Solaris (Elliot Minor album)
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Solaris is the second studio album from the English pop rock band Elliot Minor
. The album was released on 19 October 2009 in all countries except for Japan. On 21 April 2010, the album was released in Japan with three exclusive bonus tracks.
The band planned to release two singles prior to the release of this album, the first being the title track "Solaris", followed by "Electric High". However, "Solaris" was not released on iTunes as planned on 10 August 2009, due to technical difficulties with the format. As an apology to the fans, they offered the acoustic version of "Solaris" plus three ringtones as a free download on their official site. By this time, the video to "Electric High" had already been sent to TV channels; thus the band decided to go ahead with "Electric High" as the first single from the album. There were technical problems with this single as well, however, causing it to chart very poorly.
The single edit of "Solaris" was not used, as the band rerecorded the song for the album.
The band plans to release more singles from this album in 2010.
The album debuted at 73 in the official charts and number 9 in the Indie charts.
A new version of "Solaris" was released through iTunes on 21 February 2010, and was featured on the 2010 BBC Winter Olympics broadcast.
The band is doing a mini tour (Satellites Tour) in April 2010.
On 26 March 2010, the band announced via a Kerrang radio interview that "I Believe" would be the next single.
The band is currently recording an acoustic version of this album which will be bundled with the Kerrang! Live Special DVD.
Elliot Minor
Elliot Minor are a classically influenced rock band from York, England. The group consists of Alex Davies , Ed Minton , Dan Hetherton and Ed Hetherton .-History and formation: 2000-2006 :...
. The album was released on 19 October 2009 in all countries except for Japan. On 21 April 2010, the album was released in Japan with three exclusive bonus tracks.
History
The new songs pull from the band’s experiences of making and touring their first album. Songwriter Alex Davies says, "I had heard about the pressures of a second album on the songwriter and I can assure you it is true, you have all your life to write your first album and months to write your second. Fortunately I had a load of melodies running around my head and lyric ideas that pulled from the changes in my life over the years that Elliot Minor was formed till now. The majority of the songs are uplifting as I was being positive in a pretty tough year to work through and the others are more personal and intimate."The band planned to release two singles prior to the release of this album, the first being the title track "Solaris", followed by "Electric High". However, "Solaris" was not released on iTunes as planned on 10 August 2009, due to technical difficulties with the format. As an apology to the fans, they offered the acoustic version of "Solaris" plus three ringtones as a free download on their official site. By this time, the video to "Electric High" had already been sent to TV channels; thus the band decided to go ahead with "Electric High" as the first single from the album. There were technical problems with this single as well, however, causing it to chart very poorly.
The single edit of "Solaris" was not used, as the band rerecorded the song for the album.
The band plans to release more singles from this album in 2010.
The album debuted at 73 in the official charts and number 9 in the Indie charts.
A new version of "Solaris" was released through iTunes on 21 February 2010, and was featured on the 2010 BBC Winter Olympics broadcast.
The band is doing a mini tour (Satellites Tour) in April 2010.
On 26 March 2010, the band announced via a Kerrang radio interview that "I Believe" would be the next single.
The band is currently recording an acoustic version of this album which will be bundled with the Kerrang! Live Special DVD.
Track listing
Exclusively in Japan, 3 bonus tracks are included: "Jacky Jules", the commercial single version of "Solaris" (used in the BBC broadcast of the 2010 Winter Olympics), and the acoustic version of "Solaris".Singles
| Date | Single | UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
UK Indie UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered... |
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| April 3, 2009 | "Discover (Why the Love Hurts) Discover (Why the Love Hurts) "Discover " is the first single from the classically influenced pop/rock band Elliot Minor's sophomore album, Solaris. It was released for download in March 2009 via MySpace's School Invasions Tour, in which the band played shows at five different schools in five regions of the United Kingdom... " |
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| October 5, 2009 | "Electric High Electric High "Electric High" is the second single from Elliot Minor's Solaris album, written by Alex Davies, produced by Jim Wirt, who also worked with Elliot Minor on their debut self-titled album, and mixed by Tom Lord-Alge... " |
120 | 13 |
| July 11, 2010 | "I Believe" | N/A | N/A |
Personnel
- Alex Davies - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, violin, strings/choral/orchestral arrangements, songwriter
- Ed Minton - vocals, guitar, violin
- Dan Hetherton - drums, backing vocals
- Ed Hetherton - bass, cello
- Ali Paul - keyboards, synthesizer
- Jim Wirt - producer, engineer, bass guitar, backing vocals
- John Greatwood - mixing engineer
- Jeff Hannan - mixing engineer
- Eric Pham - assistant engineer
- Ethan Schmidt - assistant engineer
- Max Coane - engineer
- James Mirabal - assistant engineer