The God Thing

Studio album by Vanden Plas

Released

1997

Genre

Prog metal

Length

56:45

Label

Inside Out Music / Limb Music

Producer

Vanden Plas

Vanden Plas chronology

AcCult
(1996)

The God Thing
(1997)

Far Off Grace
(1999)

The God Thing is the second full-length studio album by the German progressive metal band Vanden Plas. It was later re-released in 2004 as a special edition with two bonus tracks.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Fire Blossom"	Instrumental	Werno	2:55
2.	"Rainmaker"	Kuntz	S.Lill	6:40
3.	"Garden of Stones"	Kuntz	Kuntz/Werno	7:48
4.	"In You: I Believe"	Kuntz	S.Lill/Werno	4:28
5.	"Day I Die"	Kuntz	S.Lill	6:05
6.	"Crown of Thorns"	Kuntz	Kuntz	6:42
7.	"We're Not God"	Kuntz	S.Lill	7:12
8.	"Salt in My Wounds"	Kuntz	S.Lill	7:21
9.	"You Fly"	Kuntz	S.Lill	7:34

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Combien De Larmes" (French bonus track, 2004 reissue bonus track)	4:29
2.	"You Fly (live)" (2004 reissue bonus track)	9:16
3.	"Spanish Rain (Saigon Kick cover)" (French limited FNAC edition)	7:15
4.	"Days of Thunder (acoustic version)" (French limited FNAC edition)	4:39
5.	"Raining in My Heart" (French limited FNAC edition)	4:39

Personnel

Andy Kuntz – vocals
Stephan Lill – guitars
Günter Werno – keyboards
Torsten Reichert – bass
Andreas Lill – drums

Guest musicians

Paul Achim Schneider - cello (on "Fire Blossom", "Crown of Thorns" & "You Fly")
Gunni Mahling - violin (on "Fire Blossom", "Crown of Thorns" & "You Fly")

Production

Produced by Vanden Plas
Recorded and mixed at ROKO Soundstudio in Schöneck, GER
Engineered and mixed by Robert Kohlmeyer
Keyboards and strings recorded at Jam Studio in Pirmasens, GER
Engineered by Stefan Glass
Backing vocals by Andy Kuntz, Stephan Lill & Günter Werno
Cover design and layout by Arsenic
Cover sculpture made by Cesare Marcotto
Sculpture photographed by Manfred Prusseit
Photos by Artur Bente

References

↑ Tutor, Demonic. "Vanden Plas - The God Thing review". metalstorm.net. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
↑ Popke, Michael. "Vanden Plas: The God Thing/Far Off Grace (Reissues)". seaoftranquility.org. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
↑ "Vanden Plas". sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
↑ "Vanden Plas - The Seraphic Clockwork". backgroundmagazine.nl. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

Vanden Plas

Andy Kuntz Stephan Lill Torsten Reichert Andreas Lill Günter Werno

Studio albums	Colour Temple (1994) The God Thing (1997) Far Off Grace (1999) Beyond Daylight (2002) Christ 0 (2006) The Seraphic Clockwork (2010)

Live albums	Spirit of Live (2000)

Related projects	Missa Mercuria (2002)

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