2005 in extended versions
The title places this selection within A State of Trance 25 Years, and its tracklist unfolds across 2:43:02. Most credits are classified as Dance / Pop, while “You Won't See Me Cry 2005”, “First Time” and “Without You Near” are listed as Trance (Main Floor). The collection opens with Andy Moor's “Halcyon”: 5:10, 69 BPM and C major. At the other end, Robert Burns's “Polestar” reaches 138 BPM, G major and 8:01.
The tempo figures do not form a single scale. Fragile and Alex Lemon's “Inertia”, in the Armin van Buuren Extended Remix, is listed at 141 BPM, D-flat minor and 9:37; it is the fastest entry. “Without You Near”, credited to Markus Schulz, Gabriel & Dresden and Departure, registers 66 BPM, F minor and 5:30. Between those reference points sit the remaining 128–140 BPM figures, from “First Time” to “Call Of Tomorrow”.
Duration establishes another broad scale. Andy Moor's “Halcyon” is the shortest cut, while Hammer & Bennett's “Language (Santiago Nino Extended Dub Tech Mix)” reaches 9:41, just below Goldenscan's “Halcyon” at 9:57. Armin van Buuren's “Birth Of An Angel” runs 9:25, and Signalrunners and Mike Foyle's “Love Theme Dusk”, 9:14. Those extensions match the extended-versions billing without the listing imposing one fixed running time.
Markus Schulz appears on three credits, while Armin van Buuren appears as remixer, solo artist or collaborator on five. D minor is the most frequent key, with four appearances; D-flat minor, F minor, C minor, B-flat minor and A-flat major each occur twice. The Smith & Pledger, John O'Callaghan and Armin van Buuren remixes, alongside Santiago Nino's Dub Tech Mix, make the repertoire read as a selection of interpretations identified in the name of each version itself within the listing. Taken together, those version labels separate remixes, an extended dub-tech mix and extended mixes while keeping the credited artists, keys, tempos and durations visible as the record's factual framework.