''Road Salt One'' is the seventh studio album by Swedish band

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, released 17 May 2010 on

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. While a

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in keeping with all previous Pain of Salvation albums, the album was more song-oriented and streamlined in its production values.

Outline

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has described the album in interviews as sounding more "jam oriented" with tracks that sound like they have been "recorded live in the rehearsal room". He indicated that the intent of the album was to go "back to letting the song be the focal point" by having the album feature "just us. Playing a song meant to touch your heart. Stripped down. Naked. Brave. Old school". Gildenlöw described the concept of Road Salt One as being many parallel stories: Gildenlöw has also compared the album's plot to the film ''

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'' in interviews. Around the inside lips of the back cover is the following sentence: "This album, however, is NOT a part of ''The Perfect Element'' concept...but for what it's worth, it easily COULD have been, right? Right?"

Track listing

Concept, music and lyrics by Daniel Gildenlöw.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition Digipack

#"What She Means to Me" (Bonus track) - 0:50 #"No Way" (Extended version) - 7:09 #"She Likes to Hide" - 2:57 #"Sisters" - 6:15 #"Of Dust" - 2:32 #"Tell Me You Don't Know" - 2:42 #"Sleeping Under the Stars" - 3:37 #"Darkness of Mine" - 4:15 #"Linoleum" - 4:55 #"Curiosity" - 3:33 #"Where It Hurts" - 4:51 #"Road Salt" (Extended version) - 4:40 #"Innocence" - 7:13 The Japanese edition has a bonus track after "Innocence" titled "Tip Toe Two". The drum parts in the song are played by Daniel Gildenlöw.

Personnel

- lead vocals, backing vocals, electric and acoustic and fretless guitars, bass guitar (tracks 2–11), organs, piano, mandolin, lute, balalaika, drums (tracks 2–6), keyboards *Johan Hallgren - electric guitars (tracks 1, 3, 7–10, and 12), backing vocals *

Fredrik Hermansson Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, o ...

- electric and acoustic pianos, organs, mellotron, other keyboards *

Léo Margarit Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, o ...

- drums, backing vocals ;Guest musicians *

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- bass guitar ("No Way") * Gustaf Hielm - bass guitar ("Innocence") *Mihai Anton Cucu - violin ("Sisters" and "Innocence") *Camilla Arvidsson - violin ("Sisters" and "Innocence") *Kristina Ekman - viola ("Sisters" and "Innocence")

References

External links

Official Pain of Salvation WebsiteOfficial Pain of Salvation Forum
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