''Peace'' is the debut album by the American band
Anything Box
Anything Box is an electronic/synth-pop musical group originally from Paterson, New Jersey, and now based in Long Beach, California. Formed in 1986, they are best known for their 1989 single " Living in Oblivion". They also garnered some atten ...
, released in 1990 on
Epic Records
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. It was remastered and rereleased on endpop in 2018. The album includes "
Living in Oblivion", the band's biggest hit, which found success in both the clubs and on radio.
Production
The album was produced by
Jon St. James.
Critical reception
The ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' determined that "songs are put together like Lego houses, out of discreet bits of linked melodic material... But the process becomes formulaic after a while: mechanical beats overlaid with soft keyboard gauze and a puff of vocal melody."
[
]AllMusic
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wrote that "the Anything Box sound can be likened to that of Erasure, with simple pop hooks, soaring vocals, and bubbly synths."[ '' Spin'' noted that "Living in Oblivion" "revive the dread that was barely concealed in all those '70s Bee Gees disco hits."]
Track listing
#" Living in Oblivion" – 5:12
#"When We Lie" – 4:00
#"Kiss of Love" – 4:57
#"Jubilation" – 4:59
#"Soul on Fire" – 4:58
#"Our Dreams" – 5:18
#"Carmen" – 4:55
#"Lady in Waiting" – 5:13
#"I Felt the Pain" – 5:32
#"Hypocrites" – 5:27
#"Just One Day" – 5:01
#"All These Days Undone" – 3:24
Personnel
Anything Box
*Claude S
*Dania Morales
*Paul Rijnders
References
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Anything Box albums
1990 debut albums
Epic Records albums