Eve of the War is a six-track extended play from the Australian progressive metal band Alchemist. The EP was released by Shock Records through its subsidiary label Thrust in 1998/1999. The title track, "Eve of the War" is a cover version of the opening piece from the British 1978 album, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. The EP has two live songs: "Yoni Kunda" first released on Lunasphere (May 1995), and "Chinese Whispers" from Spiritech (June 1997). The other tracks are a remix of "Yoni Kunda", and two re-mastered tracks from Jar of Kingdom (October 1993). A music video of the title track was provided.
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| Released | 1998/1999 | |||
| Recorded | June, August 1998 | |||
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| Length | 37:22 | |||
| Label | Thrust/Shock | |||
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The EP is now deleted, "Eve of the War" and the live version of "Chinese Whispers" were later included on their compilation album, Embryonics (November 2005).[1]
Usage in media
editThe song "Eve of the war" instrumentals were used in an EE[2] advert in the UK.
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Rodney Holder, Adam Agius, John Bray and Roy Torkington,[3] unless otherwise shown
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Eve of the War" (Jeff Wayne) | 5:16 |
| 2. | "Yoni Kunda" (live) | 5:32 |
| 3. | "Chinese Whispers" (live) | 9:30 |
| 4. | "Koni Yunda" | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Brumal: a View from Pluto" | 5:46 |
| 6. | "Worlds Within Worlds" | 7:20 |
Personnel
edit- Alchemist
- Adam Agius – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- John Bray – bass guitar
- Rodney Holder – drums
- Roy Torkington – guitar
- Other musicians
- Josh Nixon – guitar (on track 1)
- Mark Rochelle – keyboards
- Recording details
- Audio engineer – D. W. Norton at Backbeach Studios, Rye, Victoria, June, August 1998
- Producer – D. W. Norton, Martin Shepherd (tracks 2–3), Simon (tracks 2–3) at the Disco Playpen
- Mixing engineer – Martin Shepherd (track 4)
- Audio engineer – Chock (tracks 2–3) at the Gypsy Bar
- Tracks 5 and 6 re-mastered from Jar of Kingdom
- Artwork details
- Roy Torkington – artwork, layout, design
- Simon – layout, design
References
edit- ^ Alchemist Discography Eve of the War, Alchemist official site Archived 2007-06-17 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 6 June 2007
- ^ Broadband made for working from home. Retrieved 21 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "'Yoni Kunda' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 30 April 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'