''Nude'' is the third studio
album
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by the band
VAST
VAST is an American alternative rock band based in Seattle, United States. The acronym VAST stands for Visual Audio Sensory Theater and is the main creation of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jon Crosby. The band is signed to 2blo ...
, released on Carson Daly's independent label 456 Entertainment. It was released on February 24, 2004. The album is made up of remastered and remixed demos from the online ''
Turquoise & Crimson'' releases.
A ''European version'' of the album was also released, which includes two bonus tracks and a sixteen-page booklet housed in a cardboard slipcase. The bonus tracks included are ''Falling from the Sky'' (as track 13) and ''I Woke Up L.A.'' (as track 14).
With the release of ''
Turquoise & Crimson (Retail Version)'', the album was made obsolete, because the double album featured all of the songs on ''Nude'', remastered from their unfinished versions released online, and mixed with many new songs. Crosby marketed the album through his own independent label after his unhappiness with 456 Entertainment. He later claimed that releasing ''Nude'' on 456 Entertainment was a "disaster, and not a very good idea".
During the promotional phase of the album's release, the band played on ''
Last Call with Carson Daly
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'' and performed their single "Thrown Away". The single was also used in the penultimate season 1 finale of ''
One Tree Hill'', "The Leaving Song".
Track listing
All songs written by
Jon Crosby
Jon Crosby (born July 25, 1976) is an American musician and founder of the musical project VAST.
Biography
Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Humboldt and Sonoma counties in Northern California, raised by a single moth ...
.
#"Turquoise" – 3:20
#"Thrown Away" – 4:01
#"Don't Take Your Love Away" – 4:57
#"Be With Me" – 3:54
#"Lost" – 4:01
#"Winter in My Heart" – 3:36
#"I Need to Say Goodbye" – 3:22
#"Japanese Fantasy" – 3:01
#"Ecstacy" – 3:34
#"Candle" – 3:28
#"I Can't Say No (To You)" – 4:19
#"Desert Garden" – 3:43
EU Version Track listing
#"Turquoise" – 3:20
#"Thrown Away" – 4:01
#"Don't Take Your Love Away" – 4:57
#"Be With Me" – 3:54
#"Lost" – 4:01
#"Winter in My Heart" – 3:36
#"I Need to Say Goodbye" – 3:22
#"Japanese Fantasy" – 3:01
#"Ecstacy" – 3:34
#"Candle" – 3:28
#"I Can't Say No (To You)" – 4:19
#"Desert Garden" – 3:43
#"Falling from the Sky" – 3:27
#"I Woke Up L.A." – 3:39
Reception
Critical reception was mostly mixed,
Allmusic
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noted that "his faraway vocal choirs and manipulated sound effects have the ability to evoke the unsettled tension that once tinged
Lacuna Coil
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's dark electronic experiments...unfortunately these atmospheres deflate in the face of guitar-heavy modern rock appliques," and giving the album a 2.5 out of 5. The album has recently become a fan favorite and rarity after it was dropped out of print in recent years.
References
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VAST albums
2004 albums