Recreation Day Explained

Recreation Day
Type:studio
Artist:Evergrey
Cover:Recreation Day by Evergrey.jpg
Released:11 March 2003
Studio:Los Angered Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Label:Inside Out Music
Prev Title:In Search of Truth
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:The Inner Circle
Next Year:2004

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.

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".

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