Beach House (album)
Beach House is the debut album by Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House and was released on 3 October 2006. The album was included at number sixteen in Pitchfork's list of the best albums of 2006.[11]
Pitchfork said the album evoked a "recipe of fairground waltzes, ghosted lullabies, and woodland hymnals" and compared the work of the duo to Mazzy Star, Galaxie 500, Spiritualized and Slowdive.[12]
Only 1,100 white vinyl albums were printed. The album has been reissued on black vinyl.
"Lovelier Girl" Controversy
A point of major contention concerning intellectual property rights surrounds the "Lovelier Girl" track - the original authors of the song, musically and lyrically, are Tony, Caro, and John, who named the song "The Snowdon Song". Beyond the name change, the song is nearly identical, though no attribution is made to the original authors of the piece on the album cover. Tony Dore of Tony, Caro, and John has stated that "Victoria and Alex have never contested authorship but we still have a lot of sorting out to do on royalties and credits." [13]
Track listing
| 1. |
"Saltwater" |
2:55 |
| 2. |
"Tokyo Witch" |
3:42 |
| 3. |
"Apple Orchard" |
4:31 |
| 4. |
"Master of None" |
3:19 |
| 5. |
"Auburn and Ivory" |
4:30 |
| 6. |
"Childhood" |
3:35 |
| 7. |
"Lovelier Girl" |
3:02 |
| 8. |
"House on the Hill" |
3:14 |
| 9. |
"Heart and Lungs" (contains the hidden song Rain in Numbers starting at 5:25)" |
7:50 |
References
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Zebra EP
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"Apple Orchard" · "Master of None" · "Heart of Chambers" · " Gila" · "You Came to Me" · "Used to Be" · "Norway"
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