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Illusions is the first studio album by Norwegian composer Thomas J. Bergersen, of Two Steps From Hell fame. It was released in June 2011. It consists of 19 tracks and features vocal performances by Vladislava Vasileva, Elitsa Todorova, Merethe Soltvedt, Kate St. Pierre, Jenifer Thigpen and Colin O'Malley, as well as instrumental performances by cellist Tina Guo, and the Capellen Orchestra. The album cover and artwork are designed by Jesper Krijgsman, inspired by visuals from Beauty and the Beast. Initially a digital release, the CD was made available in March 2012. It has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. It took Bergersen around three years to produce the album. It began with him setting aside compositions he had originally created for Two Steps from Hell but which he ultimately felt were not in keeping with the group's style; he self described the compositions as "all the wonderful musical wonders of the world together in a big collective hug". Originally under the working title of Nemesis II, he confirmed its final title as Illusions in September 2010. Four preview tracks were released in February 2011, with all proceeds going to the relief fund for the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In January 2013, the album was released to clients promoting motion picture advertising via Extreme Music, featuring 18 alternative versions of many pieces, which makes 37 tracks in total. Track listing

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“It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
— George Carlin, from his "Life is worth Losing" stand-up routine (2005)
“The shedding of easy solutions, of comforting illusions may be painful, but it leaves behind it a feeling of freedom and … the absurd which do not seem in any normal sense of the words, to be noteworthy...”
— Martin Esslin, in Eric Lionel Mascall The Christian universe, Darton, Longman & Todd, 1966, p. 33.
“Commonly, the word "myth" is now used to mean an illusion or a lie, as when we speak of the rumors and myths of the engines that were supposed to run on water instead of gasoline.”
— Sam Keen, in The Passionate Life : Stages of Loving (1992), p. 20.
“We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth.”
— Barnett Newman in : Jacob Baal-Teshuva Rothko. Ediz. Inglese, Taschen, 2003, p. 37.
“No matter how frequently you visit the realm of dreams, you will inevitably confront the unvarnished truth. However, our truth is so much bitter that not even the entirety of the world's sugar can sweeten it.”
— Sanu Sharma, Tee Saat Din
“Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.”
— Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie (1944).

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Notable quotes

“It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
— George Carlin, from his "Life is worth Losing" stand-up routine (2005)
“The shedding of easy solutions, of comforting illusions may be painful, but it leaves behind it a feeling of freedom and … the absurd which do not seem in any normal sense of the words, to be noteworthy...”
— Martin Esslin, in Eric Lionel Mascall The Christian universe, Darton, Longman & Todd, 1966, p. 33.
“Commonly, the word "myth" is now used to mean an illusion or a lie, as when we speak of the rumors and myths of the engines that were supposed to run on water instead of gasoline.”
— Sam Keen, in The Passionate Life : Stages of Loving (1992), p. 20.
“We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth.”
— Barnett Newman in : Jacob Baal-Teshuva Rothko. Ediz. Inglese, Taschen, 2003, p. 37.
“No matter how frequently you visit the realm of dreams, you will inevitably confront the unvarnished truth. However, our truth is so much bitter that not even the entirety of the world's sugar can sweeten it.”
— Sanu Sharma, Tee Saat Din
“Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.”
— Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie (1944).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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