# 01011001

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{{Infobox album
| name         = 01011001
| type         = studio
| artist       = [Ayreon](/source/Ayreon)
| cover        = Ayreon - 01011001.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 23 January 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ayreon.bandcamp.com/album/01011001 |title=01011001 by Ayreon |website=Bandcamp |access-date=11 June 2019}}</ref>
| recorded     = April–November 2007
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = {{ubl
  | [Progressive metal](/source/Progressive_metal)
  | [progressive rock](/source/progressive_rock)
  }}
| length       = 102:16
| label        = [Inside Out Music](/source/Inside_Out_Music)
| producer     = [Arjen Lucassen](/source/Arjen_Lucassen)
| prev_title   = [The Human Equation](/source/The_Human_Equation)
| prev_year    = 2004
| next_title   = [Timeline](/source/Timeline_(Ayreon_album))
| next_year    = 2008
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
| artist       = [Arjen Anthony Lucassen](/source/Arjen_Anthony_Lucassen)
| type         = Studio album
| prev_title   = [Live in the Real World](/source/Live_in_the_Real_World)
| prev_year    = 2006
| title        = 01011001
| year         = 2008
| next_title   = [Elected](/source/Elected_(Ayreon_EP))
| next_year    = 2008
}}
}}
'''''01011001''''' is the seventh studio album by [Arjen Anthony Lucassen](/source/Arjen_Anthony_Lucassen)'s long-running [Ayreon](/source/Ayreon) project. The title is the [binary](/source/Binary_numeral_system) representation of the [ASCII](/source/ASCII) value of the letter '''''Y'''''.

''01011001'' is a [concept album](/source/concept_album)<ref name="record-collector" /> that tells the story of [aliens](/source/Extraterrestrial_life) called the "Forever", who create humanity, only to later endanger it by providing it with technology.<ref name="metal.de">{{cite web |url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/ayreon-01011001-9443/ |title=Ayreon - 01011001 Review |access-date=5 June 2022 |date=24 January 2008 |website=[Metal.de](/source/Metal.de) |lang=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707144806/http://www.metal.de/reviews/ayreon-01011001-9443/ |archive-date=7 July 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Seventeen singers in total, including Lucassen himself, contributed to the album, more than any other Ayreon album.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ayreon.com/ayreon/ay_01011001.html#release |title=Official release-note |access-date=11 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107023850/http://www.ayreon.com/ayreon/ay_01011001.html#release |archive-date=7 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Apart from Lucassen, only [Anneke van Giersbergen](/source/Anneke_van_Giersbergen) (ex-[The Gathering](/source/The_Gathering_(band))) and [Floor Jansen](/source/Floor_Jansen) ([After Forever](/source/After_Forever), [Nightwish](/source/Nightwish)) had sung on previous Ayreon albums, on ''[Into the Electric Castle](/source/Into_the_Electric_Castle)'' and ''[Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer](/source/Universal_Migrator_Part_1%3A_The_Dream_Sequencer)'' respectively.

It also stars, among others, [Bob Catley](/source/Bob_Catley) from [Magnum](/source/Magnum_(band)), [Hansi Kürsch](/source/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch) from [Blind Guardian](/source/Blind_Guardian), [Jørn Lande](/source/J%C3%B8rn_Lande), and [Steve Lee](/source/Steve_Lee_(singer)) from [Gotthard](/source/Gotthard_(band)) in his final guest appearance before his death in 2010. The album was a commercial and critical success.

