The Heart of Everything

The Heart of Everything is the fowert studio album bi the Dutch symphonic metal/rock baund Within Temptation, released bi GUN Records on 12 Mairch 2007 in Europe. It wis released in North Americae on 24 Julie 2007 bi Roadrunner Records.

The Heart of Everything
Studio album by Within Temptation
ReleasedNetherlands 9 Mairch 2007
Europe 12 Mairch 2007
Finland 15 Mairch 2007
Australie 17 Mairch 2007
Japan 4 Aprile 2007
United States 24 Julie 2007
RecorditThe Metal Cemetery, Studio Arnold Mühren,
Netherlands, 2005–2006
GenreSymphonic rock
symphonic metal
Gothic metal[1]
Lenth57:06
LabelSony BMG/GUN
ProducerDaniel Gibson, Stefan Helleblad
Within Temptation chronology
The Silent Force
(2004)The Silent Force2004
The Heart of Everything
(2007)
The Unforgiving
(2011)The Unforgiving2011
Singles frae The Heart of Everything
  1. "What Have You Done"
    Released: 14 Februar 2007
  2. "The Howling"
    Released: 1 Mey 2007
  3. "Frozen"
    Released: 11 Juin 2007
  4. "All I Need"
    Released: 12 November 2007
  5. "Forgiven"
    Released: 12 September 2008
Profeesional ratins
Review scores
Springheid Ratin
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Metal Storm 6/10 stars[3]
Planet Internet (favorable)[4]
PopMatters 7/10 stars[5]
Sputnikmusic 4/5 stars[6]
Ultimate Guitar Archive 8.7/10 stars[1]
This table needs tae be expandit uisin prose. See the guideline for mair wittins.

Track leetin eedit

Staundart edition eedit

This is the track leetin for the staundart edition o The Heart of Everything.

Aw lyrics written bi Sharon den Adel an Robert Westerholt.

No.TeetleMusicLenth
1."The Howling"Westerholt, den Adel5:36
2."What Have You Done" (featuring Keith Caputo)Westerholt, den Adel5:13
3."Frozen"Westerholt, den Adel4:28
4."Our Solemn Hour"den Adel, Spierenburg4:17
5."The Heart of Everything"Gibson, den Adel5:35
6."Hand of Sorrow"Westerholt, den Adel5:36
7."The Cross"Westerholt, den Adel4:52
8."Final Destination"Westerholt, den Adel4:45
9."All I Need"Den Adel4:52
10."The Truth Beneath the Rose"Westerholt, den Adel7:05
11."Forgiven"Den Adel, Spierenburg4:54

Additional tracks eedit

Title Writers Length Editions
"What Have You Done" featurin Keith Caputo (U.S single edit) Den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 3:24 Track #2 in the U.S. edition, the oreeginal version is cried "extendit version" an put at #13.[7][8]
"Stand My Ground" Den Adel, Westerholt, Kooreneef 4:28 Track #10 in the U.S. edition, atween "All I Need" an "The Truth Beneath the Rose".[7][8]
Originally released on The Silent Force.
"What Have You Done" (rock mix) Den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 3:53 Track #12 in the yellae an pink special editions, as well as the digipak version
"What Have You Done" (acoustic) Den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 4:12 Track #13 in the yellae an pink special editions.
"Ice Queen" (acoustic) Den Adel, Westerholt 4:31 Track #14 in the yellae an pink special editions.
Oreeginally released on Mother Earth, but this is an acoustic version.
"Stand My Ground" (acoustic) Den Adel, Westerholt, Kooreneef 3:43 Track #15 in the yellow an pink special editions.
Oreeginally released on The Silent Force, but this is an acoustic version.
"What Have You Done" (European mainstream mix) Den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 4:01 Track #16 in the pink special edition.
"Memories" (live) Den Adel, Westerholt, Kooreneef 3:54 Track #12 in the European iTunes Store edition.
Oreeginally released on The Silent Force, but this is a live version.
"Angels" (live) Den Adel, Westerholt, Spierenburg 4:04 Track #13 in the European iTunes Store edition.
Originally released on The Silent Force, but this is a live version.
"Stand My Ground" (live) Den Adel, Westerholt, Kooreneef 4:29 Track #14 in the European iTunes Store edition.
Oreeginally released on The Silent Force, but this is a live version.

Yellow Special Edition DVD eedit

The yellow special edition includes a DVD wi the follaein video tracks:

  1. "Our Solemn Hour" (live in Tokyo)
  2. "The Howling" (live in Tokyo)
  3. "Frozen" (live in Tokyo)
  4. "Stand My Ground" (live in Tokyo)
  5. "The Cross" (live in Tokyo)
  6. "The Heart of Everything" (live in Tokyo)
  7. "Mother Earth" (live in Tokyo)
  8. "Deceiver of Fools" (live in Tokyo)
  9. "Ice Queen" (live in Tokyo)
  10. "The Howling" (game trailer for The Chronicles of Spellborn)
  11. "What Have You Done" featurin Keith Caputo (video)
  12. "Frozen" (video)
  13. "The Howling" (video)
  14. "What Have You Done" featurin Keith Caputo (U.S. version video)

B-sides eedit

  • "Blue Eyes"
  • "Sounds of Freedom"
  • "The Last Time" (Demo)

Some mair demos wir released, these are arguably b-sides as they hae extreme differences, leerically an muisically (an aften namit differently) tae the oreeginals.

Personnel eedit

Baund members eedit

Additional muisickers eedit

  • Keith Caputo - vocals on "What have You Done"
  • Jonas Pap - cello on "The Cross", "All I Need" an "Forgiven"
  • Tom Salisbury - piano on "Frozen", "All I Need" an "Forgiven", choir an orchestral arrangements
  • Siard de Jong - fiddle on "Hand of Sorrow" an "Forgiven"
  • The Ceety o Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conductit bi Richard Hein

Production eedit

  • Daniel Gibson - producer
  • Stefan Helleblad - co-producer, ingineer
  • Niels Hahn - engineer, additional editin
  • Stefan Glaumann, Patrick Mühren - mixin
  • Franck van der Heuden, Geert Keysers - orchestral arrangements

References eedit

  1. a b "The Heart Of Everything Review". Ultimate Guitar Archive. 5 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. Prato, Greg. "Within Temptation The Heart of Everything review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. "Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything review". Metal Storm. 5 Apryle 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  4. Engels, Linda (14 Mey 2007). "Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything" (in Dutch). Planet Internet. Archived frae the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  5. Blackie, Andrew (25 Julie 2007). "Within Temptation: The Heart of Everything". PopMatters. Archived frae the original on 18 Februar 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  6. "Within Temptation The Heart of Everything". Sputnikmusic. 14 Mey 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  7. a b "Within Temptation Expose The Heart of Everything". Roadrunner Records. 10 Januar 2007. Archived frae the original on 9 Mey 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  8. a b "Within Temptation News". Within Temptation Official Website. Archived frae the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2011.