The Breathing Shadow

The Breathing Shadow is the first album by the Swedish rock 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). The songs "Nightfall Overture" and "The Dreamreader" were re-recorded on the 2004 compilation album, Nightfall Overture.

The Breathing Shadow
Studio album by Nightingale
Released	1995
Studio	Unisound Studio in Finspång, Sweden
Genre	Gothic rock progressive rock hard rock
Length	53:31
Label	Black Mark
Producer	Dan Swanö
Nightingale chronology
The Breathing Shadow (1995) The Closing Chronicles (1996)

Track listing

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:		53:31

Personnel

Nightingale

• Dan Swanö - vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, drums, drum machine, keyboards, mixing

Production

• Peter in de Betou - mastering
• Holger Stratmann - cover art, design, photography
• Börje Forsberg - Executive producer