Tonight's Decision

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Tonight's Decision
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Studio album by
Released31 August 1999 (1999-08-31)
RecordedFebruary–April 1999
Genre Alternative rock [1]
Length56:14
Label Peaceville
Producer Katatonia
Katatonia chronology
Discouraged Ones
(1998)
Tonight's Decision
(1999)
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Tonight's Decision is the fourth studio album by Swedish rock band Katatonia, released in 1999 by Peaceville Records. It was reissued in 2003 with two bonus tracks.

Contents

Background

Around this time, the band were being influenced less by metal and more by alternative, with Renkse citing Jeff Buckley, whose song "Nightmares by the Sea" was covered on this album, as well as Radiohead as examples. [3]

Renkse's close friend, Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, was present to help record, produce and work on ideas for vocal tracks. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nyström and Renkse except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."For My Demons"5:47
2."I Am Nothing"4:37
3."In Death, a Song"4:51
4."Had to (Leave)"6:03
5."This Punishment"2:46
6."Right Into the Bliss"5:04
7."No Good Can Come of This"4:24
8."Strained"4:15
9."A Darkness Coming"5:01
10."Nightmares by the Sea" (Jeff Buckley)4:15
11."Black Session" (song ends at 7:00 and a hidden track begins at 7:25)9:15
Total length:56:14
2003 re-release
No.TitleLength
11."Black Session" (without hidden track)7:00
12."No Devotion"4:48
13."Fractured" (song ends at 3:30 and the same hidden track starts at 4:00)5:52
Total length:64:39

Personnel

Katatonia

Additional personnel

References

  1. York, William. Tonight's Decision review allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  2. AllMusic review
  3. 1 2 Rocher, David; Azevedo, Pedro; Bromley, Adrian (2001). "Songs of Quintessential Sorrow: CoC interrogates Jonas Renkse of Katatonia". Chronicles of Chaos.