Gods & Monsters (Juno Reactor album)

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Gods & Monsters
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Studio album by
Released2008
Genre Electronic
Length57:09
Label Metropolis
Juno Reactor chronology
Labyrinth
(2004)
Gods & Monsters
(2008)
Inside the Reactor
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Gods & Monsters is the seventh album by the electronic/trance band Juno Reactor. The album was released on April 22, 2008, though Metropolis began shipping it in early April. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Inca Steppa" – 7:45
  2. "Tokyo Dub" – 7:07
  3. "Las Vegas Future Past" – 5:59
  4. "Mind of the Free" – 6:10
  5. "Immaculate Crucifixion" – 7:40
  6. "City of the Sinful" – 4:43
  7. "Tanta Pena" – 5:50
  8. "The Perfect Crime (Superman)" – 6:24
  9. "Pretty Girl" – 5:27

Two tracks in the album are remixes of tracks originally from the video game The Matrix: Path of Neo . A soundtrack was planned for release in January 2006, but was delayed until March 2006, before the soundtrack release was scrapped. The two tracks are:

Personnel

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References

  1. "Music Review: Juno Reactor - Gods and Monsters - Blogcritics Music". Blogcritics.org. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  2. Ranta, Alan. "Juno Reactor: Gods and Monsters < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  3. Archived May 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Juno Reactor: Gods and Monsters, PopMatters". 7 May 2008.