Recreation Day
2003 studio album by Evergrey
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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.
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| Released | 11 March 2003 | |||
| Studio | Los Angered Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden) | |||
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| Length | 1:00:10 | |||
| Label | Inside Out Music | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Blabbermouth.net | 7.5/10[2] |
| Metalitalia | 9/10[3] |
| Metal Storm | 8.5/10[4] |
| RockHard | 8.5/10[5] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.5/5[6] |
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. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "The Great Deceiver" |
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| 4:18 |
| 2. | "End of your Days" | Englund |
| 4:38 |
| 3. | "As I Lie Here Bleeding" | Englund |
| 3:51 |
| 4. | "Recreation Day" | Englund |
| 5:21 |
| 5. | "Visions" | Englund |
| 6:01 |
| 6. | "I'm Sorry" | Dilbahar Demirbağ | Dilbahar Demirbağ | 3:18 |
| 7. | "Blinded" | Englund |
| 4:34 |
| 8. | "Fragments" |
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| 5:37 |
| 9. | "Madness Caught Another Victim" | Englund |
| 2:59 |
| 10. | "Your Darkest Hour" | Englund |
| 6:14 |
| 11. | "Unforgivable" | Englund |
| 4:28 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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
- Tom S. Englund – vocals, guitar, arranger, producer
- Henrik Danhage – guitar, arranger, producer
- Michael Håkansson – bass, arranger
- Patrick Carlsson – drums, percussion, arranger
- Rikard Zander – keyboards
- Carina Kjellberg – female vocals
- The Mercury Choir (courtesy of the Swedish Catholic Church) – choir
- Fredrik Nordström – mixing
- Patrik Jerksten – mixing
- Anders Allhage – engineering
- Kristian "Rizza" Isaksson – engineering
- Göran Finnberg – mastering
- Mattias Norén – artwork, design
- Rex Zachary – photography
- Lars Karlsson – photography
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| French Albums (SNEP)[7] | 148 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] | 18 |