Name: Earthed [Digipak]
Brand: Redeye Music Distribution
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Earthed [Digipak]

By Steve Kilbey (Recorded By)

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Format

CD (1 Disc)

Release Date

1 May 2010

Album: Earthed [Digipak]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Dawn Poems, The
2)	Neuman
3)	Dreambeings
4)	White Plague, The
5)	A Loveletter from Sydney
6)	Carthage
7)	City of Women
8)	Hotel
9)	Empire Mourns Her Sun With out Tears, The
10)	Cornucopia
11)	Memory
12)	Aphrodite
13)	...The Reality Generators Malfunctioned
14)	Napoleon's Army, Christmas Eve, Outside Moscow
15)	Sad Little Piano Piece
16)	Atlantis
17)	Pan
18)	Woman Who Was Married To l ove, The
19)	Agog
20)	Earthed
21)	Palace in India
22)	Dreambeings...
23)	[Untitled Track]
24)	White Plague, The
25)	[Untitled Track]
26)	Carthage
27)	[Untitled Track]
28)	[Untitled Track]

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Album: Earthed [Digipak]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Dawn Poems, The
2)	Neuman
3)	Dreambeings
4)	White Plague, The
5)	A Loveletter from Sydney
6)	Carthage
7)	City of Women
8)	Hotel
9)	Empire Mourns Her Sun With out Tears, The
10)	Cornucopia
11)	Memory
12)	Aphrodite
13)	...The Reality Generators Malfunctioned
14)	Napoleon's Army, Christmas Eve, Outside Moscow
15)	Sad Little Piano Piece
16)	Atlantis
17)	Pan
18)	Woman Who Was Married To l ove, The
19)	Agog
20)	Earthed
21)	Palace in India
22)	Dreambeings...
23)	[Untitled Track]
24)	White Plague, The
25)	[Untitled Track]
26)	Carthage
27)	[Untitled Track]
28)	[Untitled Track]

EAN

0634457523128

Writer

Steve Kilbey (Recorded By)

Country

USA

Studio/Live

Studio

Label

Redeye Music Distribution

Dimensions

12.9 x 14.3 x 0.9 centimetres (0.09 kg)

Performer Notes

This CD comes packaged in a double jewel box. Although it is a single disc, the package includes a 76 page book of Kilbey's poetry.
Audio Mixers: Paul Simmons; Steve Kilbey.
Audio Remasterer: David Macquarie.
Recording information: Cloudberry Studios, Illyria (01/1987-03/1987).
Photographer: Russell Paper.
Earthed originally appeared with a lengthy poetry booklet, making it a literally weighty experience. This turned out to be a representative move in more ways than one, though, in that the music was entirely instrumental; presumably Kilbey's intent was for people to read along while listening. But regardless of the contents surrounding the album itself, Earthed is an enjoyable listen, low-key and often quite rewarding. If the full-band touch of the Church in wordless mode is missing (certainly the unremarkable drum programming more often hurts rather than helps), those who appreciate Kilbey's way with obliquely haunting melodies will find much to love. Given the often-noticed connection between Kilbey's singing and that of inspiration David Bowie, it's not too much a stretch to say that Earthed functions in much the same way as the Thin White Duke's own instrumentals did during his late-'70s Berlin days. Songs like "The White Plague," with a chillingly attractive keyboard sparkle backed by harsher bass tones, and the murky voice/synth loop collage opening of "Cornucopia" indeed sound like direct descendants of songs like "All Saints" and "Neukoln," though they're not obvious clones. Over half the album consists of short fragments, many barely topping two minutes in length, and mostly done with piano or keyboards. They suggest rather than fully set a mood for the most part, but even as miniature soundtracks -- without movies -- the film noir creep of "City of Women" and the dank, almost industrial clatter of "...The Reality Generators Malfunctioned" are successes. Kilbey's guitar playing is fair enough, if not as remarkable as that of bandmates Marty Willson-Piper and Peter Koppes, but still does the business on songs like "A Loveletter From Sydney" and the slow opening surge of "The Dawn Poems." ~ Ned Raggett