Recreation Day
Appearance
Recreation Day | ||||
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Released | 11 March 2003 | |||
Recorded | 2002-2003, Los Angered Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden; Engineer: Andy La Rocque and Risza | |||
Genre | Power metal, progressive metal | |||
Length | 60:10 | |||
Label | InsideOut Music | |||
Producer | Tom S. Englund Henrik Danhage | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Recreation Day is the fourth album by Swedish progressive metal band Evergrey. The lyrics deal mainly with personal reformation.
A music video was produced for "Blinded," which saw substantial airplay on Headbangers Ball in late 2003. It would soon be followed by the power ballad "I'm Sorry."
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "The Great Deceiver" | Tom S. Englund, Henrik Danhage | Englund, Danhage | 4:18 |
2. | "End of your Days" | Englund | Englund, Danhage | 4:38 |
3. | "As I Lie Here Bleeding" | Englund | Englund, Danhage | 3:51 |
4. | "Recreation Day" | Englund | Englund, Danhage, Rikard Zander | 5:21 |
5. | "Visions" | Englund | Englund, Danhage | 6:01 |
6. | "I'm Sorry" | Dilba | Dilba | 3:18 |
7. | "Blinded" | Englund | Englund, Danhage | 4:34 |
8. | "Fragments" | Michael Håkansson, Englund | Englund, Danhage | 5:37 |
9. | "Madness Caught Another Victim" | Englund | Englund, Danhage | 2:59 |
10. | "Your Darkest Hour" | Englund | Englund, Danhage, Zander | 6:14 |
11. | "Unforgivable" | Englund | Englund, Danhage | 4:28 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Trilogy of the Damned" (This track is a medley of "As Light is Our Darkness" (from The Dark Discovery), "Words Mean Nothing" (from Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy) and "The Shocking Truth" (also from Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy), performed with vocals backed by electric piano plus an expressive guitar solo by Henrik Danhage) | 9:00 |
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Performers
- Tom S. Englund - vocals, guitar
- Henrik Danhage - guitar
- Michael Håkansson - bass
- Patrick Carlsson - drums, percussion
- Rikard Zander - keyboard
- Carina Kjellberg - All female vocals
- Mercury Choir (Courtesy of the Swedish Catholic Church) - choir