Hi-Fi Revival

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Hi-Fi Revival
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2002
Recorded Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Christian ska
Length44:25
Label Tooth & Nail
Producer Brent Bourgeois, Charlie Peacock
The O.C. Supertones chronology
Live! Volume One
(2002)
Hi-Fi Revival
(2002)
Revenge of the O.C. Supertones
(2004)
Professional ratings
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Hi-Fi Revival is the fifth studio album released by The O.C. Supertones. It was the first of three sessions the Supertones recorded in Franklin, Tennessee at Dark Horse Studios. Matt Morginsky and Ethan Luck lived together at this time and demoed over 50 songs for Hi-Fi Revival in their basement. 17 of the un-used songs made it on to their side-project album, Grand Incredible. The rest of the demos were never released. CCM characterized the sound on this album as displaying stripped down ska core rhythms, [2] with the horn section now "providing color instead of the dominant sound." [5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Superfly"
  2. "Brand New Thing"
  3. "Welcome Home"
  4. "Hold on to Jesus"
  5. "Go Go Go"
  6. "Let It Go"
  7. "Just a Man"
  8. "Attitude"
  9. "Perfect Love"
  10. "Fire"
  11. "Birth of Uncool"
  12. "Go Your Way"
  13. "Radio Plays"
  14. "Forever"
  15. "Glory Hallelujah"

Personnel

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References

  1. Hi-Fi Revival - The O.C. Supertones at AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
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  5. Thompson, John J. (October 2002). "Rock News". CCM Magazine . 25 (4): 18. ISSN   1524-7848.