"far ago" and "long ago" = "long away". The album cover has several images related to time and popular time-travel icons, including a photography camera, a clock mechanism, a police box as a reference to the TARDIS in Doctor Who, a wormhole-like tunnel effect from the opening sequence, a DeLorean sports car referring to the Back to the Future series, and a child playing with a model ship from the Star Trek franchise. Video promo The video promo of "The Time Machine" was completely made (3D modeling, animation and rendering) by Ben Liebrand and was released on September 1, 1999. It includes two designs created by Storm Thorgerson (Hipgnosis UK) and translated by Liebrand into a 3D composition. He made everything in four weeks using Softimage 3D Extreme. Track listing "The Time Machine (Part 1)" (Stuart Elliott) - instrumental – 4:54 "Temporalia" (Parsons) - instrumental with narration by Professor Frank Close – 1:00 "Out of the Blue" (Bairnson) - lead vocal Tony Hadley – 4:54 "Call Up" (Bairnson) - lead vocal Neil Lockwood – 5:13 "Ignorance Is Bliss" (Bairnson) - lead vocal Colin Blunstone – 6:45 "Rubber Universe" (Bairnson) - instrumental – 3:52 "The Call of the Wild" (Bairnson) - lead vocal Máire Brennan – 5:22 "No Future in the Past" (Elliott) - lead vocal Neil Lockwood – 4:46 "Press Rewind" (Elliott) - lead vocal Graham Dye – 4:20 "The Very Last Time" (Bairnson) - lead vocal Beverley Craven – 3:42 "Far Ago and Long Away" (Bairnson) - instrumental – 5:14 "The Time Machine (Part 2)" (Elliott) - instrumental – 1:47 Bonus tracks "Beginnings" (Elliott/Parsons) – instrumental with narration by Alan Parsons – 4:31 "Dr. Evil" (edit) – instrumental with the voice of Mike Myers – 3:23 On the Japanese release, "The Time Machine" is named "H.G. Force" (a reference to H.G. Wells). "Dr. Evil" (edit) is a remix of "The Time Machine" that features the voice of Mike Myers from the second Austin Powers movie, The Spy Who Shagged Me, in which the Alan Parsons Project is mentioned. It is available on most releases which feature a bonus track. The title track was also released as a single with more remix variants. "Beginnings" is available only on the Japanese release, which does not include the "Dr. Evil" remix. Personnel Alan Parsons – keyboards, organ, composer, engineer, producer, narration on "Beginnings" Ian Bairnson – guitars, mandolin, bass, keyboards, saxophone, backing