01	The Dance						05:00
	02	Another Day						05:47
	03	The Other Half (of me)						04:51
	04	Remix Restless						03:33
	05	Remix Candles & Pearls of Light						09:05
	06	World of Make Believe						04:48
	07	Ice Queen (Acoustic at "MXL")						03:52
	08	Ice Queen (live at Leidse Kade)						05:11
	09	Mother Earth (Orchestra Version)						03:29
	10	Mother Earth (live at Leidse Kade)						05:47
	11	Angels - Full length version						04:02
	12	Say My Name - unreleased Bonus Track						04:06
	13	Forsaken - Live in 013, Tilburg						04:57
	14	The Promise - Live in 013, Tilburg						08:02
	15	Angels - Live in 013, Tilburg						04:11

Within Temptation - The Dance Country of Origin: Netherlands
Format: Mini CD
Record Label: DSFA
Catalogue #: DFSA 1015
Year of Release: 1998
Time: 30:00
Info: Homepage

Tracklist: The Dance, Another Day, The Other Half (of me)
Dutch band Within Temptation probably thought it has been a long time since they released their debut, Enter, so they'd better release something. This mini CD, The Dance contains three new tracks, two remixes of three songs from their debut CD, plus a CD-ROM track.

Let me save the best for last and tell you to forget about the remixes. The gloomy dark atmosphere that marks Within Temptation, is spoilt by an irritating rhythm track. I'd rather see a mini CD be filled with, for example, demo tracks, instead of this.

So, leaving out the remixes, from the 28 minutes of music, only 16 remain interesting. These three new tracks, however, are what makes it worth buying this CD. I knew The Dance from one of their live shows. It's in the same style and would have fit on Enter.
Another Day is a bit laid back, a ballad. A bit heavy for a ballad, but it still is a ballad. Therefore, it lacks the variations in speed, which I think is one of the things this band is good at.
Well, I said I would save the best for last... The Other Half (Of Me) is aggression, aggression, and aggression. And that with Sharon's chanting voice. Fortunately, the guitarist's grunts are only present in vocal harmony with Sharon's. I want to hear this live!

The songs on this CD are in the same vein as the tracks on Enter, but is also a little step forward. There are less grunts, a fact which will appeal to most DPRP surfers and other progrock fans. Most of the grunts made me laugh, anyway.

The CD-ROM part contains pictures, a history of the band, and a bonus track: Restless (Classical Version) (in MP3). Only Sharon singing to the piano. Well, add three minutes to the 16 that are interesting, and we've got a very interesting mini CD...

Jerry van Kooten