No Rewind is the debut album by rock band The Orchestra, released in 2001. Released soon after the group's rebranding from ELO Part II, it remains their sole released studio album.
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| Released | 2001 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 45:32 (Original release) 44:02 (Reissue) | |||
| Producer | Jim Jacobsen, Eric Troyer, Parthenon Huxley | |||
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.jpg) 2004 cover | ||||
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 2006 cover | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| theLogBook.com | 4/4[1] |
Overview
editThe album was recorded without financial support from any record labels and was produced by Eric Troyer, Parthenon Huxley and Jim Jacobsen. Ten tracks and more were recorded in studios in Los Angeles and New York over a 2+1⁄2-year period. No Rewind contains the Bev Bevan co-authored composition "Over London Skies", "The Diary of Horace Wimp" soundalike "Jewel & Johnny", and a cover of "Twist and Shout" which begins in a slow, plaintive minor key with arpeggiated chords before building to the familiar, rocking major progression.
The album was originally only available during their UK tour in 2001. It was reissued in 2004 in Argentina under the label Art Music and again in 2006 in the UK (with no label) with an edited track 10.[2]
theLogBook.com noted the album as being very Beatlesque and also noted the song "Can’t Wait To See You" as "close as one can imagine to a lost Jeff Lynne song".[1]
Cover art
editThree versions were released with three different cover designs. The first pressing cover art was simply silver/grey with the band logo in black in the style of the Beatles logo. The second, designed by band guitarist Parthenon Huxley, showed a reel-to-reel tape deck carved in stone.[3] The third was designed by George Reed, the long-time art/film director for both ELO Part II and the Orchestra. This edition pictures a man standing at a computer console as it spills out piles of data tape with the words NO REWIND spelled out in L.E.D. letters on an indicator screen. Throughout the image are several hidden references to the band's past.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Jewel & Johnny" | Parthenon Huxley | Huxley | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Say Goodbye" | Eric Troyer | Troyer | 4:26 |
| 3. | "No Rewind" | Troyer | Troyer | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Over London Skies" | Huxley, Bev Bevan | Huxley | 4:33 |
| 5. | "Twist and Shout" | Phil Medley, Bert Russell | Troyer | 6:34 |
| 6. | "Can't Wait to See You" | Huxley | Huxley | 3:28 |
| 7. | "If Only" | Troyer | Troyer | 4:38 |
| 8. | "I Could Write a Book" | Troyer | Troyer | 3:13 |
| 9. | "Let Me Dream" | Troyer, Mik Kaminski | Troyer | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Before We Go" | Kelly Groucutt, Troyer, Huxley | Groucutt | 6:36 |
| Total length: | 45:32 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Before We Go" | Groucutt, Troyer, Huxley | 5:04 |
| Total length: | 44:02 | ||
Personnel
editPersonnel according to the booklet.[3]
The Orchestra
- Kelly Groucutt – bass and vocals
- Eric Troyer – keyboards and vocals
- Parthenon Huxley – guitar and vocals
- Gordon Townsend – drums
- Mik Kaminski – violin
- Louis Clark – keyboards
- Additional personnel
- Jim Jacobsen – engineer, mixer
- John Regna – executive producer
- James O'Connell – engineer ("Jewel & Johnny", "Before We Go")
- CJ de Villar – mixer ("Jewel & Johnny", "Before We Go")
- Stephane Guyot – string session engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
References
edit- ^ a b Green, Earl (29 August 2005). "The Orchestra – No Rewind". theLogBook.com. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "No Rewind". The Orchestra. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
- ^ a b No Rewind (booklet). The Orchestra. Art Music. 2005. AM5008-2.
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