Discouraged Ones

Discouraged Ones
Studio album by Katatonia
Released	27 April 1998
Recorded	July–August 1997 (Sunlight Studios)[1]
Genre	Gothic metal, gothic rock
Length	46:57
Label	Avantgarde Music Century Media Records (2009 reissue)
Producer	Katatonia
Katatonia chronology
Saw You Drown (1998) Discouraged Ones (1998) Tonight's Decision (1999)

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[2]

Discouraged Ones (stylized discøuraged ønes) is the third full-length album by Katatonia. The album was released in 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]

Tracks 1-3, 5 and 8 were added to The Black Sessions.

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" (reissue bonus track; Nyström, Renkse, F. Norrman, Oretoft)	4:39
13.	"Scarlet Heavens" (reissue bonus track)	10:26

Release history

Date	Note
23 February 2007	2007 Reissue
2009	2009 Gramophone Record Reissue (150 Orange and 350 Yellow)

Credits

Katatonia

• Jonas Renkse – vocals, drums
• Anders Nyström – lead guitar, electronic keyboard
• Fredrik Norrman – rhythm guitar
• Mikael Oretoft – bass guitar

Guests

• Mikael Åkerfeldt - backing vocals, vocal production^[4]
• Tomas Skogsberg - engineering, mixing

References

1. ^ http://katatonia.com/releases/
2. ^ Discouraged Ones at Allmusic
3. ^ http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles/chats/1-355_katatonia.aspx
4. ^ http://opeth.com/index.php/discography/show/tpl/related-3