Race is the third studio album released by Australian new wave band Pseudo Echo. It was released via EMI Australia in 1988 and RCA Records internationally in 1989. Race resulted in a musical change for the group as it mirrored the music landscape at the time; dominated by big hair, big guitars and rock. While the album no doubt alienated the majority of the band's fan base, it equally attracted a new breed of rock loving fans.[2]
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | Metropolis Studios, Melbourne | |||
| Genre | Hard Rock | |||
| Length | 40:30 | |||
| Label | EMI Australia RCA (US) | |||
| Producer | Brian Canham, Julian Mendelsohn | |||
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The album included their track "Take On the World", which won at 1987 World Popular Song Festival (a.k.a. Yamaha Music Festival) in Japan.[3]
Three singles were released from the album. The first, "Fooled Again" (which had "Take On the World" as a B-side), peaked at No. 32 in Australia in late 1988.[4]
Reviews
editAllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 stars.[5]
Reviewer "The Doctor" of alltime-records.com gave the album 2 & 1/2 out of 7 stars, saying: "Pseudo Echo’s third album came when their fame was fading and facing this reality, they attempted to change their image and style, becoming a hard rock band. What resulted was Race, an album that was a flop both commercially and critically. With the constant sound of crunching and whining guitars, this is a record of corny, pretentious songs."[6]
Track listings
edit- CD [7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Fooled Again" | James Leigh, Vince Leigh | 4:39 |
| 2. | "Over Tomorrow" | Brian Canham, James Leigh | 5:05 |
| 3. | "Caught" | Brian Canham, Vince Leigh | 4:33 |
| 4. | "Imagination" | James Leigh, Vince Leigh | 4:05 |
| 5. | "Don't You Forget" | Brian Canham | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Runaways" | Brian Canham, Pierre Gigliotti | 3:16 |
| 7. | "Searching for a Glory" | Brian Canham, James Leigh, Vince Leigh | 5:10 |
| 8. | "Take On the World" | Brian Canham, Vince Leigh | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Metropolis" | Brian Canham | 1:50 |
| 10. | "Eye of the Storm" | Brian Canham | 3:52 |
Weekly charts
edit| Chart (1988–89) | Peak position |
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| Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[8] | 18 |
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart[9] | 32 |
Personnel
edit- Brian Canham – lead vocals and backing vocals, electric guitars
- Pierre Gigliotti – bass and backing vocals
- James Leigh – synthesizers, sampler, electric piano and backing vocals
- Vince Leigh – drums and backing vocals
References
edit- ^ "Part of Pseudo Echo's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page page 2". ARIA. Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ "Pseudo Echo - Race (1988)". rockonvinyl.com.au. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "18th World Popular Song Festival World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo '87". www.yamaha-mf.or.jp. 2 December 2014.
- ^ "PSEUDO ECHO - FOOLED AGAIN (SONG)". australian-charts.com. 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Pseudo Echo - Race". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Race by Pseudo Echo". www.alltime-records.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Pseudo Echo - Race CD". discogs.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
- ^ "PSEUDO ECHO - RACE (ALBUM)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.