Newer Wave 2.0

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Newer Wave 2.0
Various Artists - Newer Wave 2.jpg
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1998 (1998-09-29)
Genre Industrial, EBM
Length74:00
Label 21st Circuitry
21st Circuitry V/A chronology
Coldwave Breaks II
(1997)		Newer Wave 2.0
(1998)		 21st Circuitry Shox 2
(1998)

Newer Wave 2.0 is a various artists compilation album released on September 29, 1998, by 21st Circuitry.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Aiding & Abetting gave Newer Wave, Vol. 2 a positive review and called the album "better than the first, both in song selection and in execution" and "it does rate highly in the fun factor". [2] Keith Farley of AllMusic gave it a negative review, awarding the compilation one and a half out of five stars. [1] In writing for Ink 19, the critic Eric Sanders praised the artists' re-imagining of the originals, writing, "The ideas are fresh and good, the material familiar and worth revisiting." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Planet Earth" (Duran Duran cover) James Bates, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor Hate Dept. 5:00
2."Love My Way" (The Psychedelic Furs cover) John Ashton, Tim Butler, Richard Butler, Vince Ely Assemblage 23 5:38
3."Love Missile F1-11" (Sigue Sigue Sputnik cover) Martin Degville, Anthony James, Neal Whitmore New Mind 5:11
4."One Night in Bangkok (Cold War Mix)" (Murray Head cover) Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus Razor Skyline 3:26
5."Shout" (Tears for Fears cover) Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley Shunt6:32
6."Safety Dance" (Men Without Hats cover) Ivan Doroschuk LUXT 4:34
7."It's My Life" (Talk Talk cover) Mark Hollis, Tim Friese-Greene Battery 4:03
8."Here Comes the Rain Again" (Eurythmics cover) Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart Omnibox4:06
9."Norman Bates" (Landscape cover) John L. Walters Covenant 4:34
10."1999" (Prince cover) Prince Xorcist 6:29
11."Stripped" (Depeche Mode cover) Martin Gore In Strict Confidence 7:57
12."88 Lines About 44 Women" (The Nails cover)Marc Campbell, Douglas Guthrie, David Kaufman, George Kaufman, Steve O'Rourke Scar Tissue 5:02
13."Major Tom" (Peter Schilling cover)David Lodge, Peter Schilling Unit:187 5:36
14."Beautiful World" (Devo cover) Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh R.U.O.K.?5:51

Personnel

Adapted from the Newer Wave 2.0 liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1998 21st Circuitry CD21C.CD37

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References

  1. 1 2 Farley, Keith. "Various Artists: Newer Wave, Vol. 2". Allmusic. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ Worley, Jon (November 23, 1998). "Various Artists: Newer Wave". Aiding & Abetting (172). Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ Sanders, Eric (February 10, 1999). "Various Artists: Newer Wave 2.0". Ink 19. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ Newer Wave 2.0 (booklet). Various artists. San Francisco, California: 21st Circuitry. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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