Flight 602 (album)

Flight 602
Studio album by Aim
Released	September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25)
Studio	Speed Limit Studios (Barrow, UK)
Genre	Electronic hip-hop
Length	52:55
Label	ATIC
Producer	Aim
Aim chronology
Hinterland (2002) Flight 602 (2006) The Habit of a Lifetime and How to Kick It (2015)
Singles from Flight 602
"Northwest" Released: 2006 "Puget Sound" Released: 2006 "Birchwood EP" Released: 2007

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	7/10 [1]
Gigwise	[2]
musicOMH	[3]
The Observer	[4]
The Skinny	[5]

Flight 602 is the third studio album by British musician Aim. It was released on 25 September 2006 via ATIC Records, marking the first release for his own independent record label. Recording sessions took place at Speed Limit Studios in Barrow, UK. Produced entirely by Aim, it features contributions from fellow ATIC co-founder and label-mate Niko, Justin Helliwell, Rick Walker, Bernard Moss and Phil Turner. In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number 16 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums and number 7 on the Official Independent Albums charts.

Songs

The album's title is named after the flight that Charles Bukowski took to his first poetry reading in Germany. ^[6]

The tracks "Puget Sound" and "Birchwood" were the only charted singles, debuting on the UK Official Independent Singles Chart at No. 38 and 41, respectively.

The track "Pier 57" was named after a holding area for peace protesters during the 2004 Republican conference in New York. ^[2] Aim said of the event:

In 2004 the Republican Party held their annual convention in Manhattan, NYC. For the weekend the city was under virtual martial law as the police and military fused and hundreds of peaceful protesters were literally herded up and held in an old abandoned warehouse full of oil and asbestos, some for over 48 hours with absolutely no charge. The warehouse was on New York's Pier 57. ^[7]

The closing track, "It's Later Than You Think", was originally a song by Aim's band project, Paperboy. ^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro #3"	Andy Turner Herbie Hancock	1:24
2.	"Walking Home Through the Park"	Turner	5:47
3.	"Northwest"	Turner Nicole Vergel De Dios	4:45
4.	"Puget Sound"	Turner	4:05
5.	"Pier 57"	Turner	3:59
6.	"Smile"	Turner Vergel De Dios	5:12
7.	"Landlord"	Turner Vergel De Dios	4:02
8.	"Aberdeen"	Turner Vergel De Dios Jeffrey Comanor	4:26
9.	"Birchwood"	Turner	4:43
10.	"Flight 602"	Turner	5:16
11.	"Interview"	Turner Carlos Mejía Black Sugar	5:52
12.	"It's Later Than You Think"	Turner Justin Helliwell Rick Walker	3:24
Total length:			52:55

Sample credits

• Track 1 contains a sample from "Dolphin Dance" written by Herbie Hancock and performed by Jorge Dalto.
• Track 8 contains a sample from "Love Moan" written by Jeffrey Comanor and performed by Cheryl Ernst.
• Track 11 contains a sample from "When You're Walking" written by Carlos Mejía and Black Sugar and performed by Black Sugar.

Personnel

• Andrew "Aim" Turner – vocals (tracks: 4, 12), guitars (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 12), keyboards (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 9), synthesizer (tracks: 4, 7, 8), kalimba (track 12), producer, arrangement, engineering, mixing
• Nicole "Niko" Vergel De Dios – vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6–8), keyboards (tracks: 3, 6)
• Justin Helliwell – vocals (track 12)
• Rick Walker – guitar (tracks: 4, 12)
• Bernard Moss – flute (tracks: 5, 9)
• Phil Turner – additional bass (track 6)
• Nilesh Patel – mastering

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [9]	16
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [10]	7

References

1. Steinberg, Lianne (29 September 2006). "Album Review: Aim - Flight 602". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on 25 May 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
2. Saunders, Chris (September 2006). "Aim - 'Flight 602' (ATIC) 25/09/2006". Gigwise .
3. Hogwood, Ben (25 September 2006). "Aim - Flight 602 | Album Reviews". musicOMH . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
4. Yates, Steve (15 October 2006). "Aim, Flight 602". The Observer . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
5. Walker, Peter (12 November 2006). "Aim - Flight 602 | The Skinny". The Skinny . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
6. "BBC - Manchester - Entertainment - Aiming high". BBC . 22 June 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
7. "Aim – Flight 602 LP [AITC] – Britishhiphop.co.uk". www.britishhiphop.co.uk. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
8. Gilbey, Sam. "PIXELSURGEON | Reviews | Music | Aim". www.pixelsurgeon.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
9. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
10. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 June 2025.

External links

• Flight 602 at Discogs (list of releases)