''Remedy Lane'' is the fourth album by Swedish

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band

Pain of Salvation Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, o ...

, released in January 2002. It is a

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focusing on a character's search for self-discovery. It was described by

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as Pain of Salvation's breakthrough album.

Outline

While both ''Remedy Lane'' and Pain of Salvation's second album, ''

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'', feature a protagonist searching for self-discovery, ''Remedy Lane'' addresses a wider variety of themes, including love, loss, lust, sex and self-understanding. The album, written by guitarist and vocalist

Daniel Gildenlöw Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, o ...

, is semi-autobiographical in nature. The

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include poems and photos related to the concept as well as date markings to signify the chronological order of the album. Gildenlöw has said that the inspiration for ''Remedy Lane'' was an era of his life in which he wished to understand the nature of freedom. The album's production is similar to its predecessor, ''

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''. While its mood is dark, there are some moments of happiness.

Reissue

On July 1, 2016 the band released a reissue of the album, entitled ''Remedy Lane Re:visited (Re:mixed & Re:lived)''. The 2-CD set includes a new mix of the record by longtime Pain of Salvation collaborator and mixing engineer

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at Fascination Street Studios, as well as a live recording of the entire album from Pain of Salvation's performance at the ProgPower USA Festival in 2014.

Track listing

All lyrics by Daniel Gildenlöw. All music by Daniel Gildenlöw, except instrumental part of "Rope Ends" by Daniel Gildenlöw and Fredrik Hermansson. The Japanese edition of this album also contains a bonus track titled "Thorn Clown" that is sequenced between "This Heart of Mine (I Pledge)" and "Undertow". However, the Official Pain of Salvation Website shows the song as inserted between "Dryad of the Woods" and "Remedy Lane".

Personnel

- lead vocals, guitar, concept and lyrics *

Kristoffer Gildenlöw Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, o ...

- bass, backing vocals *

Johan Hallgren Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, o ...

- guitar, backing vocals *

Fredrik Hermansson Fredrik Hermansson (born 18 July 1976) is a Swedish musician. He was a keyboardist and backing vocalist in the Swedish progressive rock band Pain of Salvation from 1996 to 2011. He also works as a freelance piano player and composer. Fredrik stud ...

- keyboards *

Johan Langell Johan Langell (born 16 May 1975) is a Swedish musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the Swedish progressive rock band Pain of Salvation. Discography Pain of Salvation *''Hereafter'' (1996) (demo) *'' Entropia'' (1997) *''One Hour ...

- drums, backing vocals ;Additional personnel *Anders "Theo" Theander - producer, engineering *Pontus Lindmark - engineering *Jörgen Tannander - editing *Johanna Iggsten - photography

References

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