Wake (Lycia album)

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Wake
Lycia - Wake.gif
Studio album by
Released1989 (1989)
RecordedMarch 1989 (1989-03)
StudioThe Cave, Tempe, AZ
Genre Darkwave, ethereal wave
Length25:01
Label Orphanage
Projekt (re-issue)
Producer Lycia
Lycia chronology
Wake
(1989)
Ionia
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Wake is the debut studio album of Lycia, released in March 1989 through Orphanage Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Fair and Mike VanPortfleet

Side One
No.TitleLength
1."Nothing"3:52
2."Wake"3:54
3."The Bells"4:14
Side Two
No.TitleLength
1."This Decline"4:11
2."From Foam"3:08
3."Down"3:42
1993 remastered CD
No.TitleLength
1."Nothing"3:52
2."Wake"3:54
3."This Decline"4:11
4."Sing Like Sirens"4:04
5."Incinerate"3:49
6."Time"4:17
7."The Bells"4:14
8."From Foam"3:08
9."Down There"3:42

Personnel

Adapted from the Wake liner notes. [2]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1989Orphanage CS
1993 Projekt CDPRO31

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References

  1. "Lycia: Wake > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. Wake (booklet). Lycia. Phoenix, Arizona: Orphanage Records. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)