Reminder (album)

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Reminder
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 8, 2012
Genre Jazz
Length42:58
Label Cuneiform Records
Producer Jørgen Munkeby
Pixel chronology
Reminder
(2012)
We Are All Small Pixels
(2013)

Reminder is a studio album by the Norwegian band Pixel, released by Cuneiform Records on May 8, 2012 (RUNE 342).

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The band Pixel and the album Reminder is the exam project of bass player and vocalist Ellen Andrea Wang at Norwegian Academy of Music. [2] All About Jazz critique Bruce Lindsay, in his review of Pixel's album Reminder states:

... Wang and her fellow band members were all in their mid-20s when they recorded Reminder in May, 2011, their youthful exuberance tempered by technical ability and a keen awareness of their musical antecedents... [3]

The reviewer Terje Mosnes of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 4, [1] and the reviewer Frode Hermanrud of the Norwegian newspaper Oppland Arbeiderblad} awarded the album dice 5. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ellen Andrea Wang
  1. "Prelude" (2:26)
  2. "Home" (3:03)
  3. "Esset" (4:51)
  4. "Call Me" (3:26)
  5. "She Knows" (4:35)
  6. "Wake Up" (3:48)
  7. "Waltz 1" (3:40)
  8. "Hvor Ble den Av?" (8:38)
  9. "I Hang" (4:21)
  10. "An Apple in the Country Hill" (4:17)

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Øyre, Torgrim. "Friske debutalbum og tidsriktig filmmusikk". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Dagbladet . Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  2. 1 2 3 Hermanrud, Frode. "PIXEL: Reminder - Review". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Oppland Arbeiderblad . Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  3. Lindsay, Bruce (2012-06-11). "Pixel: Reminder (2012) Track Review". All About Jazz . Retrieved 2013-09-20.