Voyager (Space Needle album)

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Voyager
Voyager (Space Needle) album cover.gif
Studio album by
Released1995
Genre Indie rock
Length41:47
Label Zero Hour
Space Needle chronology
Voyager
(1995)
The Moray Eels Eat the Space Needle
(1997)

Voyager is the debut album by Space Needle, released in 1995. [1] [2] The band supported it with a North American tour. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [5]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spin 7/10 [7]

The Orlando Sentinel called the album "mysterious, often combining lo-fi sound and mock-futuristic sound effects." [6] Guitar Player wrote that Space Needle "shoots into the astral realm with billowing feedback clusters, pulsating noise dementia, and scattershot drum grooves—like Hendrix playing the 'Star-Spangled Banner' in a Long Island basement." [8]

Paste listed Voyager as the ninth best indie rock album of 1995. [9]

Track listing

  1. "Eyes to the World" 3:40
  2. ""Dreams"" 2:03
  3. "Put It on the Glass" 2:49
  4. "Beers in Heaven" 4:55
  5. "Patrick Ewing" 3:49
  6. "Starry Eyes" 4:56
  7. "Before I Lose My Style" 5:42
  8. "Scientific Mapp/Junky's Fingers/Callwood's Lament" 13:47

Personnel

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References

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  7. Davis, Erik (Aug 1995). "Spins". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 5. pp. 95–97.
  8. Rotondi, James (Jun 1996). "Indie-rock enters the space race". Guitar Player. Vol. 30, no. 6. p. 127.
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