Catch 22 (Hypocrisy album)

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Catch 22
Catch22album.jpg
Studio album by
Released19 March 2002
RecordedAugust 2001
Genre Melodic death metal
Length41:49
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Peter Tägtgren
Hypocrisy chronology
Into the Abyss
(2001)
Catch 22
(2002)
The Arrival
(2004)
2008 re-release cover
Catch 22 (V2.0.08).jpg
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 9/10 [2]

Catch 22 is the eighth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Hypocrisy. It was released on 19 March 2002 by Nuclear Blast.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hypocrisy

No.TitleLength
1."Don't Judge Me"2:28
2."Destroyed"3:56
3."Edge of Madness"4:59
4."A Public Puppet"3:40
5."Uncontrolled"4:41
6."Turn the Page"4:05
7."Hatred"4:46
8."Another Dead End (For Another Dead Man)"3:44
9."Seeds of the Chosen One"5:06
10."All Turns Black"4:24

2008 re-release

On 9 May 2008, the album was re-released as Catch 22 V2.0.08. [3] Peter Tägtgren re-recorded the vocals and guitar parts and remixed and remastered the album. [3] He said on the official site, "We still think it is a great fucking album but it got slammed and misunderstood because of the vocal style and the drumsound and so on." [4]

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Catch 22
Chart (2008)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 78

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