Vegas (The Crystal Method album)

Vegas
Studio album by The Crystal Method
Released August 26, 1997 (1997-08-26)[1]
September 8, 1997 (1997-09-08)[1]
Recorded 1995 - 1997
Genre Big beat, trip hop
Length 61:10
Label Outpost Records
The Crystal Method chronology
Vegas
(1997)		 Tweekend
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (link)
Entertainment WeeklyA− (link)
Robert Christgau (link)
Rolling Stone (link)
Vibe(favorable) (link)

Vegas is the debut album by the American electronic music duo The Crystal Method, which they released in August/September 1997.

Track listings

All songs written by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland, unless otherwise noted.

Original U.S. release

  1. "Trip Like I Do" – 7:34
  2. "Busy Child" – 7:25
  3. "Cherry Twist" – 4:25
  4. "High Roller" – 5:29
  5. "Comin' Back" (Ken Jordan, Scott Kirkland and Trudie Reiss) – 5:39
  6. "Keep Hope Alive" – 6:12
  7. "Vapor Trail" – 6:31
  8. "She's My Pusher" – 5:41
  9. "Jaded" (Ken Jordan, Scott Kirkland and Trudie Reiss) – 7:05
  10. "Bad Stone" – 5:09

Original U.K. release

  1. "Trip Like I Do" – 7:34
  2. "Busy Child" – 7:25
  3. "Cherry Twist" – 4:25
  4. "High Roller" – 5:29
  5. "Comin' Back" (Ken Jordan, Scott Kirkland and Trudie Reiss) – 5:39
  6. "Keep Hope Alive" – 6:12
  7. "Vapor Trail" – 6:31
  8. "She's My Pusher" – 5:41
  9. "Jaded" (Ken Jordan, Scott Kirkland and Trudie Reiss) – 7:05
  10. "Now Is the Time" – 5:57
  11. "Bad Stone" – 5:09
  12. "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" (with Filter) – 4:28

Samples

Deluxe edition

The Crystal Method celebrated their 10th Anniversary of its debut album Vegas by re-releasing it in a special deluxe version on September 18, 2007. The new version of Vegas is a remastered double disc featuring rare, live, and remixed tracks in addition to the original 10 song album material. Remixes for the deluxe edition come courtesy of Paul Oakenfold, MSTRKRFT, Hyper, Sta, Deadmau5, Koma & Bones, Tom Real vs. The Rogue Element and Myagi. Also included is the original 1993 version of the Vegas single "Comin' Back" with the video for the album version along with the video for "Busy Child." Preceding the deluxe edition's release, "Busy Child [Sta Remix]" was made available on iTunes as of August 28.

Disc one
  1. "Trip Like I Do" – 7:34
  2. "Busy Child" – 7:25
  3. "Cherry Twist" – 4:25
  4. "High Roller" – 5:29
  5. "Comin' Back" – 5:39
  6. "Keep Hope Alive" – 6:12
  7. "Vapor Trail" – 6:31
  8. "She's My Pusher" – 5:41
  9. "Jaded" – 7:05
  10. "Bad Stone" – 5:09
Disc two
  1. "Busy Child" (Sta Remix) – 6:43
  2. "Trip Like I Do" (Tom Real vs The Rogue Element Remix) – 7:15
  3. "Keep Hope Alive" (MSTRKRFT Remix) – 4:38
  4. "Comin' Back" (Koma and Bones Remix) – 6:59
  5. "Busy Child" (Hyper Remix) – 5:38
  6. "Cherry Twist" (Deadmau5 Remix) – 6:04
  7. "Busy Child" (Paul Oakenfold Remix) – 8:32
  8. "High Roller" (Miyagi Remix) – 6:41
  9. "Comin' Back" ('93 Demo) – 5:04
  10. "Vapor Trail" (Live) – 6:04
  11. "Busy Child" (video)
  12. "Comin' Back" (video)

Deluxe edition singles

The cover of the "Busy Child (Sta Remix)" single.
The cover of the promotional single for the song, "Cherry Twist (Deadmau5 Remix)".

Personnel

Cultural references

"Busy Child" was on the soundtrack of Lost in Space and in the movie Gone in 60 Seconds. "Keep Hope Alive" was featured in the film The Replacement Killers and Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, it was used as the title theme for Third Watch.

Several songs from the album were used in the game FIFA '98: Road to World Cup and the soundtrack to the game N2O: Nitrous Oxide, as well as some original songs and the track "Now Is the Time", which can be found on the UK version of the Vegas album. Also, on the Chef Aid album for South Park, a re-working of the song "Vapor Trail" is featured, including vocals from DMX, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Ozzy Osbourne, and Fuzzbubble. The song has been renamed "Nowhere to Run", or sometimes "Nowhere to Run (Vapor Trail)".

Previously featured in an ad for the Mazda Miata, the song "High Roller" has more recently been used in some Victoria's Secret ads and Donkey Konga 2. It was also used in Lincoln commercials in 2008 and 2009, and is commonly heard at airshows featuring the USAF Thunderbirds. Most recently it appeared in the episode "Double Down" on A & E's Breakout Kings.

"Now is the Time" is best known for its inclusion in the Gran Turismo 2 soundtrack.

References

  1. 1 2 Vegas at Discogs (list of releases)
  2. ↑ Liner notes of the 10th anniversery edition of Vegas, pg. 8-9.
  3. ↑ Busy Child [Sta Remix]
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