If then else

if_then_else is the sixth album by the Dutch alternative rock band The Gathering. The album was released on July 25, 2000 through Century Media. It was recorded at the Koeienverhuurbedrijf Studio, Purmerend, and at S&K Studio, Doetinchem between January and March, 2000, under the bands own guidance with Zlaya Hadzich as co-producer. The album was engineered by Zlaya Hadzich and Dick Kemper, mixed and mastered on ProTools by Attie Bauw at Bauwhaus Studio, Amsterdam in April 2000.

The album furthered the band's shift from gothic metal to progressive/experimental rock textures. It was released in Europe in 2000 by Century Media Records.

Its title combines two frequently used computer programming notations:

• The if, then, else conditional statement
• The use of all lowercase, underscore-separated words

"Colorado Incident" is about a real-life experience of having to cancel a gig in Colorado because of overbooking, exhaustion and the band members' illnesses. Fans were frustrated, and the band was later very apologetic about this "incident".^[3] (It is apparently not about the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, as often speculated.)

An excerpt of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is heard between "Analog Park" and "Herbal Movement".

Track listing

Additional Musicians on the album

• Bart van Vegchel - French horn [tracks 1, 6, 11]
• Ad Verspaandonk - Trombon [tracks 6, 11]
• Emmeke Bressers - Oboe [track 6]
• Jasper Slotboom - cello [track 6]
• Marthe Kalkhoven - cello [track 6]
• Jiska ter Bals - violin [tracks 3, 9, 10]

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