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Vemod

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Recorded
  
March - April 1993

Vemod 1993
  
Nucleus 1995

Release date
  
September 1993

Label
  
VIRTA

Length
  
56:58

Artist
  
Anekdoten

Producer
  
Simon Nordberg

Vemod wwwprogarchivescomprogressiverockdiscography

Released
  
September 1993 (CD), 1994 (LP), 1995 (Cassette), 1998 (picture disc LP)

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock, Post-rock

Similar
  
Anekdoten albums, Progressive rock albums

Anekdoten karelia


Vemod is the title of the first studio album released by the Swedish art rock band Anekdoten. According to the Trivia page of the Anektdoten website, the word "vemod" means in Swedish "(...)[tender] sadness / [pensive] melancholy."

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Karelia" – 7:20
  2. "The Old Man & the Sea" – 7:50
  3. "Where Solitude Remains" – 7:20
  4. "Thoughts in Absence" – 4:10
  5. "The Flow" – 6:58
  6. "Longing" – 4:50
  7. "Wheel" – 7:52
  8. "Sad Rain" – 10:14 (Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

  • Nicklas Berg (changed name to Nicklas Barker after marriage) - guitar, Mellotron
  • Anna Sofi Dahlberg - cello, Mellotron, vocals
  • Jan Erik Liljeström - bass guitar, vocals
  • Peter Nordins - percussives
  • with:

  • Per Wiberg - piano
  • Pär Ekström - flugelhorn, cornet
  • Credits

  • Recorded in Studio Largen, March-April 1993.
  • Engineered by Roger Skogh and Simon Nordberg.
  • Produced by Anekdoten, Roger Skogh and Simon Nordberg.
  • Photography by Thomas Södergren and Natalie Dumanska.
  • Layout and design by Teolinda.
  • Release history

  • Sept. 1993: Virtalevy, Virta 001, Sweden CD
  • Jan. 1994: Colours, COSLP017, Norway LP - 1,000 copies pressed, first 250 included a color poster
  • Feb. 1995: Prog Rock Music, PRM 015, Poland cassette
  • Aug. 1995: Arcángelo, ARC-1001, Japan CD - first pressing (1,500 copies) was housed in a vinyl coating gatefold sleeve
  • Aug. 1996: Record Heaven, RHPD2, Sweden picture disc LP
  • July 1999: Rock Symphony, RSLN 012, Brazil CD
  • Songs

    1Karelia7:22
    2The Old Man And The Sea7:50
    3Where Solitude Remains7:21

    References

    Vemod Wikipedia