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Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I



8.8 | 522 votes |
Release date: 31 October 2000
Style: Progressive metal

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691 have it
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Disc I
01. Used
02. In The Flesh
03. Ashes
04. Morning On Earth
05. Idioglossia
06. Her Voices
07. Dedication
08. King Of Loss
09. Reconciliation
10. Song For The Innocent
11. Falling
12. The Perfect Element
13. Epilogue [Japanese bonus]


Disc II [Limited Edition Bonus]
01. Beyond The Mirror
02. Never Learn To Fly
03. Timeweaver's Tale
+ Multimedia Section

Top 20 albums of 2000: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 83

Guest review by
DreamWeaver
Rating:
9.0
The new "Perfect Element" from Pain Of Salvation is a dark, dramatic, melodic, and masterfully intense gem of modern progressive-metal. Influences from Pink Floyd to Queensrÿche and Savatage can be heard in its sound. But even these lofty comparisons discredit the album's breathtaking originality. Pain of Salvation are real geniuses, their music is totally different, more original and unique.

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published 04.03.2004 | Comments (9)

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Comments: 13   Visited by: 1105 users
23.06.2011 - 19:49
Rating: 9
SceneryOfLoss

Masterpiece!
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10.07.2011 - 18:19
MechanisT
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One of the finest in prog country, without any doubt.
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13.07.2011 - 00:20
Rating: 10
Metal_4Ever

Masterpiece!
one of the greatest prog Metal albums
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19.07.2011 - 00:45
Rating: 8
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Epiccccccccccccccccc!!
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04.03.2012 - 21:56
Korah

Wonderful album!
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Don't cry for my English
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30.11.2012 - 17:17
Rating: 9
K✞ulu
Seeker of Truth
I have been totally engulfed by this album in the last week or so. I was not familiar with The Perfect Element, Part I as I am with Remedy Lane and Entropia, so I decided to give it a try. It totally hooked me. I completely dived into it trying to comprehend and understand every song. What a journey, what an album, what a band! I am in awe...
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Savor what you feel and what you see
Things that may not seem important now
But may be tomorrow

R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner

Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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04.12.2012 - 05:06
Rating: 8
Unhealer
Eclecticist
Just got it in my mail along with Remedy Lane. Only missing "One Hour..." to complete the discography
Gotta love the album liner notes, "All music by Daniel except for the first half of "Her Voices" by Fredrik and Daniel and the "Once" part in the middle of "the Perfect Element" by Daniel and Johan."
What a guy
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22.12.2012 - 02:48
Rating: 9
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
This album is a brilliant masterpiece! Daniel Gildenlöw is a master of concept albums!
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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20.06.2017 - 20:10
Rating: 10
Copernicus

The Art, in it's purest form.
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27.04.2020 - 03:23
Rating: 9
Metren
Dreadrealm
Remedy Lane is a superior album overall, but the title track of this one is probably in my top 10 of all time.

"In his head a thunderous cry of desperation, tearing voices from his past scream for his attention" - those lines break me, the entire song absolutely breaks me.
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My one-man project's Bandcamp with free downloads: https://dreadrealm.bandcamp.com/
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03.09.2020 - 19:21
Rating: 8
Mountain King
K i K o
I really like this one, contains so many solid tracks. Way better than "Remedy Lane".
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11.10.2020 - 10:11
Rating: 7
Am sure i liked it, strong 6 to a light 7, but not seem to enjoy it as most people here do. i'll revisit my rating after another spin.
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17.04.2023 - 10:13
Rating: 9
Bjamm

The mix on this album is impeccable!!! King of Loss is their best song ever, I would argue. (Falling+)The Perfect Element is next!
In The Flesh, Morning On Earth, Song For The Innocent, Her Voices, and Reconciliation are outstanding too. I love Daniel's voice! Perhaps more than any other prog band's singers!
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