Recreation Day

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

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.

Recreation Day
Studio album by Evergrey
Released	11 March 2003
Studio	Los Angered Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Genre	Power metal progressive metal
Length	1:00:10
Label	Inside Out Music
Producer	Henrik Danhage Tom S. Englund
Evergrey chronology
In Search of Truth (2001) Recreation Day (2003) The Inner Circle (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Blabbermouth.net	7.5/10
Metalitalia	9/10
Metal Storm	8.5/10
RockHard	8.5/10
Sputnikmusic	4.5/5

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.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Great Deceiver"	Tom S. Englund Henrik Danhage	Tom S. Englund Henrik Danhage	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 Demirbağ	Dilbahar Demirbağ	3:18
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.	Title	Length
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)	148
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	18

External links

• Recreation Day at Discogs (list of releases)