Horsepower (album)

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Horsepower
Studio album by
Released2003
Length44:22
LabelCapital Recordings[1]
Young American[2]
ProducerLee Prebble[3]
The Phoenix Foundation chronology
Horsepower
(2003)
Pegasus
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

Horsepower is an album by The Phoenix Foundation, released in 2003.[3][1] It was re-released outside of New Zealand in 2007.[5]

Critical reception[edit]

PopMatters wrote that one of the band's "greatest strengths is a mastery of sonic nuance ... the arrangements are rich and colorful, but the texture never feels too thick."[5] Illinois Times called the album's sound "a hypnotic, often melancholy brand of atmospheric alt-rock that combines beguiling vocal melodies with radiant guitars and eccentric production touches."[6]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Sister Risk" – 4:50
  2. "Let Me Die A Woman" – 3:53
  3. "This Charming Van" – 3:56
  4. "The Swarm" – 2:42
  5. "St Kevin"  – 4:18
  6. "Bruiser (Miami 4000)" – 4:15
  7. "Sally" – 4:26
  8. "Celebrate!" – 3:12
  9. "Going Fishing" – 4:58
  10. "Lambs" – 3:57
  11. "Wildlife" – 4:01

Bonus Tracks:

  1. "The Drinker" - 4: 57
  2. "Blue Summer" - 3: 34

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The Phoenix Foundation - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz.
  2. ^ "The Phoenix Foundation Go 'Fishing'". Spin. 23 May 2007.
  3. ^ a b "The Phoenix Foundation | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Horsepower - The Phoenix Foundation | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ^ a b "The Phoenix Foundation: Horsepower". PopMatters. 14 March 2007.
  6. ^ Saller, René Spencer. "When kiwis take flight". Illinois Times.