Recreation Day

Recreation Day
Studio album by Evergrey
Released	March 11, 2003
Recorded	Los Angered Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden; Engineer: Andy La Rocque and Risza
Genre	Power metal, Progressive metal
Length	60:10
Label	InsideOut Music
Producer	Tom S. Englund Henrik Danhage
Evergrey chronology
In Search of Truth (2001) Recreation Day (2003) The Inner Circle (2004)

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Allmusic	[1]

Recreation Day is the fourth album by Swedish progressive metal band Evergrey. The lyrics deal mainly with personal reformation.

A music video was produced for "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

1. "The Great Deceiver" – 4:18
2. "End of Your Days" – 4:38
3. "As I Lie Here Bleeding" – 3:51
4. "Recreation Day" – 5:21
5. "Visions" – 6:01
6. "I'm Sorry" (Dilba cover) – 3:18
7. "Blinded" – 4:34
8. "Fragments" – 5:37
9. "Madness Caught Another Victim" – 3:00
10. "Your Darkest Hour" – 6:14
11. "Unforgivable" – 4:28

Limited Edition Bonus Track: "Trilogy of the Damned" – 9:00 This 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.

Performers

• Tom S. Englund - vocals, guitar
• Henrik Danhage - guitar
• Michael Håkansson - bass
• Patrick Carlsson - drums, percussion
• Rikard Zander - keyboard
• Carina Kjellberg - All female vocals
• Mercury Choir (Courtesy of the Swedish Catholic Church) - choir

References

1. Recreation Day at AllMusic