i (A.R. Kane album)
"i" is the second album by A.R. Kane, released in 1989 on One Little Indian.[1][2] The album engaged more overtly with pop, dance and electronic styles following the group's debut Sixty Nine.[3] Like its predecessor, "i" was released to moderate sales figures and topped the UK independent charts.[4]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Pitchfork Media | (7.7/10)[7] |
"i" | ||||
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Studio album by A.R. Kane | ||||
Released | October 1989 | |||
Genre | Dream pop, alternative dance | |||
Length | 67:49 | |||
Label | One Little Indian | |||
Producer | A.R. Kane, Ray Shulman | |||
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The AllMusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4.5 stars, stating: "Breathtaking in its scope and positively epic in its ambitions, the album is loosely organized into four sonic suites containing four tracks each, broken up by a series of wild-card noise interludes; the music shifts and mutates constantly, growing progressively deeper and darker with each passing song. Largely overlooked upon its original release, i is still an underappreciated masterpiece, but it's inconceivable to imagine that electronica and post-rock could ever have blossomed without it."[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by A.R. Kane, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hello" | 0:27 | |
2. | "A Love from Outer Space" | 5:08 | |
3. | "Crack Up" | 4:12 | |
4. | "Timewind" | 0:15 | |
5. | "What's All This Then?" | 4:03 | |
6. | "Snow Joke" | 4:46 | |
7. | "Off into Space" | 0:04 | |
8. | "And I Say" | 2:42 | |
9. | "Yeti" | 0:11 | |
10. | "Conundrum" | 2:32 | |
11. | "Honeysuckleswallow" | 3:20 | |
12. | "Long Body" | 1:21 | |
13. | "In a Circle" | A.R. Kane, Billy McGee | 4:37 |
14. | "Fast Ka" | 0:27 | |
15. | "Miles Apart" | 3:01 | |
16. | "Pop" | 3:40 | |
17. | "Mars" | 0:20 | |
18. | "Spook" | 3:10 | |
19. | "Sugarwings" | 3:37 | |
20. | "Back Home" | 0:07 | |
21. | "Down" | 5:14 | |
22. | "Supervixens" | 5:40 | |
23. | "Insect Love" | 2:52 | |
24. | "Sorry" | 0:05 | |
25. | "Catch My Drift" | 5:40 | |
26. | "Challenge" | 0:06 |
Personnel
- A.R. Kane – arranger, audio production, engineer, guitar, multi instruments, producer, string arrangements, vocals
- Gini Ball, Sally Herbert, Jeremy Metcalfe – violin
- Benny Di Massa – drums
- Colin Cairns – bass
- Sue Dench, Jocelyn Pook – viola
- John Dent – cut, cutting engineer
- The False Harmonies – strings
- Lincoln Fong, Gerard Johnson, Paul Kendall, Nigel Kennedy, Gail Lambourne, Mick Roasty, Sam Smith, Ken Thomas, Jeff Ward – engineer
- Girl, Lorna – vocals
- Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah – percussion
- Art Kane – arranger, engineer, instrumentation, producer, string arrangements
- Maggie Tambala – bass, vocals
- Martin McCarrick, Audrey Riley – cello
- Billy McGee – string arrangements
- Ray Shulman – bass, producer
- Chris Tombling – balloon, violin
- Halpin Grey Vermeir – cover design, design
References
- Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music article on A.R. Kane 0857125958 2011 edition p.2006
- Buckley The Rough Guide to Rock article on A.R. Kane 2003 edition p39
- "TrouserPress.com :: A.R.Kane". www.trouserpress.com.
- Reynolds, Simon. "ReynoldsRetro". Reynoldsretro.blogspot.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- Ankeny, Jason. "i Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
- "i Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 29 April 2011.