Discouraged Ones
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{{Infobox album
| name = Discouraged Ones
| type = Album
| artist = Katatonia
| cover = DiscouragedOnes.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1998|04|27|df=y}}
| recorded = July–August 1997
| venue =
| studio = Sunlight Studios{{cite web|url=http://katatonia.com/releases/ |title=Katatonia Releases |publisher=Katatonia.com |date=17 August 2006 |access-date=14 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224140952/https://katatonia.com/releases/ |archive-date=24 February 2012 }}
| genre = Gothic metal{{cite web|last=Mills|first=Matt|date=7 April 2021|title=10 metal bands who went 'soft' – and were better off for it|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-metal-bands-who-went-soft|access-date=30 June 2022|website=Metal Hammer}}
| length = {{Duration|m=46|s=57}}
| label = Avantgarde Music
| producer = Katatonia
| prev_title = Saw You Drown
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Tonight's Decision
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=York|first=William|title=Katatonia - Discouraged Ones Album Reviews, Songs & More|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/discouraged-ones-mw0000599679|access-date=30 June 2022|publisher=AllMusic}}
| rev2 = Chronicles of Chaos
| rev2Score = 9/10{{cite web|last=Azevedo|first=Pedro|date=7 June 1998|title=CoC : Katatonia - Discouraged Ones : Review|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-808|access-date=30 June 2022|website=Chronicles of Chaos}}
}}
Discouraged Ones (stylized discøuraged ønes) is the third studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released on 27 April 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 was the band's lead vocalist and contributed additional guitar work. According to Renkse, Discouraged Ones had sold roughly 20,000 copies as of 2001.{{cite web|last=Rocher|first=David|last2=Azevedo|first2=Pedro|last3=Bromley|first3=Adrian|date=12 August 2001|title=CoC : Katatonia : Interview|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles/chats/1-355_katatonia.aspx|access-date=14 February 2012|website=Chronicles of Chaos}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Renkse and Nyström unless noted otherwise
| title1 = I Break
| length1 = 4:24
| title2 = Stalemate
| length2 = 4:21
| title3 = Deadhouse
| length3 = 4:37
| title4 = Relention
| length4 = 3:39
| title5 = Cold Ways
| length5 = 5:22
| title6 = Gone
| length6 = 2:49
| title7 = Last Resort
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = Nerve
| length8 = 4:32
| title9 = Saw You Drown
| length9 = 5:04
| title10 = Instrumental
| length10 = 2:52
| title11 = Distrust
| length11 = 4:57
| total_length = 46:57
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = 2007 re-release bonus tracks
| title12 = Quiet World
| note12 = written by Nyström, Renkse, F. Norrman, Oretoft
| length12 = 4:39
| title13 = Scarlet Heavens
| length13 = 10:26
| total_length = 62:02
}}
Release history
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Note |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"|27 April 1998
|1998 original issue |
| style="text-align:center;"|23 February 2007
|2007 reissue |
| style="text-align:center;"|2009
|2009 LP reissue (150 orange and 350 yellow) |
| style="text-align:center;"|2011
|2011 LP reissue (350 black and 550 orange) |
| style="text-align:center;"|2013
|2013 LP reissue |
| style="text-align:center;"|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{{cite web|title=Opeth|url=http://opeth.com/index.php/discography/show/tpl/related-3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009153254/https://opeth.com/index.php/discography/show/tpl/related-3|archive-date=9 October 2010|access-date=30 June 2022|publisher=Opeth}}
- 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
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