Road Salt Two

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Field	Value
name	Road Salt Two
type	studio
artist	Pain of Salvation
cover	Pain of Salvation Road Salt 2 cover.jpg
released
genre	Progressive rock, art rock, blues rock
length	53:35
label	InsideOut
producer	Pain of Salvation
prev_title	Road Salt One
prev_year	2010
next_title	Falling Home
next_year	2014
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| name = Road Salt Two | type = studio | artist = Pain of Salvation | cover = Pain of Salvation Road Salt 2 cover.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Progressive rock, art rock, blues rock | length = 53:35 | label = InsideOut | producer = Pain of Salvation | prev_title = Road Salt One | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Falling Home | next_year = 2014

Road Salt Two is the eighth studio album by Swedish band Pain of Salvation, released on 26 September 2011 by InsideOut. It is the final album to feature keyboardist Fredrik Hermansson, who had appeared on all previous releases by the band. Around the inside lips of the back cover is the following sentence: "This album, however, is NOT a part of The Perfect Element concept...but for what it's worth, it easily COULD have been, right? Right?"

Track listing

Concept, music and lyrics by Daniel Gildenlöw.

Standard Edition

|title1 = Road Salt Theme |length1 = 0:45 |title2 = Softly She Cries |length2 = 4:15 |title3 = Conditioned |length3 = 4:15 |title4 = Healing Now |length4 = 4:29 |title5 = To the Shoreline |length5 = 3:03 |title6 = Eleven |length6 = 6:55 |title7 = 1979 |length7 = 2:53 |title8 = The Deeper Cut |length8 = 6:10 |title9 = Mortar Grind |length9 = 5:46 |title10 = Through the Distance |length10 = 2:56 |title11 = The Physics of Gridlock |length11 = 8:43 |title12 = End Credits |length12 = 3:25

Limited Edition Digipack

1. "Road Salt Theme" – 0:45
2. "Softly She Cries" – 4:15
3. "Conditioned" – 4:15
4. "Healing Now" – 4:29
5. "To the Shoreline" – 3:03
6. "Break Darling Break" (bonus track) – 2:22
7. "Eleven" – 6:55
8. "1979" – 2:53
9. "Of Salt" (bonus track) – 2:36
10. "The Deeper Cut" – 6:10
11. "Mortar Grind" – 5:46
12. "Through the Distance" – 2:56
13. "The Physics of Gridlock" – 8:43
14. "End Credits" – 3:25

The Japanese edition includes both bonus tracks from the limited edition, with an addition of "Last Night" and "Thirty-Eight"

Personnel

• Daniel Gildenlöw – lead vocals, backing vocals, electric and acoustic and fretless guitars, bass guitar
• Johan Hallgren – electric guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Softly She Cries"
• Fredrik Hermansson – electric and acoustic pianos, organs, mellotron, other keyboards
• Léo Margarit – drums, backing vocals

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