8] 90

Personnel

Production
  • Artwork, Design – iNDEX Utrecht
  • Composed by, performer, Arranged By – The Gathering, Zlaya Hadzich
  • Engineer – David Klooker, Ignaz Bruens, Sietze Gardenier, Zlaya Hadzich
  • Lyrics by – Anneke van Giersbergen (tracks: 1 to 5, 8 to 10), Trickster G. (tracks: 10), Zlaya Hadzich (tracks: 6, 7)
  • Mastered by – Alan Ward
  • Mixed by – Michael Buyens, René Rutten, Zlaya Hadzich
  • Photography by – Esther Marbus
  • Photography by [Flowers] – Niels Coppes
  • Producer – Zlaya Hadzich[9]

References

  1. ↑ "OsCommerce – Temporary Offline". shop.gathering.nl.
  2. 1 2 True, Chris (7 May 2003). "Souvenirs – The Gathering : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "CoC : The Gathering – Souvenirs : Review". chroniclesofchaos.com.
  4. ↑ "The Gathering – Souvenirs review – Metal Storm". metalstorm.net.
  5. ↑ "The Gathering: Souvenirs". Sputnikmusic. 28 December 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Gathering – Souvenirs (2003, CD)". Discogs.
  7. ↑ "The Gathering – Souvenirs".
  8. ↑ "Home – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". officialcharts.de.
  9. ↑ "The Gathering – Souvenirs". discogs.
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