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{{Infobox album
| name         = 01011001
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[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]]
  | [[progressive rock]]
  }}
| length       = 102:16
| label        = [[Inside Out Music]]
| producer     = [[Arjen Lucassen]]
| prev_title   = [[The Human Equation]]
| prev_year    = 2004
| next_title   = [[Timeline (Ayreon album)|Timeline]]
| next_year    = 2008
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
| artist       = [[Arjen Anthony Lucassen]]
| type         = Studio album
| prev_title   = [[Live in the Real World]]
| prev_year    = 2006
| title        = 01011001
| year         = 2008
| next_title   = [[Elected (Ayreon EP)|Elected]]
| next_year    = 2008
}}
}}
'''''01011001''''' is the seventh studio album by [[Arjen Anthony Lucassen]]'s long-running [[Ayreon]] project. The title is the [[Binary numeral system|binary]] representation of the [[ASCII]] value of the letter '''''Y'''''.

''01011001'' is a [[concept album]]<ref name="record-collector" /> that tells the story of [[Extraterrestrial life|aliens]] 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]] |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]] (ex-[[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]]) and [[Floor Jansen]] ([[After Forever]], [[Nightwish]]) had sung on previous Ayreon albums, on ''[[Into the Electric Castle]]'' and ''[[Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer]]'' respectively.

It also stars, among others, [[Bob Catley]] from [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]], [[Hansi Kürsch]] from [[Blind Guardian]], [[Jørn Lande]], and [[Steve Lee (singer)|Steve Lee]] from [[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]] in his final guest appearance before his death in 2010. The album was a commercial and critical success.

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[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]]}}</ref>
| rev2      = [[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]]
| 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]]}}</ref>
| rev5      = [[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]
| 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]]''
| 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]] |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]] 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!|Exclaim's]]'' 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!]]}}</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]], 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]]'''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]], that "River of Time" is reminiscent of [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], and that "Beneath the Waves" reminded him of [[Pink Floyd]].<ref name="record-collector" />

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline     = CD 1 – "Y"
| all_lyrics   = [[Arjen Anthony Lucassen]]
| all_music    = Lucassen except [[Anneke van Giersbergen]] who wrote her own vocal melodies in tracks 1 (disc 1) and 2 (disc 2), and [[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 S. Englund|Tom Englund]], [[Steve Lee (singer)|Steve Lee]], [[Daniel Gildenlöw]], [[Hansi Kürsch]], [[Floor Jansen]], [[Jonas Renkse|Jonas P. Renkse]], [[Anneke van Giersbergen]], [[Jørn Lande]]
| length1      = 10:47
| title2       = Comatose
| extra2       = van Giersbergen, Lande
| length2      = 4:26
| title3       = Liquid Eternity
| extra3       = Renkse, Gildenlöw, [[Magali Luyten]], [[Bob Catley]], Englund, Lande, Jansen
| length3      = 8:10
| title4       = Connect the Dots
| extra4       = [[Ty Tabor]], [[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]], [[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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;Vocalists
* [[Bob Catley]] ([[Magnum (band)|Magnum]]) – Forever
* [[Tom S. Englund]] ([[Evergrey]]) – Forever
* [[Anneke van Giersbergen]] (ex-[[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]]) – Forever
* [[Daniel Gildenlöw]] ([[Pain of Salvation]]) – Forever
* [[Floor Jansen]] ([[Nightwish]] | ex-[[After Forever]]) – Forever
* [[Hansi Kürsch]] ([[Blind Guardian]]) – Forever
* [[Jørn Lande]] (ex-[[Masterplan (band)|Masterplan]]) – Forever
* [[Steve Lee (singer)|Steve Lee]] ([[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]]) – Forever
* [[Magali Luyten]]{{snd}}Forever
* [[Jonas Renkse]] ([[Katatonia]]) – Forever
* [[Arjen Anthony Lucassen]]{{snd}}Mr. L on "The Truth Is in Here", and backing vocals on "Connect the Dots"
* Liselotte Hegt ([[Dial (band)|Dial]]) – Mr. L's nurse on "The Truth Is in Here"
* [[Simone Simons]] ([[Epica (band)|Epica]]) – Simone on "Web of Lies"
* [[Ty Tabor]] ([[King's X]]) – an average middle-class worker on "Connect the Dots"
* Marjan Welman ([[Autumn (Dutch band)|Autumn]]) – a 21st-century scientist on "E=mc<sup>2</sup>"
* Wudstik{{snd}}a 21st-century scientist on "E=mc<sup>2</sup>"
* [[Phideaux Xavier]]{{snd}}PX on "Web of Lies"

{{col-break}}
;Instrumentalists
* [[Tomas Bodin]] ([[The Flower Kings]]) – [[synthesizer]] solo on "Waking Dreams"
* Joost van den Broek (After Forever) – synthesizer solo and [[piano]] on "The Sixth Extinction"
* David Faber{{snd}}[[cello]]s
* Jeroen Goossens{{snd}}[[flute]]; soprano and tenor recorder on "The Truth Is in Here"; [[bass flute]] on "Unnatural Selection"; [[tin whistle]] on "River of Time"
* [[Lori Linstruth]]{{snd}}[[guitar]] solo on "Newborn Race"
* Arjen Anthony Lucassen{{snd}}electric and acoustic guitars, [[bass guitar]]s, [[mandolin]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], synthesizers, [[Hammond organ|Hammond]], and [[ARP String Ensemble|Solina]]
* Ben Mathot{{snd}}[[violin]]s
* [[Michael Romeo]] ([[Symphony X]]) – guitar solo on "E=mc<sup>2</sup>"
* [[Derek Sherinian]] (ex-[[Dream Theater]]) – synthesizer solo on "The Fifth Extinction"
* [[Ed Warby]]{{snd}}[[drums]] and [[percussion instrument|percussion]]

;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
|-
| [[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)]]<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
|-
|[[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Charts (Wallonia)]]<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]]<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]]<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]]<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]]<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]]<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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