Effloresce (album)
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| Effloresce | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 29 September 2003 | |||
| Recorded | February–March 2003 | |||
| Studio | Jacob's Studio, Farnham, Surrey | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, alternative rock, post-rock, space rock[1] | |||
| Length | 75:34 | |||
| Label | Beggars Banquet Records | |||
| Producer | Chris Sheldon, Oceansize | |||
| Oceansize chronology | ||||
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Effloresce is the debut studio album by British progressive/alternative rock band Oceansize. It was released on 29 September 2003. The record garnered considerable praise from critics.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Drowned in Sound | (9/10) [2] |
| The List |   [3] |
| The PRP | (4/5) link |
| Scene Point Blank | (9.5/10) link |
| Sputnikmusic | (4.5/5) [4] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |  link |
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Oceansize.
- "I Am the Morning" – 4:18
- "Catalyst" – 6:40
- "One Day All This Could Be Yours" – 4:19
- "Massive Bereavement" – 9:59
- "Rinsed" – 3:58
- "You Wish" – 6:00
- "Remember Where You Are" – 5:22
- "Amputee" – 5:32
- "Unravel" – 2:50
- "Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs" – 8:30
- "Saturday Morning Breakfast Show" – 9:04
- "Long Forgotten" – 8:57
Trivia[edit]
- The band chose the name Effloresce at random from a dictionary. Original titles for the album included Career and Mine Host, the latter of which is the name of a song on the band's next full-length album, Everyone Into Position.[5]
- The title of "Massive Bereavement" is a reference to The Day Today, where it is the name of a horse.
- The piano line playing on Track 9, "Unravel," is an excerpt of the second piece, Le Gibet, from Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit.
- The title of "Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs" was coined by bassist Jon Ellis, who saw the headline of the same name on the front of Cosmopolitan Magazine.[6]
Personnel[edit]
- Mike Vennart – guitar, vocals
- Steve Durose – guitar, backing vocals
- Richard 'Gambler' Ingram – guitar
- Jon Ellis – bass, keyboards
- Mark Heron – drums
Additional personnel[edit]
- Chris Sheldon – production (with Oceansize), mixing
- Adrian Newton – assistant engineer
- Louis Read – assistant engineer
- Dario Dendi – assistant engineer
- Jack Clark – assistant engineer
- Martin & Kimberly McCarrick – cello, violin, viola on "Massive Bereavement" and "Long Forgotten"
- Claire Lemmon – backing vocals on "Massive Bereavement" and "Saturday Morning Breakfast Show"
References[edit]
- ^ a b Wilson, MacKenzie. Effloresce at AllMusic
- ^ Rauf, Raziq. "Album Review: Oceansize - Effloresce / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Pia, Camilla (18 September 2003). "Rock: Oceansize - Effloresce (Beggars Banquet)". p. 105. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ FlawedPerfection. "Oceansize - Effloresce (album review 5)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ @Vennart (28 September 2020). "Indeed. Sorry to ruin the magic guys, but that's exactly what happened. Mark Heron wanted to call it 'Career', due to the cover. Similarly, I wanted to call it 'Mine Host'. Vetoed, as someone refused to accept that the expression wasn't German. 😩" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @Vennart (1 December 2020). "The title came from Jon, who saw it on the front of Cosmopolitan magazine Again, another real moment of 'THIS is who were are' in a way. This song stayed around, to the point where it was the final song we ever played together" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
