A Pleasant Shade of Gray

A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Studio album by
Released22 April 1997
RecordedDecember 1996
StudioThe Carriage House (Stamford, Connecticut)
GenreProgressive metal
Length53:46
LabelMetal Blade Records
ProducerTerry Brown
Fates Warning chronology
Chasing Time
(1995)
A Pleasant Shade of Gray
(1997)
Still Life
(1998)

A Pleasant Shade of Gray is the eighth studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released on April 22, 1997, through Metal Blade Records. It is a concept album, and contains one song divided into twelve parts and is noted for its darker mood and more progressive style.