Artist: NIGHTINGALE
Album: THE BREATHING SHADOW (CD)

Release date: 1995
EAN/UPS: 0602276006627
Media type: CD

The Breathing Shadow is the first album by the band Nightingale. It was recorded and mixed within a week by Dan Swanö alone at his Unisound studio; Nightingale did not yet exist as a band, and was simply a solo project by Swanö. This is the only album of Nightingale to use a drum machine (the other albums have Swanö or someone else on drums). Unlike the hard rock/AOR-oriented direction of later albums, The Breathing Shadow showcases the style of goth rock similar to The Sisters of Mercy. The songs "Nightfall Overture" and "The Dreamreader" were re-recorded on the 2004 compilation album, Nightfall Overture.

TRACKLIST:
No.     Title     Length

1.     "Nightfall Overture"       8:10
2.     "Sleep..."       4:40
3.     "The Dreamreader"       5:24
4.     "Higher Than the Sky"       6:15
5.     "Recovery Opus"       2:15
6.     "The Return to Dreamland"       3:04
7.     "Gypsy Eyes"       3:38
8.     "Alone?"       6:37
9.     "A Lesson in Evil"       5:53
10.     "Eye for an Eye"       7:22

Total length:    53:3