DISC ONE

1. RICOCHET
Taken from the album ‘Gravity’ released in June 2003
2. THE GREAT UNKNOWN
Taken from the album ‘A Time Of Day’ released in April 2007
3. FROM WITHIN
Taken from the album ‘From Within’ released in October 1999
4. IN FOR A RIDE
Taken from the album ‘A Time Of Day’
5. THE WAR IS OVER
Taken from the album ‘Gravity’
6. MONOLITH
Taken from the album ‘Gravity’
7. A SKY ABOUT TO RAIN
Taken from the album ‘A Time Of Day’
8. EVERY STEP I TAKE
Taken from the album ‘A Time Of Day’
9. GROUNDBOUND
Taken from the album ‘From Within’
10. GRAVITY
Taken from the album ‘Gravity’
11. WHEN I TURN
Previously unreleased. The song was written back in 1997 and recorded December 2008 – January 2009.

DISC TWO

1. SAD RAIN (Alt. mix)
The first Anekdoten track ever written, originally recorded by Nicklas and Peter in December 1990. This is an alternative mix of the version that appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of ‘Vemod’.
2. WHEEL
Taken from the album ‘Vemod’ released in September 1993
3. THE OLD MAN & THE SEA
Taken from the album ‘Vemod’
4. NUCLEUS (demo)
Recorded in April 1995. Another version of the song is featured on ‘Nucleus’
5. BOOK OF HOURS (demo)
Recorded in April 1995. Another version of the song is featured on ‘Nucleus’
6. THIS FAR FROM THE SKY (demo)
Recorded in April 1995. Another version of the song is featured on ‘Nucleus’
7. 30 PIECES (demo)
Demo recorded in May 2006 at Sisu Sound. Mixed in February 2009. Another version of the song is featured on ‘A Time Of Day’.
8. PRINCE OF THE OCEAN (demo)
Demo recorded in May 2006 at Sisu Sound. Additional overdubbing and mix in February 2009. Another version of the song is featured on ‘A Time Of Day’

It’s been almost 18 years since the four of us started rehearsing together in a small house in the village of Djurås. Ever since then Anekdoten has been an on-going part of our lives. Admittedly, we have not been the most prolific of bands, but there have been occasional periods of frenzied activity and we’ve continously been creating music together throughout the years. This in itself should qualify for a career retrospective – and here it is!
On the first CD you’ll find our favourite songs from our three most recent albums. As a bonus we finally did a proper recording of a tune we wrote in 1998 called When I Turn. The song was not included on from From Within because we couldn’t play the piano properly. For this release we asked Per Wiberg of Opeth to help us out, so now we can finally release this baby into the world.
The second CD mostly contains material from our early years. Perhaps the most legendary Anekdoten song, the epic Sad Rain, which previously only has been available in Japan, kicks things off. There are also demo versions of three songs from Nucleus. The creative atmosphere that surrounded these recordings made them far too good to lie gathering dust in the archives. Rounding things up are demos of 30 Pieces and Prince Of The Ocean; songs that would be reworked, but not necessarily improved, for our most recent studio album A Time Of Day.
All songs have been carefully (re-)mastered by Hans Fredriksson at Audiosense.