An Acoustic Night at the Theatre explained

An Acoustic Night at the Theatre
Type:	live
Artist:	Within Temptation
Cover:	Within-temptation-aanatt.jpg
Released:	30 October 2009 – 2 November 2009 (Europe) 15 December 2009 (US)
Recorded:	30 November 2008
Venue:	Muziekcentrum Frits Philips (Eindhoven)
Genre:	Symphonic rock, acoustic rock^[1]
Label:	Sony
Prev Title:	Black Symphony
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	The Unforgiving
Next Year:	2011

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

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

Bonus tracks

13. "Utopia" (Demo version) – 4:31 (Amazon MP3 Germany)^[2]
13. "Hand of Sorrow" (Live in Eindhoven 2007) – 5:43 (iTunes)^[3]
13. "Restless" (acoustic version) – 5:58 (Play.com MP3 UK)^[4] (Roadrunner Records Japan CD)^[5]

Personnel

• Peter Brandt – engineer
• Jules Buckley – conductor, orchestral arrangements
• Keith Caputo – vocals
• Mike Coolen – percussion, drums
• Sharon den Adel – composer, vocals
• Rayann Elzein – photography
• Daniel Gibson – arranger, composer, producer
• Stefan Glaumann – mixing
• Olivia Jehel – photography
• Juno Jimmink – engineer, editing
• Ruud Jolie – guitar
• Chris Jones – vocals
• Han Kooreneef – composer
• Patrick Mühren – mixing
• Red Limo String Quartet – violin, cello
• Martijn Spierenburg – composer, keyboards, engineer, editing
• Anneke van Giersbergen – vocals
• Stephen Van Haestregt – drums
• Jeroen van Veen – bass
• Robert Westerholt – guitar, composer
• Within Temptation – producer

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Dutch Albums Chart^[6]	4
Portuguese Albums Chart^[7]	28
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	31
Swiss Albums Chart	35
Austrian Albums Chart	38
Greek Albums Chart^[8]	44
German Albums Chart	46
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	47
Spanish Albums Chart	74
French Albums Chart	89

Notes and References

1. Web site: An Acoustic Night at the Theatre by Within Temptation : Reviews and Ratings . Rate Your Music . 22 October 2011.
2. Web site: An Acoustic Night At The Theatre: Within Temptation: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads . Amazon.de . 22 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111021171917/http://www.amazon.de/Acoustic-Night-At-Theatre/dp/B002Q3FUK4 . 21 October 2011 .
3. Web site: iTunes – Musik – "An Acoustic Night At the Theatre" von Within Temptation . Itunes.apple.com . 30 October 2009 . 22 October 2011.
4. Web site: Buy Within Temptation – An Acoustic Night At The Theatre online at Play.com and read reviews. Free delivery to UK and Europe! . Play.com . 22 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810134745/http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/11903173/An-Acoustic-Night-At-The-Theatre/Product.html . 10 August 2011 . dead .
5. Web site: Within Temptation – An Acoustic Night At The Theatre . Discogs® . 25 January 2015.
6. Web site: Within Temptation – An Acoustic Night At The Theatre – Music Charts . Acharts.us . 22 October 2011.
7. Web site: Steffen Hung . Within Temptation – An Acoustic Night At The Theatre . dutchcharts.nl . 22 October 2011.
8. Web site: Greekcharts.com - within Temptation - an Acoustic Night at the Theatre . 26 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312031502/http://greekcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Within+Temptation&titel=An+Acoustic+Night+At+The+Theatre&cat=a . 12 March 2012 .