Tonight's Decision

Tonight's Decision
Tonight's Decision
Studio album by Katatonia
Released	31 August 1999
Recorded	February–April 1999
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	56:14
Label	Peaceville
Producer	Katatonia
Katatonia chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Tonight's Decision is the fourth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released in 1999 by Peaceville Records. It was reissued in 2003 with two bonus tracks.

Background

Around this time, the band were being influenced less by metal and more by alternative, with Renkse citing Jeff Buckley, whose song "Nightmares by the Sea" was covered on this album, as well as Radiohead as examples.^[3]

Renkse's close friend, Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, was present to help record, produce and work on ideas for vocal tracks.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nyström and Renkse except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"For My Demons"	5:47
2.	"I Am Nothing"	4:37
3.	"In Death, a Song"	4:51
4.	"Had to (Leave)"	6:03
5.	"This Punishment"	2:46
6.	"Right Into the Bliss"	5:04
7.	"No Good Can Come of This"	4:24
8.	"Strained"	4:15
9.	"A Darkness Coming"	5:01
10.	"Nightmares by the Sea" (Jeff Buckley)	4:15
11.	"Black Session" (song ends at 7:00 and a hidden track begins at 7:25)	9:15
Total length:		56:14

2003 re-release
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Black Session" (without hidden track)	7:00
12.	"No Devotion"	4:48
13.	"Fractured" (song ends at 3:30 and the same hidden track starts at 4:00)	5:52
Total length:		64:39

Personnel

Katatonia

Jonas Renkse – vocals
Anders Nyström – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
Fredrik Norrman – bass
Dan Swanö – session drums

Additional personnel

Mikael Åkerfeldt – additional vocal production
Travis Smith – artwork, design, layout
Paul Loasby – management
Mia Lorentzson – mastering
Joakim Petterson – engineering
Tomas Skogsberg – engineering
Camilla Af Geijerstam – photography
Martin Bencik – desert photography assistant
Brad Gilson Jr. – photography

References

^ York, William. Tonight's Decision review allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
^ AllMusic review
^ ^a ^b Rocher, David; Azevedo, Pedro; Bromley, Adrian (2001). "Songs of Quintessential Sorrow: CoC interrogates Jonas Renkse of Katatonia". Chronicles of Chaos.

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[York-1] York, William. Tonight's Decision review allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 December 2009.

[2] AllMusic review

[:0-3] Rocher, David; Azevedo, Pedro; Bromley, Adrian (2001). "Songs of Quintessential Sorrow: CoC interrogates Jonas Renkse of Katatonia". Chronicles of Chaos.

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