Turquoise & Crimson (retail version)

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Turquoise & Crimson
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Studio album by VAST
Released 2006
Recorded 2001-2002 in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Genre Alternative rock, industrial rock
Length1:18:12
Label 2blossoms
Producer Jon Crosby
VAST chronology
A Complete Demonstration
(2005)
Turquoise & Crimson
(2006)
April (Online Version)
(2006)

Turquoise & Crimson is a double-album released by the band VAST, their fourth album, released in 2006 under Jon Crosby's 2blossoms record label. The two discs contain re-mastered tracks found on the online release of Turquoise & Crimson and the major-label release of Nude , albeit in different mixes and with different production. The track listing is also different on the retail version than the official online version. Frontman Jon Crosby has said that the retail version is the official final version of the album.

VAST is an American alternative rock band based in Seattle. The acronym VAST stands for Visual Audio Sensory Theater and is the main creation of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jon Crosby. The band is signed to 2blossoms, an independent record company created by Crosby.

Jon Crosby is an American musician and founder of the musical outfit VAST.

<i>Nude</i> (VAST album) album by VAST

Nude is the third studio album by the band VAST, released on Carson Daly's independent label 456 Entertainment. It was released on February 24, 2004 and would be the last album released on his own independent label, 2blossoms. The album is made up of remastered and remixed demos from the online Turquoise & Crimson releases.

Contents

The album also has its own specialized album art, different from the album art released for the Turquoise 3.x and Crimson 3.x releases, which each had their own album artwork.

Track listing

All songs written by Jon Crosby.

Disc 1

  1. "Turquoise" – 3:19
  2. "Ecstasy" – 3:29
  3. "Be With Me" – 3:53
  4. "Thrown Away" – 4:00
  5. "Don't Take Your Love Away" – 4:53
  6. "Falling from the Sky" – 3:05
  7. "Candle" – 4:01
  8. "I Woke Up L.A." – 3:30
  9. "I Can't Say No (To You)" – 4:12
  10. "Desert Garden" – 3:17

Disc 2

  1. "Dead Angels" – 3:25
  2. "I Need to Say Goodbye" – 3:23
  3. "Lost" – 2:37
  4. "Winter in My Heart" – 3:36
  5. "All I Found Was You (Japanese Fantasy)" – 3:25
  6. "That's My Boy" – 3:54
  7. "Evil Little Girl" – 3:59
  8. "Beautiful" – 3:33
  9. "Señorita" – 2:50
  10. "Where It Never Rains" – 3:30
  11. "Bruise" – 3:17
  12. "Goodbye" – 3:04

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic noted the shift in tone since VAST was no longer on a major label, giving the album a 3 out of 5 and calling it "essential for VAST fans", but noting that its largest problem was Crosby's vocal style.

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References

  1. Mason, Stewart. Turquoise & Crimson at AllMusic