Almost a Dance

Almost a Dance
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Studio album by The Gathering
Released	September 1993
Recorded	Spitzbergen Studios, Zuidbroek, Groningen, The Netherlands, 1993
Genre	Doom metal, gothic metal
Length	54:22
Label	Foundation 2000
Producer	Junkie XL
The Gathering chronology
Always... (1992)Always...1992 Almost a Dance (1993) Mandylion (1995)Mandylion1995

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Almost a Dance is the second studio album by the Dutch doom metal band The Gathering, released in 1993 on Foundation 2000 Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"On a Wave"	Niels Duffhuës		5:53
2.	"The Blue Vessel"	Duffhuës	René Rutten	6:04
3.	"Her Last Flight"	Duffhuës	Frank Boeijen, Hugo Prinsen Geerligs, Rutten	8:47
4.	"The Sky People"	Duffhuës	Boeijen	4:27
5.	"Nobody Dares"	Duffhuës	Duffhuës	3:32
6.	"Like Fountains"	Duffhuës, Martine van Loon	Boeijen, Rutten	7:41
7.	"Proof"	Duffhuës	Boeijen, Jelmer Wiersma	6:18
8.	"Heartbeat Amplifier"	Duffhuës	Boeijen, Rutten	4:51
9.	"A Passage to Desire"	Duffhuës, van Loon	Boeijen, Prinsen Geerligs, Rutten	6:44

Personnel

• Niels Duffhuës - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Martine van Loon - lead vocals
• René Rutten – guitars, theremin, digeridoo
• Jelmer Wiersma – guitars
• Frank Boeijen – keyboards
• Hugo Prinsen Geerligs – bass, flute, triangle
• Hans Rutten – drums