Headspace (Pulse Ultra album)

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Headspace
Headspace cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 16, 2002
RecordedNovember – December 2001 at Cello Studios in Hollywood, California
Genre Alternative metal, progressive metal, nu metal
Length49:06
Label Atlantic
Producer Neal Avron
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Headspace is the only album from the Canadian group Pulse Ultra. The album was released on July 16, 2002, via Atlantic Records. A music video was made for the single "Build your Cages". [2]

Contents

Music and lyrics

The opening track "Acceptance (Phase I)" has lyrics that mirror the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and it includes the line "don't you see the skyscrapers? They're too big to bring down alone". However, the song was supposedly written before these events occurred,[ citation needed ] even though the album itself started being recorded shortly after the attacks. [1]

Reception

CMJ New Music Report wrote in 2002, "Founded in Montreal in 1997, Pulse Ultra is an aggressive, yet melodic rock band that interestingly toys with prog à la Tool, but never loses focus on keeping its songs short and to the point. "Big Brother", the album's first official single, will please anyone who got off on the moody industrial tinges of A Perfect Circle's "Thinking of You", while "Glass Door" is a full-throttle rocker in the style of Ultraspank." [3] Brian O'Neill of Allmusic gave the album a mixed review, stating, "The Montreal-based outfit borrows heavily from the more avant-garde styles of Tool ("Put It Off"), and other moments are more firmly rap-metal in nature ("Void" could be Incubus). While there's nothing wrong with drawing from many different sources—to be sure, the best music usually does—you still can't help but think of one thing when listening to Headspace: contrived." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Acceptance (Phase I)" – 2:55
  2. "Finding My Place (Phase II)" – 3:47
  3. "Put It Off" – 3:39
  4. "Big Brother" (featuring Stephen Richards) – 3:21
  5. "Never the Culprit" – 4:06
  6. "Slip in Sin" – 5:02
  7. "Prelude" – 1:10
  8. "Void" – 4:01
  9. "Build Your Cages" – 3:54
  10. "Tired" – 3:24
  11. "Interlude" – 1:23
  12. "Look Closer" – 3:52
  13. "Glass Door" – 3:38
  14. "Despot" – 4:49

Personnel

Pulse Ultra

Additional personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Headspace - Pulse Ultra". Allmusic.
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Pulse Ultra-Build Your Cages (Official Video). YouTube .
  3. CMJ New Music Report, 24 Jun 2002