Like Swimming

Like Swimming
Like Swimming
Studioalbum von Morphine
Veröffentlichung 1997
Label DreamWorks Records
Format CD
Genre Low rock
Anzahl der Titel 12
Laufzeit 38m4s

Besetzung

Chronologie
Yes
(1995)
Like Swimming The Night
(2000)

Like Swimming ist das vierte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Low-rock-Band Morphine. Es erschien am 11. März 1997 bei DreamWorks Records und blieb die letzte Veröffentlichung vor dem Tod von Frontmann Mark Sandman und der damit verbundenen Auflösung von Morphine.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Entstehungsgeschichte

Nachdem die vorigen Veröffentlichungen bei Rykodisc nur wenig Beachtung fanden, wechselte Morphine zu DreamWorks Records, damals ein Major-Label. Als Singles wurden die Lieder Early to Bed und Murder for the Money veröffentlicht, außerdem wurden Musikvideos zu ersterem Lied sowie zu French Fries w/ Pepper produziert.

Eine Neuauflage von „Like Swimming“ erschien 2002 erneut bei Rykodisc.[1]

Erfolge

„Like Swimming“ erreichte Platz 67 in den Billboard Top 200 und blieb sechs Wochen lang dort vertreten.[2] Das Video zu Early to Bed wurde 1998 für einen Grammy in der Kategorie „Short Form Music Video“ nominiert, verlor aber gegen Got Till It's Gone von Janet Jackson.[3]

Die Reaktion der Kritiker fiel weiterhin nur mäßig aus; Allmusic[1] vergab ebenso wie das Magazin Rolling Stone[4] 3 von jeweils 5 möglichen Sternen. Kritisiert wurden unter anderem die unausgereift klingende Produktion[5] und die fehlende musikalische Entwicklung seit dem Vorgängeralbum „Yes“.[6]

Titelliste

  1. Lilah – 0:59
  2. Potion – 2:00
  3. I Know You (Pt. III) – 3:31
  4. Early To Bed – 2:57
  5. Wishing Well – 3:32
  6. Like Swimming – 4:00
  7. Murder For The Money – 3:34
  8. French Fries w/ Pepper – 2:53
  9. Empty Box – 3:54
  10. Eleven O'Clock – 3:19
  11. Hanging On A Curtain – 3:48
  12. Swing It Low – 3:16

Einzelnachweise

  1. a b Greg Prato: allmusic: Like Swimming. Abgerufen am 4. März 2010.
  2. Billboard.com: Like Swimming - Morphine. Abgerufen am 4. März 2010.
  3. 1998 Grammy Awards. Abgerufen am 28. Februar 2010.
  4. Ira Robbins: Morphine: Like Swimming : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone. 18. März 1997, abgerufen am 4. März 2010.
  5. Allmusic Guide: Some of the material doesn't sound fully developed, almost as if the Boston trio was rushed to complete the album.
  6. Rolling Stone: Morphine's power alley [...] allows few stylistic detours and, evidently, no exit. Four albums in, the band is riding the same sound like a slot car; even the welcome flashes of instrumental variety on „Like Swimming“ [...] don't lead the band far from its usual track.

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