Sounds of a Playground Fading

Sounds of a Playground Fading
Studio album by
In Flames
Released15 June 2011 (2011-06-15) (see release dates)
Recorded11 October 2010 – 25 January 2011
StudioIF Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre
Length53:58
LabelCentury Media, Razzia
ProducerRoberto Laghi, Anders Fridén
In Flames chronology
A Sense of Purpose
(2008) 		Sounds of a Playground Fading
(2011) 		Siren Charms
(2014)
Singles from Sounds of a Playground Fading
  1. "Deliver Us"
    Released: 7 May 2011
  2. "Where the Dead Ships Dwell"
    Released: 14 November 2011
  3. "Ropes"
    Released: 5 February 2013
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Kerrang![4]
Metal Hammer[5]
Metal Storm[6]
Sputnikmusic[7]
Earshot.at[8]

Sounds of a Playground Fading is the tenth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released on 15 June 2011.[9] It is the first album recorded by In Flames without founding guitarist Jesper Strömblad, who left the band in February 2010,[10] making it also the only In Flames release not to have two guitarists. The album was reissued in 2014, featuring five additional tracks.[11]

  1. ^ Mills, Matt (2 August 2023). "Every In Flames album ranked from worst to best". Louder. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ^ Monger, James Christopher (2011). "Sounds of a Playground Fading In Flames | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  4. ^ "In Flames - Sounds of a Sell-Out Review". Kerrang!.
  5. ^ "In Flames review". Metal Hammer. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  6. ^ "In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading review". Metal Storm.
  7. ^ "In Flames review". Sputnikmusic. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  8. ^ "In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading Review". Earshot.at. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference blab1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Jesper Strömblad; Anders; Peter; Daniel; Björn (12 February 2010). "JESPER STRÖMBLAD LEAVES IN FLAMES". In Flames Myspace Blog. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  11. ^ "In Flames – Sounds of a Playground Fading (2014, Digipak, CD)". Discogs. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2020.