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

Vemod
Studio album by
Released24 September 1993 (CD)
1994 (LP)
1995 (Cassette)
1998 (picture disc LP)
RecordedMarch – April 1993
GenreProgressive rock
Psychedelic rock
Post-rock
Length56:58
LabelVirtalevy (Sweden)
Arcángelo (Japan)
ProducerAnekdoten, Roger Skogh and Simon Nordberg
Anekdoten chronology
Vemod
(1993)
Nucleus
(1995)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic link

Track listing

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  1. "Karelia" – 7:20
  2. "The Old Man & the Sea" – 7:50
  3. "Where Solitude Remains" – 7:20
  4. "Thoughts in Absence" – 4:10
  5. "The Flow" – 6:58
  6. "Longing" – 4:50
  7. "Wheel" – 7:52
  8. "Sad Rain" – 10:14 (Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

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Anekdoten

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Additional musicians

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Credits

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Release history

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

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