Vox Humana (album)
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| Vox Humana | ||
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| Studio album by Daniel Amos | ||
| Released | 1984 | |
| Recorded | 3-D Studios (Costa Mesa, California) |
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| Genre | Rock / New Wave | |
| Label | Refuge Records | |
| Producer(s) | Daniel Amos | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Daniel Amos chronology | ||
| Doppelgänger (1983) |
Vox Humana (1984) |
Fearful Symmetry (1986) |
Vox Humana is a 1984 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Refuge Records.
Vox Humana was a much brighter album than its predecessor, Doppelgänger, and included catchy, synthesizer-driven pop songs with lyrics about technology's role in American culture. "Travelog" was a song about a television-obsessed man "basking in the blue light".
Danish author Søren Kierkegaard, Polish poet Czesław Miłosz, and Britons Malcolm Muggeridge and William Blake are all quoted in the liner notes of the album. DA also included a beautiful tribute to Blake with the ballad, "William Blake."
"Dance Stop", a song condemning nuclear arms escalation, asked listeners to dance to the song and stop suddenly when the word "stop" is sang. Due to the fast, upbeat punk rock style of the song, it is nearly impossible to follow the song's musical directions. The song went on to become a popular concert favorite for DA fans in later years, with audience members doing their best to follow the rules.
Vox Humana was the third of a four part series of albums by DA entitled The ¡Alarma! Chronicles, which also included the albums Alarma!, Doppelgänger, and Fearful Symmetry. The band raised eyebrows on the tour that followed each release, by presenting a full miltimedia event complete with video screens synchronized to the music, something that was unusual in the early 1980s for any band. This album, along with the other three albums from the Alarma! Chronicles, was re-released as part of the Alarma! Chronicles Book set in 2000. The Book Set included 3 CDs, over 200 pages of lyrics, photos, liner notes, essays, interviews and other information in a hardcover book.
Although when the album was recorded, D.A. only had three members, guitarist Greg Flesch and keyboardist Rob Watson joined in time for the 1984 Vox Humana Tour. Stand in Leo Sorentino appeared on the album cover as an imaginary fourth band member.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Travelog" (Taylor)
- "(It's The Eighties, So Where's Our) Rocket Packs" (Taylor)
- "Home Permanent" (Taylor)
- "It's Sick" (Taylor)
- "William Blake" (Words and Music by Taylor, Arrangement by Taylor/Chandler)
- "Dance Stop" (Words and Music by Taylor, Arrangement by Taylor/Chandler)
[edit] Side two
- "Live And Let Live" (Taylor)
- "When Worlds Collide" (Taylor)
- "As The World Turns" (Taylor)
- "She's All Heart" (Taylor)
- "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (Taylor)
- "Sanctuary" (Taylor)
[edit] Personnel
- Terry Scott Taylor on rhythm guitars and lead vocals.
- Tim Chandler on bass guitar.
- Ed McTaggart on drums.
[edit] Production notes
- Engineered by Doug Doyle.
- Second Engineer: Rob Watson with thanks to Bruce Swift.
- Arrangements: T.T. and the DA Boys.
- Recorded and Mixed at 3-D studios, Costa Mesa, California.
- Mastered at Motown, LA by John Matouchek.
- Art Direction, Layout and Graphics by Ed McTaggart.
- Album Art Concept: Terry Taylor.
- Photographics and Photography: Linda (Photo) Dillion Baley and Ken Baley.
- "Foot" art by Phil Yea.
- Special Hair Effects by Cathy Kern.
- "Boot" shadow by Gary DeLacy
| Daniel Amos |
| Terry Scott Taylor | Ed McTaggart | Greg Flesch | Tim Chandler |
| Marty Dieckmeyer | Mark Cook | Steve Baxter | Jerry Chamberlain | Rob Watson | Alex MacDougall |
| Production |
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| Al Perkins | Jonathan David Brown | Mike Stone | Gene Eugene Ojo Taylor | Tom Gulotta | Eric Townsend | Jason Townsend | The Green Room |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Daniel Amos | Shotgun Angel | Horrendous Disc | ¡Alarma! Doppelgänger | Vox Humana | Fearful Symmetry | Darn Floor - Big Bite Kalhöun | MotorCycle | BibleLand | Songs of the Heart | Mr. Buechner's Dream |
| Live Albums: Live Bootleg '82 | Preachers From Outer Space! |
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| Lost Dogs | The Swirling Eddies | Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor | Stunt Records |
