Pivot (album) explained

Pivot
Type:	studio
Artist:	Amoeba
Cover:	Pivot_album_cover.jpg
Released:	2000
Recorded:	1998–1999 at Soundscape Studio in Mountain View, California
Genre:	Art rock
Length:	49:10
Label:	Relapse Records
Producer:	Robert Rich and Matthew Jacobson
Prev Title:	Watchful
Prev Year:	1997

Pivot (2000) is an album by the American experimental pop music group Amoeba. The style of this album is similar to that of Amoeba’s previous album Watchful (1997) except with a somewhat more active and direct approach. The lyrics are also more literal and emotional than those of Watchful.

Track listing

1. ”Fireflies” - 3:47
2. ”No Empty Promises” - 4:34
3. ”Traces” - 4:43
4. ”Pivot” - 4:24
5. ”Moonlight Flowers” - 3:40
6. ”House of Rust” - 1:17
7. ”Harvest” - 4:42
8. ”Miniature” - 2:09
9. ”Seasons Passing” - 5:01
10. ”Underground” - 5:30
11. ”Sparks” - 4:34
12. ”To Other Days” - 4:15

Personnel

• Robert Rich - vocals, piano, harmonium, synthesizers, lap steel guitar, flutes
• Rick Davies - electric and acoustic guitars

with:

• Don Swanson - drums
• Andrew McGowan - bass
• Hans Christian - cello
• BobDog Catlin - megaptera vina (track 10)
• Forrest Fang - violin (track 11)
• Tom Heasley - tuba (tracks 3 and 11)