Forever Again

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Forever Again
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1994 (1994-09-26) [1]
RecordedMay 11–29, 1994 [2]
Genre Indie rock, grunge, lofi
Length41:32
Label Sub Pop
Producer Eric's Trip, Bob Weston
Eric's Trip chronology
The Gordon Street Haunting EP
(1993)
Forever Again
(1994)
The Road South 7-inch
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Forever Again is the second full-length album by the Canadian indie band Eric's Trip. [5] [6] [2] The album was recorded and mixed by the band's guitarist, Rick White. Sessions for the album took place at band members' homes and at White's home studio, Stereo Mountain. It was released by Seattle's Sub Pop records as SP 268, in LP, CD and cassette formats.

Contents

The album documents the romantic parting of White and Julie Doiron, as well as White's issues with drug use. [7]

The first few hundred copies of the vinyl LP ordered by mail-order included a bonus 7-inch EP with a comic book sleeve titled Notes From Stereo Mountain. The EP is one of the rarest items in the Eric's Trip catalog.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album better than the debut, writing that "the songwriting tightens some of the eighteen selections into shapely forms, most noticeably when acoustic lightness is the chosen timbre." [6]

Awards

The album was a Juno Award nominee for Best Alternative Album at the Juno Awards of 1995.

Track listing

  1. "New Love" – 2:59
  2. "This Way Out" – 1:08
  3. "About You" – 1:22
  4. "Girlfriend" – 2:19
  5. "Always There" – 1:53
  6. "Stupidest Thing" – 1:52
  7. "December '93" – 2:08
  8. "Thoroughly" – 1:14
  9. "My Bed Is Red" – 4:47
  10. "View Master" – 2:46
  11. "Cloudy" – 1:40
  12. "My Chest Is Empty" – 3:07
  13. "Run Away" – 1:42
  14. "Waiting All Day" – 2:51
  15. "Let Go" – 1:45
  16. "Hate Song" – 1:33
  17. "Feeling Around" – 2:36
  18. "Forever Again" – 3:51

Personnel

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