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [About.com](/source/About.com)
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="about.com">{{Cite web |last=Bowar |first=Chad |title=Ayreon – ''01011001'' |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/ayreon01011001.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204111506/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/ayreon01011001.htm |archive-date=4 February 2012 |access-date=23 June 2011 |website=[About.com](/source/About.com)}}</ref>
| rev2      = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1271523|tab=review|last=Lee|first=Cosmo|access-date=23 June 2011}}</ref>
| rev3      = Dangerdog.com
| rev3score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=DangerDog.com review |url=http://www.dangerdog.com/reviews_2008/ayreon-01011001.php |access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref>
| rev4      = [Melodic.net](/source/Melodic.net)
| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Kaj |title=Ayreon&nbsp;– ''01011001'' Review |url=http://melodic.net/?page=review&id=6474 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315073918/http://melodic.net/?page=review&id=6474 |archive-date=15 March 2016 |access-date=23 June 2011 |website=[Melodic.net](/source/Melodic.net)}}</ref>
| rev5      = [Metal Storm](/source/Metal_Storm_(webzine))
| rev5score = {{rating|7|10}}<ref name="metalstorm">{{Cite web |title=Ayreon&nbsp;– 01011001 |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=5197 |access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref>
| rev6      = Metal Storm (2)
| rev6score = {{rating|9.5|10}}<ref name="metalstorm2">{{Cite web |title=Ayreon&nbsp;– 01011001 |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=5117 |access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref>
| rev7      = ''[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector)''
| rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="record-collector">{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=Tim |date=February 2008 |title=Ayreon&nbsp;– 01011001 |url=http://www.recordcollectormag.com/reviews/review-detail/2029 |url-status=dead |journal=[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector) |issue=346 |issn=0261-250X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321044844/http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/01011001 |archive-date=21 March 2016 |access-date=7 July 2011}}</ref>
}}

[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) reviewer Cosmo Lee praised the album, saying that it has "pristine production [and] byzantine songs that feel like full albums."<ref name="allmusic" /> He went on to say that "Music this over the top almost defies criticism. Reviewing it is like reviewing the world's tallest building. It doesn't care; it just goes on and on."<ref name="allmusic" /> ''[Exclaim's](/source/Exclaim!)'' Laura Wiebe Taylor felt that the album had some great songs, such as "Liquid Eternity" and "E=mc<sup>2</sup>," but that some of the other songs were weaker, including "Newborn Race" and "Web of Lies."<ref name="exclaim">{{Cite web |last=Wiebe Taylor |first=Laura |date=February 2008 |title=Ayreon ''01011001'' |url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/ayreon-01011001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007082347/http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/ayreon-01011001 |archive-date=7 October 2012 |access-date=23 June 2011 |website=[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)}}</ref> She concluded her review by saying that "ultimately, ''01011001'' is a hard rock extravaganza."<ref name="exclaim" />

Chad Bower, in his review for [About.com](/source/About.com), said that ''01011001'' "has something for everyone," and that the album is "a musical ''tour de force'' that takes the listener on a musical journey with an interesting storyline and very well-written songs."<ref name="about.com" /> ''[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector)'''s Tim Jones noted the differing styles of the album's songs, saying that "The Truth is in Here" is similar to the music of [Blackmore's Night](/source/Blackmore's_Night), that "River of Time" is reminiscent of [Jethro Tull](/source/Jethro_Tull_(band)), and that "Beneath the Waves" reminded him of [Pink Floyd](/source/Pink_Floyd).<ref name="record-collector" />

