The Sounds – Crossing The Rubicon
Label: | Original Signal Recordings – OS-20, Arnioki Records – B0012941-02 |
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Format: | CD, Album |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Electronic, Rock |
Style: | Electro, Pop Rock, Synth-pop |
Tracklist
1 | No One Sleeps When I'm Awake | 4:22 | |
2 | 4 Songs & A Fight | 3:24 | |
3 | My Lover | 4:25 | |
4 | Dorchester Hotel | 4:07 | |
5 | Beatbox | 4:02 | |
6 | Underground | 3:47 | |
7 | Crossing The Rubicon | 2:03 | |
8 | Midnight Sun | 4:30 | |
9 | Lost In Love | 5:05 | |
10 | The Only Ones | 4:44 | |
11 | Home Is Where Your Heart Is | 7:39 | |
12 | Goodnight Freddy | 4:04 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Arnioki Records, LLC
- Copyright © – Arnioki Records, LLC
- Licensed To – Original Signal Recordings
- Manufactured By – Universal Motown Records
- Marketed By – Universal Motown Records
- Distributed By – Fontana Distribution, LLC
- Mixed At – '62 Studios
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC, Pitman – DIDX-223204
Credits
- Bass – Johan Bengtsson
- Co-producer – The Sounds (tracks: 1, 5, 8, 9, 11)
- Concept By, Design – Céline Oberlé*
- Drums, Percussion – Fredrik Nilsson (2)
- Guitar, Vocals – Felix Rodriguez
- Keyboards, Synthesizer, Piano, Guitar, Vocals – Jesper Anderberg
- Mastered By – Ted Jensen
- Mixed By – Tim Palmer
- Producer – Adam Schlesinger (tracks: 1, 5, 8), Daniel Johansson (3) (tracks: 7), James Iha (tracks: 1, 5, 8), Jeff Turzo (tracks: 2, 3), Mark Saunders (tracks: 9, 11), Matt Mahaffey (tracks: 2, 3), The Sounds (tracks: 4, 6, 7, 10, 12), Tim Anderson (5) (tracks: 4, 6, 10)
- Producer [Additional] – The Sounds (tracks: 2, 3), Tim Palmer (tracks: 8, 10)
- Recorded By – Jesper Anderberg (tracks: 12)
- Vocals – Maja Ivarsson
Notes
℗ & © 2009 Arnioki Recordings, LLC.
Under exclusive license to Original Signal Recordings.
Manufactured and marketed by Universal Motown Records,
a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Issued in a three panel cardboard digisleeve.
Track 11, "Home Is Where Your Heart Is", has an approximate duration of 5:09 with 2:30 minutes of silence before the next track begins.
Track 12, "Goodnight Freddy", is not printed in the tracklisting but is credited in the booklet.
The Original Signal Recordings website refers to track 12 as an unlisted track.
Under exclusive license to Original Signal Recordings.
Manufactured and marketed by Universal Motown Records,
a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Issued in a three panel cardboard digisleeve.
Track 11, "Home Is Where Your Heart Is", has an approximate duration of 5:09 with 2:30 minutes of silence before the next track begins.
Track 12, "Goodnight Freddy", is not printed in the tracklisting but is credited in the booklet.
The Original Signal Recordings website refers to track 12 as an unlisted track.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 890264092022
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): DIDX-223204 L4 1A 02
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L424
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 7224
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): DIDX-223204 L4 1A 02
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L424
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 7249
Other Versions (5 of 7)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission | Crossing The Rubicon (CD, Album) | WEA, Arnioki Records | 5051865-4511-2-9 | Europe | 2009 | ||
Recently Edited | Crossing The Rubicon (2×LP, Album) | Arnioki Records | B0012941-01 | Sweden | 2009 | ||
New Submission | Crossing The Rubicon (CD, Album) | Original Signal Recordings, Arnioki Records | B001294102 | Canada | 2009 | ||
Recently Edited | Crossing The Rubicon (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) | Original Signal Recordings, Arnioki Records | OS-20-A, B0012941-01 | US | 2009 | ||
New Submission | Crossing The Rubicon (CD, Album) | Snowhite | SNOW020CD | Europe | 2010 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- One of the hallmarks of The Sounds' style is bringing angry punk elements into their unique mix of indie, electro, synth pop and lord knows what else. On their latest offering "Crossing The Rubicon", and with the exception of "4 Songs & A Fight", they all but drop this influence and created an unashamedly epic album packed with their most melodic and original work to date. In my opinion, they also created their best album to date.
It's worth noting that the album already has its detractors and it's unsurprising as a fair few songs creep into sentimental territory with wistful regressions to childhood, but in my opinion they handled it very well and it only starts to drag on the album ender "Home Is Where Your Heart Is" . It's not a bad song but its upbeat sound may become too sugary for some tastes.
That's about all the negativity I can bring myself to tack onto this album because I absolutely love listening to it. "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake" and "Dorchester Hotel" were the first songs I heard from the album; the former was sold as an mp3 on download portals and the band made the latter available for free on Last.Fm. Both perfectly showcase the direction of this album by bringing more melodic chrouses into their regular guitar orientated sound. My personal favourites "Midnight Sun" and "Lost in Love" continue that mix even further and instantly stood out the first time I listened through - "Midnight Sun" is beautiful love song that stays above ballad territory and "Lost in Love" is a forceful synth-heavy cut with a stand-out performance from vocalist Maja Ivarsson and keyboardist Jesper Anderberg, whose instrumental break at the 3 minute mark is probably my favourite part of the whole album.
They also produced another bouncing dance track in the vein of "Mine For Life" and "Hurt You" on "Beatbox", which fuses electro beats and almost celtic synths into one hell of a party tune. Great fun. The title track and "Goodnight Freddy" show the band experimenting further with their sound. "Crossing The Rubicon" is an almost vampirish track with a dark piano-lead intro that moves into shoegaze territory with its slow pace, distant vocals and swirling guitar. "Goodnight Freddy" is the complete opposite and ends the album on a very sweet note with 4 minutes of quiet, gentle synths.
With this album The Sounds retained enough of their trademarks to satisfy fans of the previous 2 albums while appealing further to anyone with an ear for melody. In my case, it appeals strongly to both factors and I consider it the highlight of 2009 so far.
Release
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