Peace (Anything Box album)
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| Peace | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989–1990 | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop | |||
| Length | 53:58 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Jon St. James | |||
| Anything Box chronology | ||||
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Peace is the debut album by the American band Anything Box, released in 1990 on Epic Records.[1][2] It was remastered and rereleased on endpop in 2018. The album includes "Living in Oblivion", the band's biggest hit, which found success in both the clubs and on radio.[3][4]
Production
[edit]The album was produced by Jon St. James.[5]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [6] |
| Los Angeles Times | [7] |
The Los Angeles Times determined that "songs are put together like Lego houses, out of discreet bits of linked melodic material... But the process becomes formulaic after a while: mechanical beats overlaid with soft keyboard gauze and a puff of vocal melody."[7]
AllMusic wrote that "the Anything Box sound can be likened to that of Erasure, with simple pop hooks, soaring vocals, and bubbly synths."[6] Spin noted that "Living in Oblivion" "revive[d] the dread that was barely concealed in all those '70s Bee Gees disco hits."[8]
Track listing
[edit]- "Living in Oblivion" – 5:12
- "When We Lie" – 4:00
- "Kiss of Love" – 4:57
- "Jubilation" – 4:59
- "Soul on Fire" – 4:58
- "Our Dreams" – 5:18
- "Carmen" – 4:55
- "Lady in Waiting" – 5:13
- "I Felt the Pain" – 5:32
- "Hypocrites" – 5:27
- "Just One Day" – 5:01
- "All These Days Undone" – 3:24
Personnel
[edit]Anything Box
- Claude S
- Dania Morales
- Paul Rijnders
References
[edit]- ^ "Anything Box Biography by Tom Demalon". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Anything Box Give Us a Synth Pop Flashback in Fullerton". OC Weekly. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Rouner, Jef. "Anything Box Is Back from 'Oblivion'". Houston Press. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Single Reviews". Billboard. 106 (17): 75. Apr 23, 1994.
- ^ Boehm, Mike (15 Feb 1990). "A Hit Out of the Box?". Los Angeles Times. p. F3.
- ^ a b "Peace Review by William Cooper". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ a b Boehm, Mike (19 Apr 1990). "Anything Box Peace". Los Angeles Times. p. F3.
- ^ Eddy, Chuck (Apr 1994). "Spins". Spin. 10 (1): 93.
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