Walls
| Walls | ||||
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| 📅 Released | 23 May 2005 | |||
| 🎙️ Recorded | 2005 | |||
| ⏳ Length | 33:56 | |||
| 🏷️ Label | MRA/Modern/Sony BMG | |||
| 🤑 Producer | The Red Paintings | |||
| The Red Paintings chronology | ||||
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Walls is the fifth overall release and fourth extended play (EP) by Australian art rock band the Red Paintings.[1] Released on 23 May 2005, the seven-track EP was their first for Brisbane-based label Modern Music and was distributed by Sony BMG.[1][2] It was received with praise and favourable critical reviews.
Critical response
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Sputnikmusic |  [3] |
Walls was well received by Sputnikmusic, and featured in their "Staff Picks" list. Staff reviewer Jom praised the band for producing "arguably the most remarkable EP of 2005" and summarised the album as a "phenomenal EP that defines The Red Paintings' stellar musicianship".
The Sydney Morning Herald's Bernard Zuel, described the EP as "psychedelia the way it's meant to be" and likened them to the Decemberists and Arcade Fire.
Track listing
- "Walls" – 3:03
- "The Streets Fell into My Window" – 5:37
- "Dead Adults" – 7:02
- "Mad World" Roland Orzabal – 4:52
- "Portrait of a Dead Soul" – 4:27
- "Walls" (alternate ending) – 4:22
- "Signals from the Frontier" – 4:42
Personnel
- Trash McSweeny – guitar, vocals, samples
- Ellen Stancombe – violin, backing vocals
- Wayne Jennings – cello, backing vocals
- Josh Engelking – drums, percussion
- Bo Whitton – bass guitar
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Established Artists – The Red Paintings Bio". Soulshine.com.au. 2006. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Thomas, Tara (23 May 2005). "Week Commencing ~ 23rd May 2005 ~ Issue #750" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (795): 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jom. "Walls EP Review". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2009-07-08. Unknown parameter
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