Tyco (album)

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Tyco
KRU - Tyco.jpg
Studio album by
KRU
Released14 December 2000 (2000-12-14)
Recorded2000
StudioKRU Studios
Genre
Length36:45
Label EMI Music Malaysia
Producer KRU
KRU chronology
Formula Luarbiasa
(1999)		Tyco
(2000)		 KRUjaan
(2002)
Singles from Tyco
  1. "Bidadari"
    Released: November 2000
  2. "With U"
    Released: March 2001
  3. "Saat Ku Pejamkan Mata"
    Released: September 2001

Tyco is the eighth studio album by Malaysian boy band, KRU and their first and only release under the name Tyco, which was their virtual artist project launched in 2000. [1] [2] The album was released on 14 December 2000 by EMI Music Malaysia.

Contents

Background and release

After releasing studio albums as KRU, the KRU brothers began working on new music and came up with Tyco, Malaysia's first 3D virtual group in 2000. According to KRU, Tyco was an experimental project where they plays the key role as virtual artists behind animated characters, a concept which was new to the Malaysian music industry at the time. [3] [4]

For the album and Tyco themselves, KRU incorporated a futuristic concepts with the combination of acoustic and aggressive instrumental. [4] Like their previous albums which they recorded as KRU, Tyco also contains both Malay and English songs. [4] [5] The album was produced by KRU, with Yusry and Edry handling the arrangements and instruments. [5]

Tyco was released on 14 December 2000 to popular success. Three singles were released from the album: "Bidadari", "With U" and "Saat Ku Pejamkan Mata". Music videos were produced for "Bidadari" and "With U", utilising computer-generated imagery (CGI). [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Norman, Yusry and Edry Abdul Halim.

No.TitleLength
1."Tyco"0:28
2."With U"3:45
3."People Come People Go"3:48
4."Bidadari"3:58
5."Saat Ku Pejamkan Mata"3:46
6."Action Hero"0:07
7."Sandiwara"3:17
8."Supermokhtar"3:41
9."Cyber"0:08
10."Jutawan"3:28
11."King Kazu"0:21
12."Bom!"3:26
13."Mati Muda"3:34
14."Never Trust a Man Again"2:51
Total length:36:45

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tyco booklet liner notes. [6]

Release history

RegionRelease dateFormatLabel
Malaysia14 December 2000 CD, Digital download [7] [8] EMI Music Malaysia

References

  1. ↑ Zainal Alam Kadir (1 January 2001). "Feel the music charge from Tyco" . New Straits Times . Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Sani Salleh (15 March 2001). "Imej unik Tyco menjadi" [Tyco's unique image impressive] (in Malay). Harian Metro . Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Ahmad Saufi Mansor (21 December 2000). "Tyco bayang KRU" [Tyco the KRU's shadow] (in Malay). Harian Metro . Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Tyco bukti KRU masih berbisa" [Tyco proves KRU still poisonous]. Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). 21 January 2001. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. 1 2 Cover sleeve production credits for Tyco (2000).
  6. ↑ Tyco (liner notes). KRU. EMI Music Malaysia. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ "Tyco by KRU". Spotify. 14 December 2000. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Tyco, album by KRU". iTunes Store (MY). Apple. 14 December 2000. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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