
Released: 2000
The Perfect Element, Part I is Pain of Salvation's third studio album, released in October 2000, released 31 October 2000 on the InsideOut Music label. It is a concept album that focuses on the forming of the individual, particularly on the events from one's childhood and adolescence. It is the first segment of a planned three-part concept. The Perfect Element, Part II was released in 2007 under the title Scarsick.