"i" is the second album by A.R. Kane, released in 1989 on One Little Indian.[1][2] The album engaged more overtly with pop, dance and electronic styles following the group's debut Sixty Nine.[3] Like its predecessor, "i" was released to moderate sales figures and topped the UK independent charts.[4]
The AllMusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4.5 stars, stating: "Breathtaking in its scope and positively epic in its ambitions, the album is loosely organized into four sonic suites containing four tracks each, broken up by a series of wild-card noise interludes; the music shifts and mutates constantly, growing progressively deeper and darker with each passing song. Largely overlooked upon its original release, i is still an underappreciated masterpiece, but it's inconceivable to imagine that electronica and post-rock could ever have blossomed without it."[5]
Track listing[]
All tracks are written by A.R. Kane, except where noted.
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Hello"
0:27
2.
"A Love from Outer Space"
5:08
3.
"Crack Up"
4:12
4.
"Timewind"
0:15
5.
"What's All This Then?"
4:03
6.
"Snow Joke"
4:46
7.
"Off into Space"
0:04
8.
"And I Say"
2:42
9.
"Yeti"
0:11
10.
"Conundrum"
2:32
11.
"Honeysuckleswallow"
3:20
12.
"Long Body"
1:21
13.
"In a Circle"
A.R. Kane, Billy McGee
4:37
14.
"Fast Ka"
0:27
15.
"Miles Apart"
3:01
16.
"Pop"
3:40
17.
"Mars"
0:20
18.
"Spook"
3:10
19.
"Sugarwings"
3:37
20.
"Back Home"
0:07
21.
"Down"
5:14
22.
"Supervixens"
5:40
23.
"Insect Love"
2:52
24.
"Sorry"
0:05
25.
"Catch My Drift"
5:40
26.
"Challenge"
0:06
Personnel[]
A.R. Kane – arranger, audio production, engineer, guitar, multi instruments, producer, string arrangements, vocals
Gini Ball, Sally Herbert, Jeremy Metcalfe – violin
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