From Acid to Zen
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From Acid to Zen is the Norwegian
rock
band BigBang's ninth album
, and the first released exclusively for the American market. It consist mainly of previously released material, except for two new songs. It was released on September 9, 2008.
of Rolling Stone
selected the album as his "Fricke's Pick", writing, "From Acid to Zen is a big step in a bigger gamble", and, "It’s a shotgun buffet, like those early U.S. LPs by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones that combined album tracks and singles from unrelated sessions, and it succeeds the same way: like an instant greatest-hits record".
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band BigBang's ninth album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, and the first released exclusively for the American market. It consist mainly of previously released material, except for two new songs. It was released on September 9, 2008.
Reception
David FrickeDavid Fricke
David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where he writes predominantly on rock music. In the 1990s, he was managing editor before stepping down.-Background:David Fricke is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania...
of Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
selected the album as his "Fricke's Pick", writing, "From Acid to Zen is a big step in a bigger gamble", and, "It’s a shotgun buffet, like those early U.S. LPs by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones that combined album tracks and singles from unrelated sessions, and it succeeds the same way: like an instant greatest-hits record".
Track list
- "Early December" (from Too Much YangToo Much YangToo Much Yang is the sixth studio album made by the Norwegian rock band BigBang. It was released in Norway, March 19, 2007, at Warner Music and Grand Sport Records...
) - "Wild Bird" (from Electric PsalmbookElectric PsalmbookElectric Psalmbook is the second album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang, which was released in 1999.-Overview:"Volume or Tone" and "Wild Bird " are two bonus tracks added in the Warner release...
) - "The One" (new for this release)
- "Saturn Freeway" (from Poetic TerrorismPoetic TerrorismPoetic Terrorism is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang, which was released in April 2005.-Overview:Øystein Greni describes the record as "minimalistic" and reminiscent of the Dinosaur Jr./Hüsker Dü era punk rock to "a more west coast 1976 acting things and symphonic orchestra"...
) - "Hurricane Boy" (from Too Much Yang)
- "My First Time" (from Too Much Yang)
- "Savior Soul" (new for this release)
- "From A Distance" (from Poetic Terrorism)
- "Wherever You Are" (from Poetic Terrorism)
- "From Acid to Zen" (from Poetic Terrorism)
- "When the World Comes to an End" (from Frontside Rock'n'RollFrontside Rock'n'RollFrontside Rock'n'Roll is the fourth album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang, which was released in 2002.-Overview:This is the first album to be published outside Norway. Warner Germany also re-released the previous full-length Clouds Rolling By in the country...
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