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{{Infobox album
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| name = Intimate Lightning
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*[[post-punk]]}}
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| length = 36:59
| length = 36:59
| label = Mr. Records [[CD|(CD)]] / 100% Breakfast [[LP|(LP)]]
| label = Mr. Records ([[CD]]) / 100% Breakfast ([[LP record|LP]])
| producer = [[Martin Bisi]] / Neptune
| producer = [[Martin Bisi]] / Neptune
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{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev1 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev1Score = (7.9/10)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tangari |first1=Joe |title=Neptune - Intimate Lightning review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5901-intimate-lightning/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media |access-date=June 20, 2004 |ref=Neptune - Intimate Lightning review}}</ref>
| rev1Score = (7.9/10)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tangari |first1=Joe |title=Neptune - Intimate Lightning review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5901-intimate-lightning/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date= June 20, 2004|access-date=June 20, 2004 |ref=Neptune - Intimate Lightning review}}</ref>
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'''''Intimate Lightning''''' is the third full length album by American [[noise rock]] band [[Neptune (American band)|Neptune]], released on March 20, 2004 by Mr. Records [[Compact disc|(CD)]] / 100% Breakfast Records [[LP record|(LP)]].
'''''Intimate Lightning''''' is the third full-length album by American [[noise rock]] band [[Neptune (American band)|Neptune]], released on March 20, 2004, by Mr. Records [[Compact disc|(CD)]] / 100% Breakfast Records [[LP record|(LP)]].


==Reception==
==Reception==
Pitchfork writer Joe Tangari described the album's songs as "tightly wound nailbombs of rapidly shifting meters, clanging rhythms, and mathtacular start/stop passages designed for maximum sensory damage. Sanford's vocals are secondary, it seems, to the grotesque clatter surrounding them - he whispers and growls squarely in the middle of the mix, perfectly content to let the pummeling grooves overwhelm his Dadaist lyrics." In Chicago-based independent music magazine [[Punk Planet]]'s 62nd issue, reviewer Rex Reason stated this while attempting to review Intimate Lightning; “The use of certain comparisons is warned against when reviewing records. At the top of the list are “if Band A and Band B had a baby…” and “if Band A and Band B were in a blender…” This record sounds like a swarm of of insects making a baby with a band in a blender.”<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reason |first1=Rex |title=Neptune - Intimate Lightning CD |url=https://archive.org/details/punk_planet_62/page/n137/mode/2up |website=archive.org |publisher=Punk Planet / archive.org |access-date=4 July 2024 |ref=Neptune - Intimate Lightning CD review}}</ref>
Pitchfork writer Joe Tangari described the album's songs as "tightly wound nailbombs of rapidly shifting meters, clanging rhythms, and mathtacular start/stop passages designed for maximum sensory damage. Sanford's vocals are secondary, it seems, to the grotesque clatter surrounding them - he whispers and growls squarely in the middle of the mix, perfectly content to let the pummeling grooves overwhelm his Dadaist lyrics." In Chicago-based independent music magazine [[Punk Planet]]'s 62nd issue, reviewer Rex Reason stated while attempting to review Intimate Lightning: “The use of certain comparisons is warned against when reviewing records. At the top of the list are “if Band A and Band B had a baby…” and “if Band A and Band B were in a blender…” This record sounds like a swarm of insects making a baby with a band in a blender.”<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reason |first1=Rex |date=2004-07-01 |title=Neptune - Intimate Lightning CD |url=https://archive.org/details/punk_planet_62/page/n137/mode/2up |access-date=4 July 2024 |website=Punk Planet |publisher= |ref=Neptune - Intimate Lightning CD review}}</ref>


== Packaging ==
== Packaging ==
''Intimate Lightning'' was issued on CD by Boston, MA independent label Mr. Records. The [[LP record|LP]] version was released by Cambridge, MA independent record label 100% Breakfast Records and was pressed on white vinyl. Due to several production errors at the pressing plant, only 141 copies of the Intimate Lightning LP were released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intimate Lightning vinyl |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3416893-Neptune-Intimate-Lightning |website=Discogs |publisher=Discogs |access-date=3 July 2024 |ref=Intimate Lightning vinyl}}</ref>
''Intimate Lightning'' was issued on CD by Boston, MA independent label Mr. Records. The [[LP record|LP]] version was released by Cambridge, MA independent record label 100% Breakfast Records and was pressed on white vinyl. Due to several production errors at the pressing plant, only 141 copies of the Intimate Lightning LP were released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intimate Lightning vinyl release notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3416893-Neptune-Intimate-Lightning |website=Discogs |access-date=9 July 2024 |ref=Intimate Lightning vinyl release notes}}</ref>

