Alternative 4 (album)

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Alternative 4
Studio album by Anathema
Released	June 22, 1998
Recorded	January -- February 1998, at the Windings
Genre	Alternative metal Gothic rock
Length	44:58
Label	Peaceville Records
Producer	Kit Woolven
Professional reviews
All Music Guide review
Anathema chronology
Eternity (1996) Alternative 4 (1998) Judgement (1999)

Alternative 4 is an album by the British rock band Anathema. It was released on June 22, 1998 through Peaceville Records. Unlike previous Anathema albums, Alternative 4 is sung with clean vocals. Various reviews categorised this album as experimental, depressing and atmospheric. It is considered a shift from Anathema's original death/doom metal style, becoming a more soft side of doom metal.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Shroud of False" – 1:37
2. "Fragile Dreams" – 5:32
3. "Empty" – 3:00
4. "Lost Control" – 5:50
5. "Re-Connect" – 3:52
6. "Inner Silence" – 3:09
7. "Alternative 4" – 6:18
8. "Regret" – 7:58
9. "Feel" – 5:28
10. "Destiny" – 2:14

Bonus tracks on 2004 reissue:

1. "Your Possible Pasts" - 4:28
2. "One of the Few" - 1:51
3. "Better Off Dead" - 4:22
4. "Goodbye Cruel World" - 1:40

Three of the bonus tracks are Pink Floyd covers, with the exception of the Bad Religion cover, 'Better Off Dead'.

[edit] Notes

The title of the album is derived from Leslie Watkins' book entitled Alternative 3. Bassist Duncan Patterson had read it a few years before they wrote the album. The book is about conspiracy theories, and most songs on "Alternative 4" are about trust. That is the reason they chose this title^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Credits

• Vincent Cavanagh — Vocals, guitar
• Duncan Patterson — Bass guitar, piano
• Daniel Cavanagh — Guitar, piano, keyboards
• Shaun Steels — Drums
• Martin Powell — Violin
• Andy Duncan — Drum loops on "Empty"

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