''Forever Again'' is the second studio album by the Canadian
indie band
Eric's Trip.
The album was recorded and mixed by the band's guitarist,
Rick White. Sessions for the album took place at band members' homes and at White's home studio, Stereo Mountain. It was released by Seattle's
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is an independent record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana (band), Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the gru ...
records as SP 268, in LP, CD and cassette formats.
The album documents the romantic parting of White and
Julie Doiron, as well as White's issues with drug use.
The first few hundred copies of the vinyl LP ordered by mail-order included a bonus 7-inch EP with a comic book sleeve titled ''Notes From Stereo Mountain''. The EP is one of the rarest items in the Eric's Trip catalog.
Critical reception
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Trouser Press
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'' called the album better than the debut, writing that "the songwriting tightens some of the eighteen selections into shapely forms, most noticeably when acoustic lightness is the chosen timbre."
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Awards
The album was a Juno Award
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nominee for Best Alternative Album at the Juno Awards of 1995.
Track listing
# "New Love" – 2:59
# "This Way Out" – 1:08
# "About You" – 1:22
# "Girlfriend" – 2:19
# "Always There" – 1:53
# "Stupidest Thing" – 1:52
# "December '93" – 2:08
# "Thoroughly" – 1:14
# "My Bed Is Red" – 4:47
# "View Master" – 2:46
# "Cloudy" – 1:40
# "My Chest Is Empty" – 3:07
# "Run Away" – 1:42
# "Waiting All Day" – 2:51
# "Let Go" – 1:45
# "Hate Song" – 1:33
# "Feeling Around" – 2:36
# "Forever Again" – 3:51
Personnel
* Julie Doiron - bass, vocals
*Mark Gaudet - drums
* Chris Thompson - guitars
* Rick White - guitar, vocals
References
1994 albums
Eric's Trip albums
Sub Pop albums
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