Second Life Syndrome
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Publication |
2005 |
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admission |
June to August 2005 |
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| Label (s) | InsideOut Music | |||
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
63:38 |
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Riverside, Magda Srzednicka, Robert Srzednicki |
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Studio (s) |
Serakos Studio, Warsaw |
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Second Life Syndrome is the second studio album by the Polish progressive rock band Riverside . It was released by InsideOut Music in 2005 and is the second part of a trilogy called Reality Dream.
Creation and publication
A successor to the debut album Out of Myself and thus a continuation of its concept was originally planned for the beginning of 2005, but could not be completed in time. Instead, Riverside first released the EP Voices in My Head and played a small tour in Western Europe. During this time they also signed a record deal with InsideOut Music. Second Life Syndrome , some of which had already been played live, was finally recorded from June to August 2005 at Serakos Studio in Warsaw . Jacek Gawłowski mastered the album, Travis Smith designed the artwork .
Title list and style
- After - 3:31
- Volte-Face - 8:40
- Conceiving You - 3:39
- Second Life Syndrome - 3:40 pm
- Artificial Smile - 5:27
- I Turned You Down - 4:34
- Reality Dream III - 5:01
- Dance with the Shadow - 11:38
- Before - 5:23
Second Life Syndrome has more progressive metal bonds than the debut album, but still shows influences from the art rock Pink Floyds and the neo-prog Marillions . On laut.de and Baby Blue Pages , the album will also Fates Warning and Porcupine Tree compared. The atmosphere is mostly melancholy and gloomy.
reception
The high expectations of the press after the debut album were met. Michael Edele from laut.de emphasizes that the title track alone has "riffs and sound magic to offer that others would [play] an entire album with". Thomas Kohlruß from Babyblauen Seiten says: “Riverside actually manage to surpass their very successful debut album in every respect and improve again.” Mike Borrink from Rock Hard considers the album to be an “elegiac art rock masterpiece” and the music magazine eclipsed voted it 21st on its list of 150 most important prog albums.
Web links
- Second Life Syndrome at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of Second Life Syndrome on the Baby Blue Pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Riverside: Biography ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 31, 2012.
- ↑ a b Michael Edele: 'Second Life Syndrome' by Riverside , laut.de , accessed on October 31, 2012.
- ↑ a b Baby Blue Prog Reviews: Riverside. Second Life Syndrome , Baby Blue Pages , accessed October 31, 2012.
- ↑ Mike Borrink: Riverside: Second Life Syndrome , Rock Hard No. 223, accessed October 31, 2012.
- ↑ eclipsed No. 144, p. 38.
