| "i" | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 1989 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock, reggae, house | |||
| Length | 67:49 | |||
| Label | One Little Indian | |||
| Producer | A.R. Kane, Ray Shulman | |||
| A.R. Kane chronology | ||||
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"i" is the second album by A.R. Kane, released in 1989 on One Little Indian. [1] [2] The album engaged more overtly with pop, dance and electronic styles following the group's debut Sixty Nine . [3] Like its predecessor, "i" was released to moderate sales figures and topped the UK independent charts. [4]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Artforum | (mixed) [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [7] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.7/10 [8] |
In a mixed 1990 review, critic Greg Tate stated that the album "seems both more rudimentary and more calculating by comparison with the organic and uncontrived otherness of 69 ," noting their incorporation of "various received rock, reggae, and house song-forms" and opining that "the results are spotty." [6] In 2004, Chris Ott of Pitchfork called i "a stylistically incontinent album" fragmented by "unchecked ambition," noting a "drastic shift toward clearer production and pop choruses" but concluding that only the album's final quarter would be capable of "convincing anyone A.R. Kane's genius." [8] The AllMusic review by Jason Ankeny stated that the album "now seems like a crystal ball prophesying virtually every major musical development of the 1990s" and concluded that, "largely overlooked upon its original release, i is still an underappreciated masterpiece." [5]
All tracks are written by A.R. Kane, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hello" | 0:27 | |
| 2. | "A Love from Outer Space" | 5:08 | |
| 3. | "Crack Up" | 4:12 | |
| 4. | "Timewind" | 0:15 | |
| 5. | "What's All This Then?" | 4:03 | |
| 6. | "Snow Joke" | 4:46 | |
| 7. | "Off into Space" | 0:04 | |
| 8. | "And I Say" | 2:42 | |
| 9. | "Yeti" | 0:11 | |
| 10. | "Conundrum" | 2:32 | |
| 11. | "Honeysuckleswallow" | 3:20 | |
| 12. | "Long Body" | 1:21 | |
| 13. | "In a Circle" | A.R. Kane, Billy McGee | 4:37 |
| 14. | "Fast Ka" | 0:27 | |
| 15. | "Miles Apart" | 3:01 | |
| 16. | "Pop" | 3:40 | |
| 17. | "Mars" | 0:20 | |
| 18. | "Spook" | 3:10 | |
| 19. | "Sugarwings" | 3:37 | |
| 20. | "Back Home" | 0:07 | |
| 21. | "Down" | 5:14 | |
| 22. | "Supervixens" | 5:40 | |
| 23. | "Insect Love" | 2:52 | |
| 24. | "Sorry" | 0:05 | |
| 25. | "Catch My Drift" | 5:40 | |
| 26. | "Challenge" | 0:06 |
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