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El Momento Siguiente

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El Momento Siguiente
Studio album by
Released3 February 2007 (2007-02-03)
RecordedNovember–December 2006
StudioRancom Street Studios, Sydney
Genre
LabelLiberation
ProducerThe Church
The Church chronology
Uninvited, Like the Clouds
(2006)
El Momento Siguiente
(2007)
Shriek: Excerpts from the Soundtrack
(2008)

El Momento Siguiente is the 21st album by the Australian psychedelic rock band the Church and their second in the Liberation Acoustic Series, following 2005's El Momento Descuidado. The title translates from Spanish as "The Following Moment".

The album, released in February 2007, consists of newly recorded acoustic versions of previously released songs, plus three new compositions and a cover of the Triffids' "Wide Open Road". It was reissued in 2009 on the band's own Unorthodox Records label.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
PopMatters[2]

AllMusic's Ned Raggett gave El Memento Siguiente four stars out of five: he opined that "arguably much of the interest in [this album] lies in what the band chose this time around; as before, the group wisely looks through most of its career... [it] shows that the band's considerable skills seem only to improve; the rich feeling of so many of the performances belies the deathly dull label of 'going acoustic' as has so often been the case with other acts."[1]

John Bergstrom of PopMatters rated it at six out of ten and explained, that it "is another welcome opportunity to experience some excellent musicians playing generally excellent songs in a new light. Stripped of the sometimes gauzy production of their regular albums, the Church sound as vital as you might have forgotten they've always been."[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleOriginLength
1."Wide Open Road"Born Sandy Devotional, 19863:43
2."It's No Reason"Seance, 19835:42
3."Reptile"Starfish, 19885:35
4."Tantalized"Heyday, 19853:30
5."Electric Lash"Seance, 19833:22
6."After Everything"After Everything Now This, 20025:33
7."Song in the Afternoon"New song3:30
8."Two Places at Once"Sometime Anywhere, 19948:07
9."Appalatia"Forget Yourself, 20033:50
10."Bordello"New song4:02
11."Pure Chance"Uninvited, Like the Clouds, 20065:56
12."Grind"Gold Afternoon Fix, 19907:17
13."NSEW (North, South, East, And West)"Starfish, 19883:29
14."Comeuppance"New instrumental3:12

Personnel

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The Church
Additional musicians
  • Jorden Brebach – bass guitar (tracks 7 & 10)
  • Amanda Brown – violin (racks 2, 6 & 8), melodica (track 9)
  • Sophie Glasso – cello (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 8)
  • Tiare Helberg – piano (track 12), percussion (track 10)
  • Inga Liljeström – vocals (tracks 4 & 11)
Production and artwork
  • William Bowden – mastering at King Willy Sound
  • Petra Bright, Tiare Helberg, Peter Koppes, Rodney Navarre
  • The Church – producer
  • Ben Garrard – assistant engineer
  • Ted Howard – recording, mixing at Rancom Street Studios, Botany Bay, Sydney
  • Steve Kilbey – painting
  • Samantha McFadden – design

Charts

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 176

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "El Momento Siguiente – The Church : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b Bergstrom, John (29 May 2007). "The Church: El Momento Siguiente". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. ^ "The Church chart history, received from ARIA on 5 July 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.