An Electric Storm
| An Electric Storm | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | June 1969 |
| Recorded | 1968 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 35:06 |
| Label | Island |
| Producer |
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.6/10)[4] |
An Electric Storm is the debut album by electronic music group White Noise. The band recorded the first two tracks with the intention of producing a single only, but were then persuaded by Chris Blackwell of Island Records to create an entire album. At this point the group had established the Kaleidophon Studio in a flat in Camden Town, London, and spent a year creating the next four tracks.[5] The last track was put together in one day when Island demanded the completion of the album.[6] Although not very successful on its initial release, the album is now considered an important and influential album in the development of electronic music.[5][7]
A brief extract from the track "The Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell" can be heard in the Hammer Film Productions film Dracula AD 1972.
Track listing
- Phase-In
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love without Sound" | 3:07 | |
| 2. | "My Game of Loving" |
| 4:10 |
| 3. | "Here Come the Fleas" |
| 2:15 |
| 4. | "Firebird" |
| 3:05 |
| 5. | "Your Hidden Dreams" |
| 4:58 |
- Phase-Out
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "The Visitation" |
| 11:14 |
| 7. | "Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell" |
| 7:22 |
Personnel
The following people contributed to An Electric Storm:[9]
- Kaleidophon – production
- David Vorhaus – production co-ordinator
- Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson – electronic sound realisation
- Paul Lytton – percussion
- John Whitman, Annie Bird, Val Shaw – vocals
Releases
- June 1969 - LP, Island Records, catalog number ILPS 9099
- 27 March 1995[10] - CD, "3D Island" label, Island Records, 3DCID 1001; deleted 1996[11]
- 9 July 2007[12] - CD re-released, Island Remasters
References
- ^ a b Morpurgo, Jason. "The greatest electronic albums of the 1950s and 1960s". FACT. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ McNamee, David (19 January 2009). "The Best of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop on One Side of a C90". The Quietus.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r52534
- ^ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10482-an-electric-storm
- ^ a b Pattison, Louis (2007). "White Noise - An Electric Storm". BBC.
- ^ An Electric Storm, sleeve notes, 1995 CD version, 3DCID 1001, Island Records
- ^ "The 50 Most Influential Dance Music Albums of All Time". mixmag.net. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ White Noise: An Electric Storm (Island, 2007)
- ^ An Electric Storm - Credits. AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2011
- ^ An Electric Storm, amazon.com
- ^ An Electric Storm, review at Groove Unlimited
- ^ An Electric Storm, CD Universe product information
External links
- Head Heritage Review by Julian Cope
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