Nighttime Birds

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Nighttime Birds
Studio album by The Gathering
Released	1997-06-06
Recorded	1997-02-17 - 1997-03-15 Woodhouse Studios, Hagen, Germany
Genre	Atmospheric doom Progressive metal
Length	48:44
Label	Century Media Records
Producer	Siggi Bemm, the Gathering
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The Gathering chronology
Mandylion (1995) Nighttime Birds (1997) How to Measure a Planet? (1998)

Nighttime Birds is the fourth full-length album of the Dutch rock band The Gathering, released in 1997 by Century Media Records.

[edit] Track listing

1. "On Most Surfaces" – 6:55
2. "Confusion" – 6:33
3. "The May Song" – 3:44
4. "The Earth Is My Witness" – 5:31
5. "New Moon, Different Day" – 6:06
6. "Third Chance" – 5:25
7. "Kevin's Telescope" – 3:23
8. "Nighttime Birds" – 7:02
9. "Shrink" – 4:02

[edit] Track listing, 2007 double disc version

CD1:

1. "On Most Surfaces"
2. "Confusion"
3. "The May Song"
4. "The Earth Is My Witness"
5. "New Moon, Different Day"
6. "Third Chance"
7. "Kevin's Telescope"
8. "Nighttime Birds"
9. "Shrink"
10. "The May Song (Radio Edit)"
11. "The Earth Is My Witness (Edit)"
12. "Confusion (Live In Krakow)"
13. "The May Song (Live In Krakow)"
14. "New Moon, Different Day (Live In Krakow)"
15. "Adrenaline (Live In Krakow)"

(Tracks 10 and 11 taken from "The May Song" EP. Tracks 12-15 taken from the "In Motion" DVD.)

CD2:

1. "New Moon, Different Day"
2. "Kevin's Telescope (Instrumental)"
3. "Shrink"
4. "The Earth Is My Witness"
5. "Diamond Box" (Instrumental)"
6. "Nighttime Birds"
7. "On Most Surfaces"
8. "Hjelmar's (Instrumental)"
9. "In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated (Dead Can Dance cover)"
10. "When The Sun Hits (Slowdive cover)"
11. "Confusion (Demo/Eroc session)"
12. "Shrink (Alternative version)"
13. "Adrenaline"
14. "Third Chance (Alternative version)"

(Tracks 1-8 from Eroc demo session for "Nighttime Birds", November 1996. Tracks 9-11 taken from the "Kevin's Telescope" EP. Track 12 taken from the "Liberty Bell" CD single. Tracks 13 and 14 taken from the "Adrenaline/Leaves" EP. Track 8 contains a quote from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)