Koro (album)

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Koro
Numb - Koro.jpg
Live album by
Released1996 (1996)
RecordedDecember 2 – December 3, 1995 (1995-12-03)
StudioShelter & The Loft
(Tokyo, JP)
Genre Electro-industrial
Length65:47
Label Gift
Numb chronology
Wasted Sky
(1994)
Koro
(1996)
Blood Meridian
(1997)

Koro is a live album by Numb, released in 1996 by Gift Records. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Jason Ankeny of AllMusic awarded Koro three out of five stars. [2] Sonic Boom praised the band for sounding even more successful in a live setting, saying "the amount of power and emotion that David Collings brings with his vocals and the atmosphere that Don is able to create with his mixture of guitar and keyboards throughout will definitely make you wish that you could see them live, even if you already have." [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Don Gordon and Conan Hunter, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ratblast" 4:59
2."Right" 4:07
3."Hole" 4:41
4."Driven" 4:52
5."Frantic"Blair Dobson, Don Gordon, David Hall3:45
6."Effigy" 5:39
7."Wasted Sky" 4:37
8."Painless" 3:14
9."Deadinside"Blair Dobson, Don Gordon, David Hall4:01
10."Shithammer" 7:16
11."God Is Dead"Don Gordon, David Hall 4:29
12."Curse" 7:36
13."Blood"Don Gordon, Conan Hunter, Sean Stubbs 6:32

Personnel

Adapted from the Koro liner notes. [4]

Numb

Additional musicians

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Japan1996Gift CD GFT-03

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References

  1. Christian, Chris (March 12, 1996). "Interview with Don Gordon of Numb conducted by Ashley Serotta & Randolph Williams of GoDaM! Governed by Electronics WMFO 91.5 FM Boston". Sonic Boom. 4 (6). Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "Numb: Koro > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  3. Christian, Chris (July 1997). "Numb: Koro". Sonic Boom. 5 (1). Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  4. Koro (booklet). Numb. Media, Pennsylvania: Metropolis Records. 1997.CS1 maint: others (link)