Vivarium (album)

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Vivarium
Twin Atlantic Vivarium cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released14 September 2009
Recorded2009, Los Angeles
Genre
Length33:05
Label Red Bull Records [2]
Producer John Travis
Twin Atlantic chronology
A Guidance From Colour
(2008)
Vivarium
(2009)
Free
(2011)
Singles from Vivarium
  1. "Lightspeed"
    Released: 29 June 2009
  2. "You're Turning into John Wayne"
    Released: September 2009
  3. "What Is Light? Where Is Laughter?"
    Released: 30 November 2009
  4. "Human After All"
    Released: 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Absolutepunk.net (86%) [1]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Vivarium is the debut album by the Scottish alternative rock band Twin Atlantic.

Contents

Music videos for "What Is Light? Where Is Laughter?" and "Lightspeed" were filmed during their American tour and have since been uploaded through their MySpace and PureVolume pages.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Twin Atlantic.

No.TitleLength
1."Lightspeed"3:21
2."Old Grey Face (And the Way of the Magenta)"2:48
3."You're Turning into John Wayne"4:17
4."Caribbean War Syndrome"6:11
5."What Is Light? Where Is Laughter?"3:38
6."Human After All"4:19
7."Audience and Audio"3:54
8."Better Weather"4:23
9."A Guidance from Colour (iTunes Bonus Track)"6:17
10."I Cave In (iTunes Bonus Track)"3:13
11."Time Is The Enemy (iTunes Bonus Track)"4:44

[4]

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Absolutepunk.net review
  2. "Twin Atlantic - Vivarium CD – Red Bull Records".
  3. Allmusic review
  4. Vivarium (Deluxe) by Twin Atlantic, January 2009, retrieved 2021-02-21