Peace | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | September 3, 2013 |
Studio | Jalamanta Studios, Joshua Tree, California |
Genre | |
Length | 57:22 |
Label | |
Producer | Brant Bjork |
Peace is the only album by American rock band Vista Chino. It features three former members of Kyuss (Brant Bjork, Nick Oliveri and John Garcia), along with new guitarist Bruno Fevery. It was released on September 3, 2013, by Napalm Records.
The album peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album chart. [2]
Originally known as Kyuss Lives!, the band changed their name after a lawsuit from Josh Homme and Scott Reeder prevented them from using the Kyuss Lives! name for recordings. [3]
Guest appearances on Peace include Mike Dean of Corrosion of Conformity and former Kyuss bassist Chris Cockrell who appear on one track each. [4]
Napalm Records released the record on 2xLP in colored versions of red, green, blue, orange, gold, bone and black, [5] along with a limited edition digipak version of the CD featuring two bonus tracks. [6]
Music videos were made for the songs 'Sweet Remain' [7] and 'Barcelonian'. [8]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
About.com | [9] |
Blabbermouth.net | 8.5/10 [10] |
CraveOnline | 5/10 [11] |
Exclaim! | 8/10 [12] |
Metal Hammer | 4/7 [13] |
MetalSucks | [14] |
PopMatters | 6/10 [15] |
The Rockpit | [16] |
The Sydney Morning Herald | [17] |
Ultimate Guitar | 9.3/10 [18] |
The Aquarian praised the album saying, "Peace not only captures much of what was so groundbreaking in Kyuss' approach, but expands the scope and gives a modern impression." [19]
East Bay Express proclaimed "The dynamism between meandering, clean passages and desperately surging crunch is the best I've heard in a while." [20]
Spin noted "Garcia and Bjork still have that Kyuss character in spades on their debut, Peace, writing bulldozing stoner anthems that live up to the legend of their former band." [21]
Magnet Magazine placed Peace No. 1 on their best hard rock albums of 2013. [22]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles writer Greg Prato selected "Peace" as No. 6 for his Top 10 of 2013 for "The Scribes Speak" poll. [23]
All tracks are written by Brant Bjork and John Garcia. All music by Bruno Fevery and Bjork, except where noted [24] .
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Good Morning Wasteland" | 0:59 | |
2. | "Dargona Dragona" | 4:47 | |
3. | "Sweet Remain" | 3:10 | |
4. | "As You Wish" | 5:01 | |
5. | "Planets 1 & 2" | 6:32 | |
6. | "Adara" | 4:39 | |
7. | "Mas Vino" | Nick Oliveri, Fevery, Bjork | 1:26 |
8. | "Dark and Lovely" | 6:14 | |
9. | "Barcelonian" | 3:31 | |
10. | "Acidize... The Gambling Moose" | 13:00 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Carnation" | 4:14 |
12. | "Sunlight at Midnight" | 3:49 |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [24] Vista Chino
Guest musicians
| Production
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Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [25] | 60 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [26] | 47 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [27] | 111 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [28] | 67 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [29] | 37 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [30] | 42 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [31] | 66 |
US Top Heatseekers [2] | 14 |
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