Aurora 7.2

Description

Aurora 7.2 is the sophomore album by the American synth-pop band The Echoing Green, released on Myx Records in 1995, a division of the Frontline Music Group, distributed by Diamante Distribution. It is an album featuring remixes.

A difficult album to review, this one. The vast majority of the tracks are remixes of Joey Belville’s (aka The Echoing Green) own compositions first heard on ‘Defend Your Joy‘. This sounds like a really good idea on first thought but unfortunately it goes to make the album quite schizophrenic. The current trend in returning to classic early electric pop (brought into life by bands like Kraftwerk) has been taken on board by Mr Belville but has been poorly executed. The melodies are fairly cheesy, the vocals are dull and (in quite a few places) out of tune and some of the backings (music, not vocals) are awful (the guitar intro to «Son In My Eyes» being a prime example)! Joey has obviously been influenced by Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Ultravox, etc and has tried to fuse these with pop/dance sensibilities as Ultravox did with their stunning ‘Revelation’ album. The fact that ‘Aurora 7.2’ has nothing of the class of Ultravox, the originality of Kraftwerk or the simplicity and style of Mr Numan go to make this a particularly bland album. Scott Blackwell‘s remix of «Enter Love» cuts above the banality for five minutes or so but even then it doesn’t save a sinking ship. [Tim Roberts, Cross Rhythms, February 1996]

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CD tracklist:

01. Aurora (“Breath Of God Mix” by The Echoing Green) 127 bpm – 5:19
02. Defend Your Joy (“Buck Rogers’ Radio Edit” by Ian) 124 bpm – 3:44
03. Second Chance (“Analog Boxes” Remix by Claude S. Anything Box) 122 bpm – 4:32
04. Enter Love (Remix by Scotty Blackwell) 130 bpm – 5:27
05. Son In My Eyes (“In My Dub“ Remix by G. Hobgood of The Prodigal Sons) 130 bpm – 9:55
06. Terra Firma (“All Souls Dub” by 7 Red 7) 138 bpm – 4:04
07. Arrival (“Green House” Remix by G. Hobgood of The Prodigal Sons) 135 bpm – 10:29
08. Second Chance (“RNJHAUS Mix” by Claude S. Anything Box) 122 bpm – 4:46
09. End Of The Day (“303 In The Morning Mix” by The Echoing Green) 128 bpm – 3:58

Bonus Tracks (CD Only)
10. Enter Love 2 (Remix by Scotty Blackwell) 130 bpm – 6:26
11. Son In My Eyes (Instr. “Son In My Dub” by G. Hobgood of The Prodigal Sons) 130 bpm – 9:58
12. Second Chance (Instr. “Analog Boxes” Remix by Claude S.Anything Box) 122 bpm – 4:44

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Myx Records with the CD edition featuring 3 bonus tracks. (Due to a mastering error, tracks 3, 8, and 12 are pitched down from 130 BPM to 122 BPM. A corrected version of track 3 was released on The Evergreen Collection – The Collected Works of The Echoing Green 1994–2001.)

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