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''Somewhere Along the Highway'' is the fourth full-length album by Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna, released in 2006 by Earache Records. A concept album, it revolves around the motif of male loneliness. It was warmly received by critics and accordingly claimed several awards. The album followed ''Salvation'' in the band's chronology, and differed from it in terms of sound and feel. While ''Salvation'' was deemed "celestial", ''Somewhere Along the Highway'' was characterized as "unpolished" by the band.〔 ==Recording and release== To achieve the sound, the album's initial tracking took place over seven days in an octagonal wooden barn surrounded by what the band described as "Blair Witch" scenery close to the band's hometown of Umeå in northern Sweden. According to drummer Magnus Lindberg, the remote location, coupled with the sighting of "Wicca witch women dancing in the woods" and the actual acoustics of the barn itself all contributed towards creating the perfect ambience to lay down the basic tracks which were done primarily live, as a unit.〔 Accordingly, the album has "a less polished sound – not as produced as ''Salvation'' – definitively a more rough sound." The band had a relatively low budget and little time to record the album in comparison with the painstakingly produced ''Salvation'';〔 a press release advised listeners to "expect a raw and unpolished album". The album was released on April 24, 2006,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cult of Luna » history )〕 by Earache Records.〔 Also printed were 8000 copies of a limited edition digipack with an alternate sleeve, as well as a two-disc vinyl edition, of which only 1000 were made. The band recorded and made available covers of Smashing Pumpkins' "Bodies", as well as Unbroken's "Recluse" during the album's promotion and subsequent tour of Europe and the UK. They were also limited edition; 1500 copies were shipped to indie stores across the UK, which were subsequently given away for free. A further 500 copies were sold during April and May's European tour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Earache Records )〕 In August 2006, the band released a remix of "Marching to the Heartbeats", entitled "Heartbeats", solely on the Internet community MySpace. The song was available for download for a few days and was later removed. According to Anders Teglund (keyboards and electronics), the intention was to see if the song would be "kept alive" by file sharing, as well as serving as a statement against the conservative nature of the music industry. A video was shot for "Back to Chapel Town", directed by band member Johannes Persson. Shooting lasted five days, and the concept, according to Persson, is that of "a man waking up in a world he doesn't know, he knows nothing of his past or where he is, people treat him like air or are very suspicious of him". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Somewhere Along the Highway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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