Reroute to Remain | ||||
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Released | 3 September 2002 | |||
Recorded | 2002 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 51:39 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Daniel Bergstrand | |||
In Flames chronology | ||||
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Singles from Reroute to Remain | ||||
Music video | ||||
"Cloud Connected" on YouTube |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Rock Hard | 9/10 [2] |
Ultimate Guitar | [3] |
Reroute to Remain (subtitled:Fourteen Songs of Conscious Insanity,and on reissue:Fourteen Songs of Conscious Madness) is the sixth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames,released in September 2002.
The album saw a major change in musical style and was met with rejection among many of the band's fanbase. The album's more accessible sound attracted many new fans and popularized In Flames' name within the American heavy metal scene,helping to secure a top spot at Ozzfest. It was the band's first album to present singles:"Trigger" and "Cloud Connected". The band would continue to use guitars tuned to Drop A# on this album with some songs tuned to C standard,excepting "Transparent",which was tuned down to Drop G.
Despite initially receiving a mixed response from fans,the album received mostly favorable reviews. In 2005,Reroute to Remain was ranked number 326 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock &Metal Albums of All Time. [4]
The album peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. [5]
All music is composed by Björn Gelotte,Jesper Strömblad and Anders Fridén. All lyrics are written by Anders Fridén,except where noted.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
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1. | "Reroute to Remain" | Fridén, Helena Lindsjö | 3:53 |
2. | "System" | 3:39 | |
3. | "Drifter" | 3:10 | |
4. | "Trigger" | 4:58 | |
5. | "Cloud Connected" | 3:40 | |
6. | "Transparent" | 4:03 | |
7. | "Dawn of a New Day" | 3:40 | |
8. | "Egonomic" | 2:36 | |
9. | "Minus" | 3:45 | |
10. | "Dismiss the Cynics" | Fridén, Lindsjö | 3:38 |
11. | "Free Fall" | 3:58 | |
12. | "Dark Signs" | 3:20 | |
13. | "Metaphor" | 3:39 | |
14. | "Black & White" | 3:33 | |
Total length: | 51:39 |
No. | Title | Album | Length |
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15. | "Colony (Live)" | Colony | 5:11 |
Total length: | 56:50 |
No. | Title | Length |
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15. | "Watch Them Feed" | 3:12 |
16. | "Land of Confusion" ( Genesis cover) | 3:22 |
17. | "Cloud Connected (Club Connected Remix)" | 4:11 |
Total length: | 62:24 |
In Flames
| Other personnel
| Featured artists on "Metaphor"
Writers of "Land of Confusion" |
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] | 67 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [7] | 5 |
French Albums (SNEP) [8] | 81 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] | 23 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] | 5 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] | 10 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [12] | 13 |
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