| Cold | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | January – February 1996 | |||
| Studio | Shelter, Streetsboro, OH | |||
| Genre | Darkwave, ethereal wave, gothic rock | |||
| Length | 57:48 | |||
| Label | Projekt | |||
| Producer | Lycia | |||
| Lycia chronology | ||||
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Cold is the fifth studio album by the American dark wave band Lycia, released in 1996 by Projekt Records.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Ned Raggett of AllMusic called Cold a "significant step forward in the trio's continuing sonic evolution" and noting the increased use of Tara VanFlower's vocals as well as electronics playing a larger role in the music [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Frozen" | VanPortfleet | 7:35 |
| 2. | "Bare" | VanPortfleet | 5:28 |
| 3. | "Baltica" | VanFlower, VanPortfleet | 6:39 |
| 4. | "Colder" | Galas, VanPortfleet | 4:58 |
| 5. | "Snowdrop" | Vanflower, VanPortfleet | 6:07 |
| 6. | "Drifting" | VanPortfleet | 7:26 |
| 7. | "December" | Galas, VanPortfleet | 5:05 |
| 8. | "Polaris" | Vanflower, VanPortfleet | 7:25 |
| 9. | "Later" | VanPortfleet | 7:14 |
Adapted from the Cold liner notes. [2]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1996 | Projekt | CD | PRO55 |
| 2007 | Silber | silber 048 | ||
| 2013 | Handmade Birds | LP | HB-DIS054 |
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