Beneath the Watchful Eyes
| Beneath the Watchful Eyes | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 31 March 2007 | |||
| Genre | Electronica | |||
| Length | 45:40 | |||
| Label | Machine Heart Music | |||
| Producer | Bev Stanton | |||
| Arthur Loves Plastic album chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Church of Girl | favorable [1] |
| Collected Sounds | favorable [2] |
| Dead Earnest | favorable [3] |
| Smother Magazine | favorable [4] |
Beneath the Watchful Eyes is the fifteenth album from Arthur Loves Plastic, and was released in 2007.[5]
Awards
[edit]Beneath the Watchful Eyes won the 2007 Wammie for the Best Recording in the Electronica Category.[6] In the 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards, the track "Women Alone" was nominated in the Techno Song category.[7]
Release notes
[edit]"Mischievous techno-inspired electronica."
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Bev Stanton
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rainbow Bridge" | 3:23 |
| 2. | "Dark Side" | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Free" | 2:49 |
| 4. | "We Will Remember" | 2:58 |
| 5. | "Hollow" | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Empty PhilHarmonic" | 2:37 |
| 7. | "The Grind" | 1:55 |
| 8. | "If You Could See Me Now" | 3:08 |
| 9. | "Afterglow" | 3:06 |
| 10. | "I'll Be There" | 3:17 |
| 11. | "Despair" | 2:09 |
| 12. | "Women Alone" | 2:48 |
| 13. | "Let's Do It!" | 2:44 |
| 14. | "Misfortune" | 3:00 |
| 15. | "The Puritans" | 4:50 |
| Total length: | 45:40 | |
Personnel
[edit]- Produced by Bev Stanton in the Flamingo Room, Silver Spring, MD.
Additional musicians
[edit]- Heavy Lids - Featuring (1, 15)
- Lisa Moscatiello - Vocals (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
- Virus Factory - Loops (3) *
- Lisa Moscatiello - Guitar (5, 8)
- Mental Anguish - Loops (7, 13) *
- Cystem - Guitar Loop (9, 14) *
- Eric Wenberg - Guitar (11)
- DJ Get Yo Fat On - Loops (12, 13) *
- International Garbageman - Loops (12) *
- Heuristics Inc. - Loops (13) *
- Robbie Magruder - Drums (13)
* Remixed for The Tapegerm Collective
Samples
[edit]- Suki Taylor - Spoken Word (5)
- Sample from "'Tis the Last Rose of Summer" from American Music for Two Guitarists by Phil Mathieu and George Cavallaro (6)
- Dialogue from Nights of Love in Lesbos, a reading of The Songs of Bilitis by Pierre Louÿs (12)
- Narration from Jason Fortuny's "Craigslist Experiment" (13)
- Dialogue from the 1968 film The Killing of Sister George (14)
Credits
[edit]- Eli Wadley - Cover photo
References
[edit]- ^ "Review: Beneath the Watchful Eyes". Church of Girl. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
- ^ Stjärnell, Anna Maria. "Review: Beneath the Watchful Eyes". Collected Sounds. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ Garibaldi, Andy. "Review: Beneath the Watchful Eyes". Dead Earnest. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ Shawn, Jason. "Review: Beneath the Watchful Eyes". Smother Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ "Arthur Loves Plastic - Beneath the Watchful Eyes". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ The 2007 Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards).
- ^ 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Song Nominees.