Echos (Lacrimosa album) explained

Echos
Type:Album
Artist:Lacrimosa
Cover:Lacrimosa echos.jpg
Released:27 January 2003
Recorded:June–September 2002
Genre:Gothic rock,[1] classical music[2]
Length:61:10
Label:Hall Of Sermon HOS 7880
Producer:Tilo Wolff
Prev Title:Fassade
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Lichtgestalt
Next Year:2005

Echos is the eighth studio album by Switzerland-based Gothic rock band Lacrimosa. It features classically influenced Gothic-themed rock music. The title is German for "echoes". The record was released on 27 January 2003 by Hall Of Sermon.[3]

Style

Echos begins with an orchestral overture of 13 minutes length and continues with a mix of symphonic elements and hard rock that is typical of Lacrimosa. However the entire album is oriented towards classical instruments rather than hard electric guitars.[4] [2] Singer Anne Nurmi's only solo track "Apart" has been compared to music by the Cocteau Twins.[1] Generally, the album has been seen as a typical work by Lacrimosa.[1] [5]

Reception

The album received positive reviews from the critics and stayed in the German charts for four weeks peaking at position 13.[6] The single "Durch Nacht und Flut" reached position 52 in the German charts.[7]

Allmusic lauded the subtlety of the songs[1] while the German Laut magazine was positive about Lacrimosa following their own concept instead of being influenced by expectations from the fans.[4] While writing a very positive review, the German Powermetal magazine still marked that producer and composer Tilo Wolff's musical concept had begun to become too abstract and demanding for a broad audience to comprehend.[2]

Special edition

There is also "Special edition", released by 'Scarecrow Records' (SC03067) at the same time and only released in Mexico, it contains a bonus track, "Road to Pain" (4:21), and a slightly different Digipack which also contains a second booklet with the Spanish translation of the lyrics (except "Road to Pain").

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{allMusic|id=r627835|class=album|pure_url=yes}} Echos – Lacrimosa ]. Andy . Hinds . . 25 November 2011.
  2. Web site: Lacrimosa - Echos . Michael . Kempf . Powermetal.de . Weihrauch Medien Verlag . 10 January 2003 . German . 25 November 2011.
  3. http://www.discogs.com/Lacrimosa-Echos/release/382255 Lacrimosa – Echos
  4. Web site: Eindringliches Wechselbad der Gefühle . German . Michael . Edele . laut.de. Laut AG . 25 November 2011.
  5. Lacrimosa – Echos . Thomas . Abresche . Sonic Seducer . German . 2003 . 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405192726/http://www.sonic-seducer.de/index.php/component/option,com_reviews/anzeige,3331/func,detail/ . 5 April 2012.
  6. Web site: Lacrimosa – Echos . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . . 5 December 2018 . German .
  7. Web site: Lacrimosa – 'Durch Nacht und Flut' . German . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . . 5 December 2018.