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Discouraged Ones (stylized discøuraged ønes) is the third full-length album by Katatonia. The album was released on April 27, 1998. This is the only Katatonia album with bassist Micke Oretoft. It is also their last release with Jonas Renkse on drums; on future releases, he would focus on being the band's lead vocalist and contributing additional guitar work. According to Renkse, Discouraged Ones had sold roughly 20,000 copies as of 2001.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Renkse and Nyström unless noted otherwise.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Break" | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Stalemate" | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Deadhouse" | 4:37 |
| 4. | "Relention" | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Cold Ways" | 5:22 |
| 6. | "Gone" | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Last Resort" | 4:37 |
| 8. | "Nerve" | 4:32 |
| 9. | "Saw You Drown" | 5:04 |
| 10. | "Instrumental" | 2:52 |
| 11. | "Distrust" | 4:57 |
| 12. | "Quiet World" (2007 reissue bonus track; Nyström, Renkse, F. Norrman, Oretoft) | 4:39 |
| 13. | "Scarlet Heavens" (2007 reissue bonus track) | 10:26 |
| Total length: | 62:02 | |
Release history
| Date | Note |
|---|---|
| 27 April 1998 | 1998 original issue |
| 23 February 2007 | 2007 reissue |
| 2009 | 2009 LP reissue (150 orange and 350 yellow) |
| 2011 | 2011 LP reissue (350 black and 550 orange) |
| 2013 | 2013 LP reissue |
| 2019 | 2019 LP reissue |
Personnel
Katatonia
- Jonas Renkse – drums, guitars, lead vocals
- Anders Nyström – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
- Fred Norrman – guitars
- Micke Oretoft – bass
Additional personnel
- Mikael Åkerfeldt – backing vocals, vocal production[4]
- Tomas Skogsberg – engineering, mixing
- Fred Estby – engineering
- Pressens Bild – photography
- Tom Martinsen – photography, digital design
- Maria Winsnes – photography
- David Castillo – remastering
- reesycle.com – layout
References
- ^ "Katatonia Releases". Katatonia.com. 2006-08-17. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ Discouraged Ones at AllMusic
- ^ "CoC : Katatonia : Interview : 8/12/2001". Chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ [1] Archived October 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine