Peace (Vista Chino album)

Peace
Studio album by Vista Chino
Released September 3, 2013
Recorded Jalamanta Studios, Joshua Tree, CA
Genre Stoner rock
Length 57:22
Label Napalm Records
Producer Brant Bjork

Peace is the debut album of stoner rock band Vista Chino. Featuring three former members of Kyuss, Brant Bjork, Nick Oliveri and John Garcia, along with new guitarist, Bruno Fevery, who was born in Belgium and spent his youth in a Kyuss cover band. Originally known as Kyuss Lives!, but a lawsuit by former member Josh Homme forced the band to change its name before releasing this album.[1]

Guest appearances include Mike Dean of Corrosion of Conformity and bassist Chris Cockrell who appear on one track each.[2]

Napalm Records released the record on 2xLP in colored versions of red, green, blue, orange, gold, bone, and black.[3] Along with a limited edition digipak version of the CD featuring 2 bonus tracks.[4]

The album peaked at #14 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album chart.[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[6]
MetalSucks[7]
The Rockpit[8]
The Sydney Morning Herald[9]
Metal Hammer[10]
Blabbermouth8.5/10[11]
CraveOnline5/10[12]
Exclaim!8/10[13]
PopMatters6/10[14]
Ultimate Guitar9.3/10[15]

The Aquarian praised the album saying, "Peace not only captures much of what was so groundbreaking in Kyuss’ approach, but expands the scope and gives a modern impression."[16]

East Bay Express proclaimed "The dynamism between meandering, clean passages and desperately surging crunch is the best I've heard in a while."[17]

Spin noted "Garcia and Bjork still have that Kyuss character in spades on their debut, Peace, writing bulldozing stoner anthems that live up to the legend of their former band."[18]

Magnet Magazine placed Peace #1 on their best hard rock albums of 2013.[19]

Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles writer Greg Prato selected "Peace" as #6 for his Top 10 of 2013 for "The Scribes Speak" poll. [20]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Brant Bjork and John Garcia. Music is written mainly by Brant Bjork, with additional help from Bruno Fevery.

No. Title Length
1. "Good Morning Wasteland"   0:59
2. "Dargona Dragona"   4:47
3. "Sweet Remain"   3:10
4. "As You Wish"   5:01
5. "Planets 1 & 2"   6:32
6. "Adara"   4:39
7. "Más Vino"   1:26
8. "Dark and Lovely"   6:14
9. "Barcelonian"   3:31
10. "Acidize... The Gambling Moose"   13:00
Bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Carnation"   4:14
12. "Sunlight at Midnight"   3:49

Personnel

Vista Chino

Guest Musicians

  • Mike Dean - Bass Guitar on "As You Wish"
  • Tom Brayton - Additional Percussion
  • Chris Cockrell (Vic Du Monte) - Harmonica on "The Gambling Moose"

Production and Art

  • Brant Bjork - Producer
  • Harper Hug & Trevor Whatever - Engineer/Mixer
  • Adrian Medel - Assistant
  • J.J. Golden - Mastering of Album
  • The Date Farmers, Carlos Ramirez, and Armando Lerma - Album Artwork
  • Alex Rauch - Layout Editor
  • Richard Sibbald - Photographer

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 111
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[24] 67
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[25] 37
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[26] 42
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 66
US Top Heatseekers[5] 14

References

  1. ↑ "Vista Chino - Peace". blabbermouth.net. Retrieved on October 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Vista Chino - Peace". AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Vista Chino First Pressing Vinyl Versions". Discogs. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Vista Chino - Peace LTD/Digipak". Napalm Records. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Heatseekers Albums: September 21, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ Lyons, Todd. "Vista Chino - Peace Music Review". About.com. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ Vidal, Gore (August 15, 2013). "Review: Vista Chino - Peace". Metalsucks. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  8. ↑ Diggins, Mark (September 3, 2013). "Review: CD Vista Chino - Peace Album". The Rockpit. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  9. ↑ Woodward, Brett (October 4, 2013). "Review: CD Vista Chino - Peace Album". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Review: Vista Chino - Peace". Metal Hammer. September 4, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  11. ↑ Van Horn Jr, Ray. "Peace - Vista Chino". Blabbermouth. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Review: Vista Chino - Peace". CraveOnline. September 3, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  13. ↑ Walschots, Natalie Zina (August 23, 2013). "Review: Vista Chino - Peace". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  14. ↑ Brown, Dean (September 4, 2013). "Review: Vista Chino:Peace". PopMatters. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Review: Vista Chino - Peace". Ultimate Guitar. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  16. ↑ "Vista Chino - Peace". The Aquarian. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Vista Chino - Peace". East Bay Express. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Album of the Week: Vista Chino - Peace". Spin. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Best Of 2013: Hard Rock". Magnet Magazine. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  20. ↑ "2013 … The Scribes Speak". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Vista Chino – Peace" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Vista Chino – Peace" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Vista Chino – Peace" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Vista Chino – Peace" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Vista Chino: Peace" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Vista Chino – Peace". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Vista Chino – Peace". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
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