Into The Electric Castle (A Space Opera)
by Ayreon

Into The Electric Castle (A Space Opera) by Ayreon
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 6,307th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 42 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1998 (103rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,020th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,307th)

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Overall rank: 6,307th | 1990s rank: 1,020th | 1998 rank: 103rd

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73/100 (from 42 votes)
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05/28/2025 15:07 steve397  Ratings distribution  48275/100
 
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03/07/2025 05:03 stevengnz  Ratings distribution  2,61173/100
 
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From 08/06/2015 02:54 | #147220
Yep. This is long. Some good songs.kind of a OMD space age sound
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From 11/23/2014 23:16 | #127822
Sometimes it sounds good, sometimes just the cliche´ of Progressive-Rock.
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From 07/10/2013 11:29 | #80924
This Heavy Metal Opera came out years before Avantasia, Avalon, and AINA put out their concept records. Arjen has a lot of great narrative chops in between progressive rock and space rock-inspired heavy metal. This is his best album for a good reason.
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From 05/13/2012 03:11 | #42105
Brilliant album. Production wise, it was a clear step up on Actual Fantasy. Possibly the only criticism is that at 104 minutes it goes on a little too long. And it is not really an album that one can pick and choose tracks as there is commentary in between.
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