''Recreation Day'' is the fourth studio album by Swedish

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band

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. It was released on 11 March 2003 through

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and re-released in 2018 via

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. Recording sessions took place at Los Angered Recordings in

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. Production was handled by members

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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. A music video was produced for the song "Blinded", which saw substantial airplay on ''

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'' in late 2003. It would soon be followed by the

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"I'm Sorry".

Track listing

Personnel

– 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 Björn Tom Fredrik Nordström (born 5 January 1967) is a Swedish musician and record producer, best known as the guitarist of heavy metal band Dream Evil. Nordström is one of the leading melodic death metal and power metal producers in Sweden ...

– mixing *

Patrik Jerksten Anders Patrik Jerksten (born 19 July 1974), also known as Patrik J., Patrik J. Sten or Pat Power, is a Swedish sound engineer and heavy metal drummer for Passenger, The Fifth Sun, and Dream Evil. He has worked extensively in the famous Studio ...

– mixing * Anders Allhage – engineering * Kristian "Rizza" Isaksson – engineering * Göran Finnberg – mastering * Mattias Norén – artwork, design * Rex Zachary – photography * Lars Karlsson – photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2003 albums Evergrey albums Inside Out Music albums