These Open Fields

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These Open Fields

Studio album by The Flashbulb
Released	June, 2001 Re-release: September, 2002
Recorded	????
Genre	IDM
Length	44:14 Re-release: 46:48
Label	Alphabasic Re-release: Suburban Trash/Bonnerwachs
Producer(s)	Benn Jordan
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The Flashbulb chronology
M³ (2000)	These Open Fields (2001)	Girls Suck But You Don't (2003)
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The 2002 re-release of These Open Fields.

These Open Fields is the second official full-length release from Chicago IDM artist The Flashbulb. The album displays a significant maturation from the first release, M³. This is most likely due to the fact that the album has a centralized theme, unlike the playful experimentation of M³. Its dark, evocative tone is drawn from its being inspired by the death of Jordan's grandfather, who played a very important role in his life, and his subsequent dealing with his loss through composition.

This was the unofficial first release on Jordan's struggling new upstart label Alphabasic.

[edit] Track listing

"I Wish I Had Died That Day" – 3:08
"Sunrise Dramamine" – 3:13
"Last June" – 1:40
"Last August" – 1:04
"I Can Smell You on My Bed" – 2:06
"Glowing Green Eyes" – 1:03
"Wait for Me" – 0:49
"I Wake Up Clueless" – 2:17
"Warren" – 1:30
"Pippin" – 2:16
"I Am An Unbreakable Shard of Glass" – 1:01
"Taste My Solitude" – 2:15
"Color Tree" – 1:35
"Joking About Killing Yourself" – 3:46
"Thump, Cry" – 1:30
"Dead on Arrival" – 1:17
"Eleven Ways to End the Pain" – 3:44
"The Nicest Day Spent Outside" – 3:39
"This is the End of Everything" – 3:56
"These Open Fields" – 2:25

[edit] Re-release

These Open Fields (second edition) adds Taste My Solitude (Longhair Mix) 2:44 to the end of the album. It is interesting to note that, concurrent with what was being worked on at its September 2002 release time, this song features the use of sitar, as in Resent and the April Sunshine Shed.