''The Breathing Shadow'' is the first album by the Swedish rock band Nightingale. It was recorded and mixed within a week by

Dan Swanö Dan-Erland Swanö (born 10 March 1973), also known as Dan "The Man" Swanö, is a Swedish musician and record producer who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale, lately vocalist, keyboardist and ...

alone at his

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; Nightingale did not yet exist as a band, and was simply a solo project by Swanö. This is the only album of Nightingale to use a drum machine (the other albums have Swanö or someone else on drums). The songs "Nightfall Overture" and "The Dreamreader" were re-recorded on the 2004 compilation album, ''

Nightfall Overture ''Nightfall Overture'' is a studio album by the Swedish rock music, rock band Nightingale (band), Nightingale. The release includes eight Re-recording (music), re-recorded songs from the band's first four albums (''The Breathing Shadow'', ''The C ...

''.

Track listing

Personnel

;Nightingale * Dan Swanö - vocals, lead guitar,

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

, bass guitar,

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, drum machine, keyboards, mixing ;Production *Peter in de Betou - mastering *Holger Stratmann -

cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper ( tabloid), comic book, video game (box art), music album (album art), ...

, design, photography *Börje Forsberg - Executive producer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Breathing Shadow, The Nightingale (band) albums 1995 albums