Tracklist front / back album covers
"Elected" (Alice Cooper cover) - 3:37
"E=MC²" (Live acoustic radio version) - 3:32
"Ride the Comet" - 3:32
"Day Six: Childhood" (Piano version) - 3:04
Ayreon Band Members / Musicians
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon) – electric and acoustic guitars, bass, keyboards
Ed Warby (Gorefest) – drums
Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia) – lead vocals in "Elected"
Marjan Welman (Elister, Autumn) – lead vocals in "E=MC²" and "Day Six: Childhood"
Floor Jansen (After Forever) – vocals in "Ride the Comet"
Tom Englund (Evergrey) – vocals in "Ride the Comet"
Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) – vocals in "Ride the Comet"
Bob Catley (Magnum) – vocals in "Ride the Comet"
Magali Luyten (Virus IV) – vocals in "Ride the Comet"
Joost van den Broek (After Forever) – piano in "Day Six: Childhood"
Elected is the first EP by progressive metal project Ayreon, owned by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen. It was released on 25 April 2008 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and on 28 April in the rest of Europe. It features the guest performance of German singer Tobias Sammet, from Avantasia and Edguy.
The EP contains an Alice Cooper cover, an acoustic guitar and voice version of "E=MC²" and the track "Ride the Comet", both from the album 01011001. There is also a piano version of The Human Equation's "Day Six: Childhood". Some reviewers and also the CD-Text information on the CD itself call the EP The Universal Ayreonaut.
The album entered at #69 at the France Singles Top 100 and stayed in that position for three weeks.
