The Inner Circle (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Inner Circle
| type = studio
| artist = Evergrey
| cover = TheInnerCircle.jpg
| alt =
| released = 27 April 2004
| recorded = November 2003 – February 2004
| venue =
| studio = Division One Studios
| genre = Progressive metal
| length = 48:15
| label = InsideOut
| producer = {{ubl|Tom S. Englund|Henrik Danhage}}
| prev_title = Recreation Day
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Monday Morning Apocalypse
| next_year = 2006
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r694009|pure_url=yes}} link]
| noprose = yes
}}
The Inner Circle is the fifth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Evergrey, released in 2004. The album is a concept album that deals with the themes of religion, cults, and child abuse. According to an interview with frontman Tom S. Englund, the spoken word parts in the album are of an actual person.{{cite web | url=https://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/Evergrey-May2004.htm | title=Evergrey's Tom S. Englund | author=Lord of the Wasteland | publisher=metal-rules.com | accessdate=31 October 2020 }}
The last track on the album, "When the Walls Go Down" samples excerpts from David Wilkerson's speech "A Call to Anguish".{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/e_2/evergrey_-_the_inner.htm|last=Theodoratos|first=Fotis|title=Evergrey - The Inner Circle (CD)|website=Metal Temple|date=16 May 2004|accessdate=31 October 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://theprogmind.com/2016/11/18/album-spotlight-evergrey-the-inner-circle/|title=Album Spotlight: Evergrey – "The Inner Circle"|website=The Prog Mind|date=18 November 2016|accessdate=31 October 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/2186|title=Evergrey - The Inner Circle|website=Metal Reviews|accessdate=31 October 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=519|title=Evergrey - The Inner Circle review|website=Metal Storm|accessdate=31 October 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=1331|last=Pardo|first=Pete|title=Evergrey: The Inner Circle|website=Sea Of Tranquility|date=5 February 2006|accessdate=31 October 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dprp.net/specials/evergrey0604/|last=Read|first=Andy|title=THE INNER CIRCLE|website=DPRP|accessdate=31 October 2020}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Tom S. Englund
| title1 = A Touch of Blessing
| music1 = Tom S. Englund
| length1 = 5:50
| title2 = Ambassador
| music2 = Englund, Jonas Ekdahl
| length2 = 4:29
| title3 = In the Wake of the Weary
| music3 = Henrik Danhage
| length3 = 4:43
| title4 = Harmless Wishes
| music4 = Danhage, Englund, Rikard Zander
| length4 = 4:18
| title5 = Waking Up Blind
| music5 = Englund
| length5 = 4:22
| title6 = More Than Ever
| music6 = Danhage
| length6 = 4:13
| title7 = The Essence of Conviction
| music7 = Englund, Danhage, Ekdahl
| length7 = 6:07
| title8 = Where All Good Sleep
| music8 = Zander, Englund
| length8 = 4:37
| title9 = Faith Restored
| music9 = Englund
| length9 = 3:54
| title10 = When the Walls Go Down
| music10 = Englund, Zander, Danhage, Ekdahl
| length10 = 5:42
| note10 = Instrumental with sampled excerpts from David Wilkerson's speech [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayYizi9TZAQ "A Call to Anguish"]
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Special edition
| title11 = I'm Sorry
| length11 = 3:28
| note11 = Live and acoustic
| title12 = Recreation Day
| length12 = 3:33
| note12 = Live and acoustic
| title13 = Madness Caught Another Victim
| length13 = 3:09
| note13 = Live and acoustic
}}
Personnel
=Band=
- Tom S. Englund – vocals and guitar
- Henrik Danhage – guitar
- Michael Håkansson – bass
- Rikard Zander – keyboards
- Jonas Ekdahl – drums
=Other=
- Carina Englund – vocals
- Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra – string quartet
References
{{Evergrey}}
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