Discouraged Ones

Discouraged Ones
Studio album by Katatonia
Released April 27, 1998
Recorded July–August 1997
(Sunlight Studios)[1]
Genre Doom metal, gothic rock
Length 46:57
Label Avantgarde Music
Producer Katatonia
Katatonia chronology

Saw You Drown
(1998)
Discouraged Ones
(1998)
Tonight's Decision
(1999)
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Allmusic [2]

Discouraged Ones (stylized discøuraged ønes) is the third full-length album by Katatonia. The album was released on April 27, 1998.

This is the last Katatonia release with Mikael Oretoft. It is also their last release with Jonas Renkse on drums; on future Katatonia releases, he only performs vocals.

According to Jonas Renkse, Discouraged Ones sold roughly 20,000 copies since 2001.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed 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
23 February 2007 2007 reissue
2009 2009 LP reissue (150 orange and 350 yellow)

Personnel

Katatonia

Additional personnel

References

  1. "Katatonia Releases". Katatonia.com. 2006-08-17. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  2. Discouraged Ones at AllMusic
  3. "CoC : Katatonia : Interview : 8/12/2001". Chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.