Recreation Day

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.

For the holiday in northern Tasmania, see Recreation Day holiday.

Recreation Day
Studio album by
Evergrey
Released11 March 2003
StudioLos Angered Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Genre
Length1:00:10
LabelInside Out Music
Producer
Evergrey chronology
In Search of Truth
(2001)		 Recreation Day
(2003)		 The Inner Circle
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blabbermouth.net7.5/10[2]
Metalitalia9/10[3]
Metal Storm8.5/10[4]
RockHard8.5/10[5]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5[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.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 DemirbağDilbahar Demirbağ3:18
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
  • 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
French Albums (SNEP)[7] 148
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 18

References
  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Recreation Day - Evergrey | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. Daley, Tony (10 March 2003). "Recreation Day - EVERGREY". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. Plata, Riccardo (2019). "EVERGREY - Recreation Day". metalitalia.com (in Italian). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. "Evergrey - Recreation Day review - Metal Storm". Metal Storm. 29 January 2004. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  5. "EVERGREY - Recreation Day". RockHard (in German). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. "Evergrey - Recreation Day (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  7. "Lescharts.com – Evergrey – Recreation Day". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  8. "Swedishcharts.com – Evergrey – Recreation Day". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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