Touched (Nadja album)

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Touched
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 2003 (2003-05)
Genre Drone metal, post-metal [1]
Length43:42(Original edition)
60:01 (2008 reissue)
Label Deserted Factory
Nadja chronology
Touched
(2003)
Skin Turns to Glass
(2003/2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Storm 8.8/10 [2]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [3]

Touched is the debut full-length album by drone doom band Nadja, it was first released in May 2003 by Deserted Factory Records. This album was made when Nadja was still a solo effort of Aidan Baker, prior to when Leah Buckareff joined Nadja in 2005.

Contents

The album was re-issued by Alien8 recordings on March 13, 2007, with extended songs (except in the case of 'Stays Demons'), and remastered with an untitled bonus track at the end of "Flowers of Flesh". The digital edition released via Bandcamp, however, considers the untitled track as part of 'Flowers of Flesh'. [4]

Track listing

Original edition

No.TitleLength
1."Mutagen"12:00
2."Stays Demons"10:22
3."Incubation/Metamorphosis"12:15
4."Flowers of Flesh"9:05
Total length:43:42

2007 reissue

No.TitleLength
1."Mutagen"14:22
2."Stays Demons"9:57
3."Incubation/Metamorphosis"18:13
4."Flowers of Flesh"13:13
5.Untitled4:16
Total length:60:01

Personnel

Original edition

2007 re-issue

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References

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