| Artist |
Beck |
| Album Title: |
Morning Phase |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative |
| Format |
Vinyl 180 gm |
| Released |
02/25/2014 |
| Label |
Capitol Records, Inc. |
| Catalog No |
B001983901 |
| Bar Code No |
6 02537 64974 7 |
| Packaging |
Cardboard Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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Cycle (0:40)
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| A2.
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Morning (5:22)
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| A3.
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Heart Is A Drum (4:31)
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| A4.
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Say Goodbye (3:29)
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| A5.
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Blue Moon (4:00)
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| A6.
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Unforgiven (4:34)
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| B1.
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Wave (3:45)
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| B2.
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Don't Let It Go (3:08)
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| B3.
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Blackbird Chain (4:26)
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| B4.
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Phase (1:12)
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| B5.
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Turn Away (3:05)
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| B6.
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Country Down (4:00)
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| B7.
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Waking Light (5:00)
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| Date Acquired |
09/10/2017 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Duluth |
| Purchase Price |
24.99 |
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Notes |
Cello – Rudolph Stein, Suzie Katayama
Cello [Principal] – John E. Acosta, Steve Richards
Conductor [Album Strings] – David Richard Campbell
Contractor [Album Strings] – Suzie Katayama
Design – Andy West Design
Double Bass [Principal] – David Stone
Engineer – Cassidy Turbin, Greif Neill, Cole Marsden, Darrell Thorp, David "Elevator" Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Joe Visciano, Robbie Nelson
Lacquer Cut By – BG
Layout [Initial Cover] – Dan Mountford
Management – SAM
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Tom Elmhirst
Mixed By [Assisted By] – Ben Baptie
Photography By – Autumn de Wilde
Photography By [City Street Image] – Dennis Hallinan
Producer – Beck Hansen
Viola – Jeanie Lim, Matt Funes
Viola [Principal] – Andrew Duckles, Roland Kato
Violin – Grace Oh, Joel Pargman, Josefina Vergara, Julian Hallmark, Kevin Connolly, Michele Richards, Natalie Leggett, Nina Evtuhov, Sarah Thornblade, Songa Lee, Tammy Hatwan, Tereza Stanislav
Violin [Concert Mastered] – Charlie Bisharat, Sara Parkins
Written-By – Beck Hansen
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fonograf (3)
Copyright (c) – Fonograf (3)
Licensed To – Capitol Records
Manufactured By – Furnace MFG
Manufactured By – Pallas USA
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Blackbird Studio
Recorded At – Studio Gang
Recorded At – RAK Studios
Recorded At – Capitol Studios
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Recorded At – The Library
Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios
Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
Lacquer Cut At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Pressed By – Pallas – 31098
Pressed on 180 gram black vinyl; includes printed insert and download card for entire album in MP3 format.
Recorded at Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, CA and Nashville, TN), Blackbird Studio (Nashville, TN), Gang Recording Studio (Paris, France), Rak Studios (London, UK), Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA), Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA), and The Library (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York
℗© 2014 Fonograf Records under exclusive license to Capitol Records
Manufactured in Germany by Furnace MFG / The Pallas Group for Capitol Records
Made in USA
foobar2000 1.3.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-12-28 22:50:17
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Analyzed: Beck / Morning Phase [vinyl]
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -11.18 dB -23.29 dB 0:41 01-Cycle
DR10 -7.45 dB -20.51 dB 5:19 02-Morning
DR11 -5.95 dB -18.40 dB 4:29 03-Heart Is A Drum
DR10 -6.67 dB -18.83 dB 3:28 04-Say Goodbye
DR9 -6.85 dB -18.23 dB 4:00 05-Blue Moon
DR10 -6.89 dB -18.85 dB 4:36 06-Unforgiven
DR7 -8.25 dB -19.26 dB 3:39 07-Wave
DR9 -6.85 dB -19.02 dB 3:08 08-Don't Let It Go
DR10 -6.81 dB -18.62 dB 4:26 09-Blackbird Chain
DR10 -11.43 dB -24.09 dB 1:03 10-Phase
DR8 -8.41 dB -17.90 dB 3:04 11-Turn Away
DR10 -6.22 dB -17.86 dB 3:59 12-Country Down
DR8 -6.30 dB -16.88 dB 5:01 13-Waking Light
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR9
Channels: 2
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
Often pigeonholed as being prolific to a fault, Beck took an extended break from recording after the 2008 release of Modern Guilt. He kept himself busy, producing acclaimed albums for Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thurston Moore, and Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, blowing off steam via his mischievous Record Club (an online series where he and his friends covered classic albums), and then easing back to original songwriting through the ambitious Song Reader project, a folio containing sheet music for 20 unrecorded songs. He also suffered a spinal injury in 2008, a fact not publicized until he was ready to release Morning Phase, his first album in six years, early in 2014. As Morning Phase is a slow, shimmering album deliberately in the vein of classic singer/songwriter LPs, it's easy to think of it as a pained, confessional sequel to Sea Change, the 2002 record written and recorded in the wake of a painful romantic breakup. Beck didn't shy away from these comparisons, calling it a "companion piece" to his acclaimed 2002 LP, and as "Morning" glimmers into view, sounding for all the world like "Golden Age," it almost seems as if Beck covered himself as part of the Record Club. Morning Phase soon develops its own distinct gait, one that's a little more relaxed than its cousin. Crucially, Beck has swapped sorrow for mere melancholy, a shift in attitude that makes this 2014 album sweeter than its predecessor, a distinction sometimes distinguished by moments where words, traditionally the sadness signifiers for sensitive troubadours, are washed away by cascading waves of candy-colored sound. Underneath this warm, enveloping aural blanket lie some sturdily constructed compositions -- the haunting "Heart Is a Drum," bringing to mind memories of Nick Drake; the loping country-rock "Say Goodbye" and its sister "Country Down"; "Blue Moon," where the skies part like the breaking dawn -- but the abiding impression left from this album is one of comfort, not despair, which makes Morning Phase distinctly different than its companion Sea Change.
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