| Artist |
TOY |
| Album Title: |
Clear Shot |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: Psychedelic Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
10/28/2016 |
| Label |
Heavenly |
| Catalog No |
HVNLP133CD |
| Bar Code No |
541939943089 |
| Packaging |
Cardboard Gatefold |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Clear Shot (6:01)
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| 2.
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Another Dimension (4:32)
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| 3.
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Fast Silver (6:19)
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| 4.
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I'm Still Believing (3:00)
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| 5.
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Clouds That Cover The Sun (4:31)
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| 6.
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Jungle Games (4:08)
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| 7.
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Dream Orchestrator (5:47)
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| 8.
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We Will Disperse (4:06)
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| 9.
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Spirits Don't Lie (4:48)
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| 10.
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Cinema (7:14)
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| Date Acquired |
01/29/2018 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
10.57 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Bass, Vocals – Maxim Barron
Design, Layout – TOY
Drums, Vocals – Charlie Salvidge
Guitar – Dominic O'Dair
Guitar, Vocals – Tom Dougall
Keyboards, Vocals – Max Oscarnold
Management – Red Light Management
Management [Represented By] – Nigel Templeman
Mixed By – Chris Coady
Photography By – Steve Gullick
Producer, Engineer – David Wrench, Marta Salogni
Licensed To – [pias]
Produced At – Eve Studios
Engineered At – Eve Studios
Mixed At – Sunset Sound
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Analyzed: Toy / Clear Shot
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -0.06 dB -10.36 dB 6:01 01/10-Clear Shot
DR8 -0.05 dB -10.33 dB 4:32 02/10-Another Dimension
DR8 -0.06 dB -10.43 dB 6:19 03/10-Fast Silver
DR8 -0.05 dB -9.46 dB 3:00 04/10-I'm Still Believing
DR8 -0.06 dB -10.18 dB 4:31 05/10-Clouds That Cover The Sun
DR7 -0.04 dB -9.52 dB 4:08 06/10-Jungle Games
DR7 -0.05 dB -9.06 dB 5:46 07/10-Dream Orchestrator
DR8 -0.06 dB -9.34 dB 4:06 08/10-We Will Disperse
DR9 -0.06 dB -11.16 dB 4:48 09/10-Spirits Don't Lie
DR7 -0.04 dB -11.03 dB 7:14 10/10-Cinema
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 822 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by Heather Phares:
When it comes to creativity, structure can be a frame or a cage. For TOY, the Motorik rhythms that gave form to their reveries and a foundation for their experiments were in danger of becoming dead ends. On Clear Shot, the ways in which the band branches out aren't just refreshing, they feel necessary. Not only is this TOY's first album with keyboardist Max Oscarnold (also of Proper Ornaments), it's their first without producer Dan Carey, who seemed like an honorary bandmember after their work together on TOY and Join the Dots as well as Sexwitch, their collaboration with Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan. This time, the band worked with David Wrench, and his production and Chris Coady's mix strip away the fog of TOY's previous albums in favor of a crystalline hyperreality. In retrospect, Join the Dots highlights like "Endlessly" feel like a rehearsal for Clear Shot; though it still feels right to call their songs trips and excursions, now they're powered with a higher grade of fuel. The way that "Another Dimension" churns and hovers and "Fast Silver" moves from dusk to dawn wouldn't have been possible on TOY or Join the Dots, while "I'm Still Believing" and "We Will Disperse" reflect how nimbly the band blends its pop and experimental sides. They're just as deft at vividly combining influences that range from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to the Incredible String Band to acid house: The eerie majesty of "Cinema" calls to mind a Bernard Herrmann piece for analog synths. Occasionally, TOY gets a little too liberated from structure on Clear Shot; though psychedelic music thrives on blurred lines, songs such as "Clouds That Cover the Sun" don't have enough shape to be truly transporting. Fortunately, for every formless track, there are two more like the brilliantly buoyant "Dream Orchestrator," a glimpse of 21st century psych-pop at its finest. Moments like this make Clear Shot TOY's most ambitious and rewarding album yet.
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