Recreation Day

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Recreation Day
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Studio album by
Released11 March 2003
StudioLos Angered Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Genre
Length1:00:10
Label Inside Out Music
Producer
Evergrey chronology
In Search of Truth
(2001)
Recreation Day
(2003)
The Inner Circle
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Blabbermouth.net 7.5/10 [2]
Metalitalia9/10 [3]
Metal Storm 8.5/10 [4]
RockHard 8.5/10 [5]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5 [6]

Recreation Day is the fourth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Evergrey. It was released on 11 March 2003 through Inside Out Music and re-released in 2018 via AFM Records. Recording sessions took place at Los Angered Recordings in Gothenburg. Production was handled by members Tom S. Englund and Henrik Danhage. The album's lyrics deal mainly with personal reformation. It is the first album with longtime keyboardist Rikard Zander, and the last to feature original drummer Patrick Carlsson.

Contents

A music video was produced for the song "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.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Great Deceiver"
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" Dilbahar Demirbağ Dilbahar Demirbağ 3:18
7."Blinded"Englund
  • Englund
  • Danhage
4:34
8."Fragments"
  • Englund
  • Michael Håkansson
  • 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
Limited edition
No.TitleLength
12."Trilogy of the Damned" (The 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

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [7] 148
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 18

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