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Album by Youth Group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urban & Eastern is the debut album by Australian rock band Youth Group. The album, recorded with producer Wayne Connolly, was released in 2000.
Urban & Eastern | ||||
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Released | May 2000 | |||
Recorded | 2000 | |||
Studio | Paradise Studios, Wooloomooloo; Hothouse Studio, St Kilda | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 51:01 | |||
Label | Ivy League Records | |||
Producer | Wayne Connolly | |||
Youth Group chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Sydney Morning Herald | [1] |
The Age | [2] |
The Courier-Mail | [3] |
Songwriter Toby Martin said his compositions were influenced by You Am I's Tim Rogers, particularly on that band's Hourly Daily album. In Urban & Eastern's opening track, "Blue Leaves, Red Dust," he sang: "No more songs of Tallahassee and Nashville, there are songs here right outside the windowsill." He told The Sydney Morning Herald: "I like music that has a strong sense of place in it. I like realism and like lyrics that seem like they're coming from a real place."[4]
By 2004, when the band's follow-up album was released, Martin was distancing himself from the debut. "The whole attitude and the sound is kind of naive to me now—charmingly naive, I hope," he said. "Urban & Eastern was a bit more raucous—longer songs, more elaborate arrangements. What were we thinking? We were young, we were arrogant, we thought the world was ours. I'm much, much happier with this one."[5] Martin said the limited-release debut album had become a rarity, telling one newspaper: "It's almost impossible (to find it)—I don't even have a copy at the moment."[6]
(All songs by Toby Martin and Youth Group except where noted)
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