Be My Echo

Be My Echo
Studio album by Kid Icarus
Released 2002
Genre Indie rock
Length 68:47
Label Summersteps Records
Producer Barry P. Saranchuk
Kid Icarus chronology
Maps of the Saints
(1999)		 Be My Echo
(2002)		 The Metal West
(2005)

Be My Echo is a studio album by Kid Icarus released in 2002 through Summersteps Records. The liner notes and packaging were designed and laid out by keyboardist/guitarist Ted Baird. The names of the last three tracks are not listed on the album.

Contents

Reception

Music critic Matt Fink of Allmusic criticized the album's length, saying it "would endlessly benefit by cutting its 22 tracks in half, its sprawl is a bit hard to digest despite the presence of generally pleasant songwriting and a few winning tracks."[1] Fink added that while the album's songs experiment in different musical styles, Kid Icarus "never really reveals a sound that seems to suit him."[1] Diamond City Weekly writer Gene Padden said that "to find out it was recorded in a bedroom via 4-track was shocking, and damn impressive."[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Eric Schlittler, except as listed

  1. "Guess We Ate Too Much" - 3:16
  2. "Rotary Dial" - 3:23
  3. "The Confetti After the Party" - 4:09
  4. "La Petite da Da" - 3:47, by Schlittler/Kobeski
  5. "God Knows What She's Seen" - 3:16
  6. "You're an Unidentified Flying Object" - 3:38, by Roky Erickson
  7. "The Squeeze" - 3:01
  8. "Painted by Numbers" - 1:18
  9. "X-Ray Technician" - 3:07
  10. "Perhaps She Was Perfect" - 2:50, by Schlittler/Johnson
  11. "Be My Echo" - 3:56, by Schlittler/Kobeski
  12. "Petrified Forest" - 2:03
  13. "Meet Me on Via Roma" - 4:35
  14. "A Date with a Dentist" - 3:30
  15. "She Digs Turtle Soup" - 2:04, by Kobeski/Schlittler
  16. "Broken Eyes" - 2:17
  17. "Her Silver Chalice" - 3:05
  18. "Combustion" - 4:12
  19. "Leave on a Light" - 2:43
  20. "Sea Song" - 4:40
  21. "Sea Song II" - 2:59
  22. "Tentacle Slips" - 1:03

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Fink, Matt. "Be My Echo - Overview". Allmusic (Rovi Corporation). http://www.allmusic.com/album/r585878. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
  2. ^ Padden, Gene. "Meet Kid Icarus". Diamond City Weekly (Times-Shamrock Communications). http://www.diamondcityweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=38858. Retrieved 2010-01-19.