Side A ends with a locked groove.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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| length5 = 3:39
| title6 = Automatic
| title6 = Automatic
| note6 = {{small|written by [[Jane Wiedlin]], originally performed by [[The Go Go's]]}}

| note6 = {{small|written by [[Jane Wiedlin]], originally performed by [[The Go Go's]]}}
| length6 = 2:38
| length6 = 2:38
| title7 = In This Hemisphere
| title7 = In This Hemisphere
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* [[Martin Bisi]] - recording, mixing engineer
* [[Martin Bisi]] - recording, mixing engineer
* Neptune - mixing, production
* Neptune - mixing, production
* John Jacobson - mastering (Sound Station Seven, [[Providence, Rhode Island]])
* John Jacobson - Mastering (at Sound Station Seven, [[Providence, Rhode Island]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Sound Station Seven |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/331365-Sound-Station-Seven?page=1 |website=Discogs |publisher=Discogs |access-date=4 July 2024 |ref=Sound Station Seven - new defunct recording studio in an old fire station in Providence, RI}}</ref>


'''Packaging & Design'''
'''Packaging & Design'''

Revision as of 03:49, 16 July 2024

Intimate Lightning
File:Neptune-Intimate Lightning-cvr.jpg
Studio album by
Neptune
ReleasedMarch 20, 2004
Recorded2003
StudioBC Studio, Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York City
Genre
Length36:59
LabelMr. Records (CD) / 100% Breakfast (LP)
ProducerMartin Bisi / Neptune
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(7.9/10)[1]

Intimate Lightning is the third full-length album by American noise rock band Neptune, released on March 20, 2004, by Mr. Records (CD) / 100% Breakfast Records (LP).

Reception

Pitchfork writer Joe Tangari described the album's songs as "tightly wound nailbombs of rapidly shifting meters, clanging rhythms, and mathtacular start/stop passages designed for maximum sensory damage. Sanford's vocals are secondary, it seems, to the grotesque clatter surrounding them - he whispers and growls squarely in the middle of the mix, perfectly content to let the pummeling grooves overwhelm his Dadaist lyrics." In Chicago-based independent music magazine Punk Planet's 62nd issue, reviewer Rex Reason stated while attempting to review Intimate Lightning: “The use of certain comparisons is warned against when reviewing records. At the top of the list are “if Band A and Band B had a baby…” and “if Band A and Band B were in a blender…” This record sounds like a swarm of insects making a baby with a band in a blender.”[2]

Packaging

Intimate Lightning was issued on CD by Boston, MA independent label Mr. Records. The LP version was released by Cambridge, MA independent record label 100% Breakfast Records and was pressed on white vinyl. Due to several production errors at the pressing plant, only 141 copies of the Intimate Lightning LP were released.[3]

Side A ends with a locked groove.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neptune, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Tiny Conductor"3:36
2."Misty"3:08
3."Silver Planets"3:40
4."A Little Spider"4:20
5."At the Pink Pony"3:39
6."Automatic" (written by Jane Wiedlin, originally performed by The Go Go's)2:38
7."In This Hemisphere"5:05
8."A Car Is a Weapon"2:22
9."Jeremy Bentham"2:27
10."The Gilded Bomb"5:47

Personnel

Neptune

  • Jason Sidney Sanford – guitar, vocals
  • Mark William Pearson – bass, vocals
  • John Douglas Manson – drums, vocals
  • Daniel Paul Boucher - percussion, violin, backing vocals

Production

Packaging & Design

  • James Quigley - illustration, layout

References

  1. ^ Tangari, Joe (June 20, 2004). "Neptune - Intimate Lightning review". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 20, 2004.
  2. ^ Reason, Rex (2004-07-01). "Neptune - Intimate Lightning CD". Punk Planet. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Intimate Lightning vinyl release notes". Discogs. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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