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Recreation Day

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Released
  
11 March 2003

Label
  
InsideOut Music

Release date
  
11 March 2003

Length
  
60:10

Artist
  
Evergrey

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Recorded
  
2002-2003, Los Angered Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden; Engineer: Andy La Rocque and Risza

Recreation Day (2003)
  
The Inner Circle (2004)

Genres
  
Progressive metal, Power metal

Producers
  
Tom S. Englund, Henrik Danhage

Nominations
  
Grammis Award for Hard Rock/Metal of the Year

Similar
  
Evergrey albums, Power metal albums

Evergrey the great deceiver


Recreation Day is the fourth album by Swedish progressive metal band Evergrey. The lyrics deal mainly with personal reformation.

Contents

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

  1. "The Great Deceiver" – 4:18
  2. "End of Your Days" – 4:38
  3. "As I Lie Here Bleeding" – 3:51
  4. "Recreation Day" – 5:21
  5. "Visions" – 6:01
  6. "I'm Sorry" (Dilba cover) – 3:18
  7. "Blinded" – 4:34
  8. "Fragments" – 5:37
  9. "Madness Caught Another Victim" – 3:00
  10. "Your Darkest Hour" – 6:14
  11. "Unforgivable" – 4:28

Limited Edition Bonus Track: "Trilogy of the Damned" – 9:00 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.

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
  • Songs

    1The Great Deceiver4:21
    2End of Your Days4:41
    3As I Lie Here Bleeding3:50

    References

    Recreation Day Wikipedia