Automatons (album)
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| Studio album by Svoy | ||||
| Released | August 19, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Electronica, Pop, Alternative | |||
| Length |
50:07 (U.S.) 46:20 (Japan) |
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| Label |
Sixteenth Republic Records (U.S.) P-Vine Records/Blues Interactions (Japan) |
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| Producer | Svoy | |||
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| Alternative Cover | ||||
Japan Edition Cover
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| Source | Rating |
| The Celebrity Cafe |   |
| iLOUD.jp |   |
| Bounce Magazine | favorable |
| Lounge-Music.jp | favorable |
| CDJournal Magazine | favorable |
| Billboard Japan | favorable |
Automatons is the second solo album by Svoy. It was originally released in Japan August 19, 2009, on historic P-Vine Records/Blues Interactions. U.S./International release followed on November 2, 2010, on Sixteenth Republic Records.
Automatons expands upon artist's signature diverse sound by simultaneously paying tribute to his broad scope of musical influences and the sonic language of so-called "processed humanity". Svoy created 15 new selections of music and lyrics (including original cover of the Bee Gees' classic "Lonely Days" and an excerpt from "Silentium!", a poem by Fyodor Tyutchev). Two songs on Automatons were written and performed in collaboration with Adam Levy (multi platinum-selling songwriter/singer/guitarist for Tracy Chapman, Amos Lee and Norah Jones' Handsome Band), as well as Ilya Lagutenko (frontman/leader of Russia's superstar rock band Mumiy Troll, MTV Award winner, legendary multi-hit songwriter/singer/actor, whose acting credits include "Night Watch" (2005), international blockbuster by director Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted", 2008; "Wanted 2", 2011).
Album's lead single "Beautiful Thing" reached #69 on the Billboard Japan Hot TOP 100 Airplay and #82 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 Singles chart. Besides remaining in top 40 and 100 airplay charts of numerous major Japanese radio networks for over 8 weeks, the song peaked at #3 on Alpha Station FM Kyoto 89.4's TOP 40 Overseas Chart. Also in 2009, Automatons reached #100 on the Billboard Japan Top Independent Albums and Singles chart.
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