| Plutonium Glow | ||||
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 Cover to the more available Oxygen Music 1998 re-release | ||||
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| Released | 1997 | |||
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| Length | 51:29 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Handprint Entertainment | |||
| Producer | Peter Daou | |||
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Plutonium Glow is a 1997 studio album by American vocalist Vanessa Daou that was re-released in 1998. The album was an early example of Internet-based marketing for music [1] [2] and has received positive reviews from critics.
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Stanton Swihart writing that "Plutonium Glow... while still intensely sweaty, shifts its focus to the stars" and "Daou has a voice like a feather that literally floats off into the crisp night air, leaving the listener with a sweet but sometimes sorrowful aftertaste". [3] A review in Billboard calling this a "fine" album that "meld[s] sensual, often enlightening lyrics with smooth, warmly ambient dance grooves". [1] A 2022 review from Imran Khan of PopMatters of the 1998 re-release edition of this album stated that this album was influential on subsequent rave music culture and he praised the music's "subtle change in dynamics" and "coolly-mannered, thoughtful, and thought-provoking poetry". [2]
All songs written by Peter Daou and Vanessa Daou.
1997 Handprint Entertainment release
1998 Oxygen Music re-release
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