Eclectric (Svoy album)

Eclectric is the first solo album by Svoy. It was originally released independently on December 13, 2005 on Svoy's Sixteenth Republic Records and later licensed, remastered, re-packaged and re-released May 1, 2007 by Rendezvous Entertainment/Universal Music Group to generally positive critical reviews. After Rendezvous' acquisition by Mack Avenue Records in August 2008,[12] the album became part of the Mack Avenue/Sony Music Entertainment catalogue. As an import, the record gained substantial popularity in Japan and on July 8, 2009, was released by Tokyo-based Thistime Records as a 2-CD set featuring two bonus tracks on the first CD and Svoy's Consequence EP 1.0 on the second. Japan edition also featured new booklet with revised extended artwork and a separate slip with biography and lyrics translated into Japanese. In 2012, the master license to both Rendezvous/Mack Avenue and Thistime Records expired with the sound recording rights to the album reverting to Svoy. After a brief confrontation with the labels to cease distributing the album, Svoy remastered and re-released Eclectric internationally in the fall of the same year.

Eclectric
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 13, 2005 (2005-12-13)
Recorded2003–2005
GenreElectronica, pop, alternative rock
Length47:10 (U.S.)
54:55 (Japan)
LabelMack Avenue Records/Sony Music Entertainment (U.S.)
Thistime Records (Japan)
ProducerSvoy
Svoy chronology
Eclectric
(2005)
Automatons
(2009)
Alternative Cover
Japan Edition Cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Celebrity Cafe[1]
YouSuckIRule(favorable)[2]
Hybrid Magazine(favorable)[3]
Arjan Writes(favorable)[4]
Artist Direct(favorable)[5]
PopMatters[6]
TourDates.co.uk(unfavorable)[7]
antiMusic.com(mixed)[8]
Flake Records(favorable)[9]
Bounce Magazine(favorable)[10]
Music talks.(7.3/10)[11]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Driving Away"Svoy3:36
2."The Other Side"Svoy4:01
3."I Don't Love"Svoy3:27
4."On My Own"Svoy3:36
5."Make You Mine"Svoy3:45
6."Cared More"Svoy4:36
7."One Night Stand"Svoy4:11
8."Looking For You"Svoy4:06
9."Stronger Than Wind"Svoy4:08
10."Shy"Svoy7:31
11."Eclectric Unwinder"Svoy0:31
12."To What It Used To Be"Svoy4:21
Japan Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Sadness Dwells"Svoy, Daichi Miyata2:33
14."Feel"Svoy5:12

Personnel

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  • Svoy – keyboards, vocals, producer, programming, vocal arrangement, sound engineering, mixing, mastering (track 13, 14; 2012 remastered version), artwork revision (Japan edition; 2012 version)
  • Myles D'Marco – guitar (track 7)
  • A-ux – co-production (track 8)
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Daichi Miyata – co-production (track 13)
  • Shoshannah White – photography
  • Kevin Reaganart direction, design, photography, collages
  • Lauren Taylor – design, collages, photography
  • Dave Koz – executive producer
  • Frank Cody – executive producer
  • Hyman Katz – executive producer
  • Jeff Chiang – product manager

Release history

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Region Date Label
United States December 13, 2005 (2005-12-13) Mack Avenue Records/Sony Music Entertainment
May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01)
Japan July 8, 2009 (2009-07-08) Thistime Records

References

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  1. ^ "The Celebrity Cafe review". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  2. ^ YouSuckIRule review
  3. ^ Hybrid Magazine review
  4. ^ Arjan Writes review
  5. ^ Artist Direct review
  6. ^ PopMatters review
  7. ^ TourDates.co.uk review
  8. ^ antiMusic.com review
  9. ^ Flake Records review
  10. ^ Bounce Magazine review
  11. ^ Music talks. review
  12. ^ "Mack Avenue Announces Acquisition of Rendezvous Entertainment" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-10-01.