Equipoise (Happy Rhodes album)

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Equipoise
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Studio album by Happy Rhodes
Released 1993
Genre Alternative rock, art rock
Length61:00
Label Aural Gratification
Producer Kevin Bartlett, Happy Rhodes
Happy Rhodes chronology
Warpaint
(1991)
Equipoise
(1993)
Rhodesongs
(1993)
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Equipoise is the sixth studio album by alternative rock singer-songwriter Happy Rhodes. It was released in 1993 on Aural Gratification.

Alternative rock is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. In this instance, the word "alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent, DIY ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music. At times, "alternative" has been used as a catch-all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition, or for any music, whether rock or not, that is seen to be descended from punk rock.

Happy Rhodes American singer-songwriter

Happy Rhodes is an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and electronic musician with a four-octave vocal range.

Track listing

  1. "Runners" – 6:00
  2. "He Will Come" – 4:08
  3. "The Flight" – 4:52
  4. "Out Like A Lamb" – 6:48
  5. "Save Our Souls" – 6:16
  6. "Closer" – 5:05
    • Additional vocals by Kelly Bird
  7. "Temporary And Eternal" – 4:51
  8. "Cohabitants" – 5:41
  9. "Play The Game" – 6:28
  10. "Mother Sea" – 5:24
  11. "I Say" – 5:39

Personnel

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