Twenty Twenty Sound

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Twenty Twenty Sound
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Studio album by
Released1999
RecordedMay–June 1998
Genre Rock
Label Harvest (EMI)
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Dark Star chronology
Twenty Twenty Sound
(1999)
Zurich
(unreleased)

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Review scores
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Twenty Twenty Sound is the debut album by English band Dark Star, released in 1999 via Harvest Records. The tracks 'I Am The Sun' and 'Gracedealica' were released as singles.

Track listing

  1. "96 Days"
  2. "I Am the Sun"
  3. "About 3am"
  4. "Vertigo"
  5. "Graceadelica"
  6. "A Disaffection"
  7. "Lies"
  8. "What in the World's Wrong"
  9. "The Sound of Awake"

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References

  1. Alexander, Jim (16 April 1999). "Dark Star - Twenty Twenty Sound". Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. Leonard, Michael. "Review: Dark Star - Twenty Twenty Sound". Q . EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 108.