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline     = CD 1 – "Y"
| all_lyrics   = [Arjen Anthony Lucassen](/source/Arjen_Anthony_Lucassen)
| all_music    = Lucassen except [Anneke van Giersbergen](/source/Anneke_van_Giersbergen) who wrote her own vocal melodies in tracks 1 (disc 1) and 2 (disc 2), and [Jonas Renkse](/source/Jonas_Renkse) who wrote his own vocal melodies in tracks 1 (disc 1), 2, 4 and 7 (disc 2)
| extra_column = Vocalists
| total_length = 50:13
| title1       = Age of Shadows"
: I. "Age of Shadows"
: II. "We are Forever"
: III. "Age of Shadows (reprise)
| extra1 = [Tom Englund](/source/Tom_S._Englund), [Steve Lee](/source/Steve_Lee_(singer)), [Daniel Gildenlöw](/source/Daniel_Gildenl%C3%B6w), [Hansi Kürsch](/source/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch), [Floor Jansen](/source/Floor_Jansen), [Jonas P. Renkse](/source/Jonas_Renkse), [Anneke van Giersbergen](/source/Anneke_van_Giersbergen), [Jørn Lande](/source/J%C3%B8rn_Lande)
| length1      = 10:47
| title2       = Comatose
| extra2       = van Giersbergen, Lande
| length2      = 4:26
| title3       = Liquid Eternity
| extra3       = Renkse, Gildenlöw, [Magali Luyten](/source/Magali_Luyten), [Bob Catley](/source/Bob_Catley), Englund, Lande, Jansen
| length3      = 8:10
| title4       = Connect the Dots
| extra4       = [Ty Tabor](/source/Ty_Tabor), [Arjen Anthony Lucassen](/source/Arjen_Anthony_Lucassen)
| length4      = 4:13
| title5       = Beneath the Waves"
: I. "Beneath the Waves"
: II. "Face the Facts"
: III. "But a Memory..."
: IV. "World Without Walls"
: V. "Reality Bleeds
| extra5       = Gildenlöw, Catley, van Giersbergen, Jansen, Lee, Lande, Kürsch, Englund
| length5      = 8:26
| title6       = Newborn Race"
: I. "The Incentive"
: II. "The Vision"
: III. "The Procedure"
: IV. "Another Life"
: V. "Newborn Race"
: VI. "The Conclusion
| extra6       = Gildenlöw, Jansen, Englund, Renkse, Catley, Kürsch, Lande
| length6      = 7:49
| title7       = Ride the Comet
| extra7       = Lande, Jansen, Englund, Renkse, Catley, Luyten
| length7      = 3:29
| title8       = Web of Lies
| extra8       = [Simone Simons](/source/Simone_Simons), [Phideaux Xavier](/source/Phideaux_Xavier)
| length8      = 2:50
}}
{{Track listing
| headline     = CD 2 – "Earth"
| extra_column = Vocalists
| total_length = 52:02
| title1       = The Fifth Extinction"
: I. "Glimmer of Hope"
: II. "World of Tomorrow Dreams"
: III. "Collision Course"
: IV. "From the Ashes"
: V. "Glimmer of Hope (reprise)
| extra1       = van Giersbergen, Catley, Lee, Lande, Englund, Gildenlöw, Kürsch, Renkse, Jansen
| length1      = 10:29
| title2       = Waking Dreams
| extra2       = Renkse, van Giersbergen
| length2      = 6:31
| title3       = The Truth Is in Here
| extra3       = Lucassen, Liselotte Hegt
| length3      = 5:12
| title4       = Unnatural Selection
| extra4       = Englund, Lee, Lande, Catley, Kürsch, Renkse
| length4      = 7:15
| title5       = River of Time
| extra5       = Kürsch, Catley
| length5      = 4:24
| title6       = E=mc{{sup|2}}
| extra6       = Wudstik, Marjan Welman
| length6      = 5:50
| title7       = The Sixth Extinction"
: I. "Echoes on the Wind"
: II. "Radioactive Grave"
: III. "2085"
: IV. "To the Planet of Red"
: V. "Spirit on the Wind"
: VI. "Complete the Circle
| extra7       = Englund, Lee, Kürsch, Gildenlöw, Jansen, Renkse, Catley, Lande, van Giersbergen
| length7      = 12:18
}}

==Personnel==
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{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
;Vocalists
* [Bob Catley](/source/Bob_Catley) ([Magnum](/source/Magnum_(band))) – Forever
* [Tom S. Englund](/source/Tom_S._Englund) ([Evergrey](/source/Evergrey)) – Forever
* [Anneke van Giersbergen](/source/Anneke_van_Giersbergen) (ex-[The Gathering](/source/The_Gathering_(band))) – Forever
* [Daniel Gildenlöw](/source/Daniel_Gildenl%C3%B6w) ([Pain of Salvation](/source/Pain_of_Salvation)) – Forever
* [Floor Jansen](/source/Floor_Jansen) ([Nightwish](/source/Nightwish) | ex-[After Forever](/source/After_Forever)) – Forever
* [Hansi Kürsch](/source/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch) ([Blind Guardian](/source/Blind_Guardian)) – Forever
* [Jørn Lande](/source/J%C3%B8rn_Lande) (ex-[Masterplan](/source/Masterplan_(band))) – Forever
* [Steve Lee](/source/Steve_Lee_(singer)) ([Gotthard](/source/Gotthard_(band))) – Forever
* [Magali Luyten](/source/Magali_Luyten){{snd}}Forever
* [Jonas Renkse](/source/Jonas_Renkse) ([Katatonia](/source/Katatonia)) – Forever
* [Arjen Anthony Lucassen](/source/Arjen_Anthony_Lucassen){{snd}}Mr. L on "The Truth Is in Here", and backing vocals on "Connect the Dots"
* Liselotte Hegt ([Dial](/source/Dial_(band))) – Mr. L's nurse on "The Truth Is in Here"
* [Simone Simons](/source/Simone_Simons) ([Epica](/source/Epica_(band))) – Simone on "Web of Lies"
* [Ty Tabor](/source/Ty_Tabor) ([King's X](/source/King's_X)) – an average middle-class worker on "Connect the Dots"
* Marjan Welman ([Autumn](/source/Autumn_(Dutch_band))) – a 21st-century scientist on "E=mc<sup>2</sup>"
* Wudstik{{snd}}a 21st-century scientist on "E=mc<sup>2</sup>"
* [Phideaux Xavier](/source/Phideaux_Xavier){{snd}}PX on "Web of Lies"

