# Vemod

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{{short description|1993 rock album by the Swedish band "Anekdoten"}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Vemod
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [Anekdoten](/source/Anekdoten)
| cover      = Anekdoten_Vemod.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 24 September 1993
| recorded   = March – April 1993
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Progressive rock](/source/Progressive_rock) <br> [Psychedelic rock](/source/Psychedelic_rock) <br> [Post-rock](/source/Post-rock)
| length     = 56:58
| label      = Virtalevy (Sweden)<br />Arcángelo (Japan)
| producer   = [Anekdoten](/source/Anekdoten), Roger Skogh and Simon Nordberg
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [Nucleus](/source/Nucleus_(Anekdoten_album))
| next_year  = 1995
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r429362|pure_url=yes}} link]
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Vemod''''' is the title of the first studio album released by the [Swedish](/source/Sweden) [progressive rock](/source/progressive_rock) band [Anekdoten](/source/Anekdoten). According to the Trivia page of the Anektdoten website, the word "vemod" means in Swedish "(...)[tender] sadness / [pensive] melancholy."

==Track listing==
# "Karelia" – 7:20
# "The Old Man & the Sea" – 7:50
# "Where Solitude Remains" – 7:20
# "Thoughts in Absence" – 4:10
# "The Flow" – 6:58
# "Longing" – 4:50
# "Wheel" – 7:52
# "Sad Rain" – 10:14 <small>(Japanese bonus track)</small>

==Personnel==

=== Anekdoten ===

*[Nicklas Berg](/source/Nicklas_Barker) (changed name to Nicklas Barker after marriage) - [guitar](/source/guitar), [Mellotron](/source/Mellotron).
*Anna Sofi Dahlberg - [Mellotron](/source/Mellotron), [cello](/source/cello), [vocals](/source/singing).
*Jan Erik Liljeström - [bass guitar](/source/bass_guitar), [vocals](/source/singing).
*Peter Nordins - [drums](/source/drum_kit), [percussion](/source/percussion_instrument).

===Additional musicians===

*[Per Wiberg](/source/Per_Wiberg) - [grand piano](/source/grand_piano).
*Pär Ekström - [flugelhorn](/source/flugelhorn), [cornet](/source/cornet).

==Credits==
*Recorded in [Studio Largen](/source/Studio_Largen), March–April 1993.
*Engineered by [Roger Skogh](/source/Roger_Skogh) and [Simon Nordberg](/source/Simon_Nordberg).
*Produced by Anekdoten, Roger Skogh and Simon Nordberg.
*Photography by [Thomas Södergren](/source/Thomas_S%C3%B6dergren) and [Natalie Dumanska](/source/Natalie_Dumanska).
*Layout and design by [Teolinda](/source/Teolinda).

==Release history==
*Sept. 1993: Virtalevy, Virta 001, [Sweden](/source/Sweden) [CD](/source/Compact_Disc)
*Jan. 1994: Colours, COSLP017, [Norway](/source/Norway) [LP](/source/LP_album) - 1,000 copies pressed, first 250 included a color [poster](/source/poster)
*Feb. 1995: Prog Rock Music, PRM 015, [Poland](/source/Poland) [cassette](/source/Compact_Cassette)
*Aug. 1995: Arcángelo, ARC-1001, [Japan](/source/Japan) CD - first pressing (1,500 copies) was housed in a vinyl coating [gatefold](/source/gatefold) sleeve
*Aug. 1996: Record Heaven, RHPD2, Sweden [picture disc](/source/picture_disc) LP
*July 1999: Rock Symphony, RSLN 012, [Brazil](/source/Brazil) CD

==References==
*[http://www.anekdoten.se/ The Official Anekdoten page]

{{Anekdoten}}

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Category:Anekdoten albums
Category:1993 debut albums

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