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;Instrumentalists
* [Tomas Bodin](/source/Tomas_Bodin) ([The Flower Kings](/source/The_Flower_Kings)) – [synthesizer](/source/synthesizer) solo on "Waking Dreams"
* Joost van den Broek (After Forever) – synthesizer solo and [piano](/source/piano) on "The Sixth Extinction"
* David Faber{{snd}}[cello](/source/cello)s
* Jeroen Goossens{{snd}}[flute](/source/flute); soprano and tenor recorder on "The Truth Is in Here"; [bass flute](/source/bass_flute) on "Unnatural Selection"; [tin whistle](/source/tin_whistle) on "River of Time"
* [Lori Linstruth](/source/Lori_Linstruth){{snd}}[guitar](/source/guitar) solo on "Newborn Race"
* Arjen Anthony Lucassen{{snd}}electric and acoustic guitars, [bass guitar](/source/bass_guitar)s, [mandolin](/source/mandolin), [keyboards](/source/keyboard_instrument), synthesizers, [Hammond](/source/Hammond_organ), and [Solina](/source/ARP_String_Ensemble)
* Ben Mathot{{snd}}[violin](/source/violin)s
* [Michael Romeo](/source/Michael_Romeo) ([Symphony X](/source/Symphony_X)) – guitar solo on "E=mc<sup>2</sup>"
* [Derek Sherinian](/source/Derek_Sherinian) (ex-[Dream Theater](/source/Dream_Theater)) – synthesizer solo on "The Fifth Extinction"
* [Ed Warby](/source/Ed_Warby){{snd}}[drums](/source/drums) and [percussion](/source/percussion_instrument)

;Production
* Arjen Anthony Lucassen{{snd}}recording, production, mixing, and mastering
* Joost van den Broek{{snd}}engineering assistant
* Jef Bertels{{snd}}cover painting
* Yvette Boertje{{snd}}image for "The Truth Is in Here"
* Felipe Machado Franco{{snd}}lay-out and illustrations
* Simone van Vegten{{snd}}3D illustrations
{{col-end}}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart
! Peak<br />position
|-
| [Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)](/source/Ultratop)<ref name="belch">{{Cite web |title=Ayreon - 01011001 |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/13e68/Ayreon-01011001 |access-date=1 January 2014 |website=ultratop.be |language=nl}}</ref>
| align="center" | 80
|-
|[Belgian Albums Charts (Wallonia)](/source/Ultratop)<ref name="belch2">{{Cite web |title=Ayreon - 01011001 |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/13e68/Ayreon-01011001 |access-date=1 January 2014 |website=ultratop.be |language=fr}}</ref>
| align="center" | 96
|-
|[Dutch Album Chart](/source/Dutch_Album_Chart)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ayreon - 01011001 |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Ayreon&titel=01011001&cat=a |access-date=1 January 2014 |website=dutchcharts.nl}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2
|-
| [French Albums Chart](/source/French_Albums_Chart)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ayreon - 01011001 |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ayreon&titel=01011001&cat=a |access-date=1 January 2014 |website=lescharts.com}}</ref>
| align="center" | 90
|-
| [German Albums Chart](/source/German_Albums_Chart)<ref>{{Cite web |title=charts.de |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Ayreon&title=01011001&cat=a&country=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029225602/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Ayreon&title=01011001&cat=a&country=de |archive-date=29 October 2014 |access-date=1 January 2014}}</ref>
| align="center" | 18
|-
| [Swedish Albums Chart](/source/Swedish_Albums_Chart)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ayreon - 01011001 |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ayreon&titel=01011001&cat=a |access-date=1 January 2014 |website=swedishcharts.com}}</ref>
| align="center" | 54
|-
| [Swiss Albums Chart](/source/Swiss_Albums_Chart)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ayreon - 01011001 |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Ayreon&titel=01011001&cat=a |access-date=1 January 2014 |website=hitparade.ch}}</ref>
| align="center" | 85
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{MusicBrainz release-group}}

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