Race (album) explained

Race
Type:studio
Artist:Pseudo Echo
Cover:Race - Pseudo Echo (Australia).jpeg
Released:1988
Recorded:Metropolis Studios, Melbourne
Genre:Hard Rock
Length:40:30
Label:EMI Australia
RCA (US)
Producer:Brian Canham, Julian Mendelsohn
Prev Title:Long Plays 83–87
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Best Adventures
Next Year:1995

Race is the third studio album released by Australian new wave band Pseudo Echo. It was released via EMI Australia in 1988 and RCA Records internationally in 1989. Race resulted in a musical change for the group as it mirrored the music landscape at the time; dominated by big hair, big guitars and rock. While the album no doubt alienated the majority of the band's fan base, it equally attracted a new breed of rock loving fans.[1]

The album included their track "Take On the World", which won at 1987 World Popular Song Festival (a.k.a. Yamaha Music Festival) in Japan.[2]

Three singles were released from the album. The first, "Fooled Again" (which had "Take On the World" as a B-side), peaked at No. 32 in Australia in late 1988.[3]

Reviews

AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 stars.[4]

Reviewer "The Doctor" of alltime-records.com gave the album 2 & 1/2 out of 7 stars, saying: "Pseudo Echo’s third album came when their fame was fading and facing this reality, they attempted to change their image and style, becoming a hard rock band. What resulted was Race, an album that was a flop both commercially and critically. With the constant sound of crunching and whining guitars, this is a record of corny, pretentious songs."[5]

Track listings

CD [6]

Weekly charts

Chart (1988–89)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[7] 18
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[8] 32

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pseudo Echo - Race (1988). rockonvinyl.com.au. 2 December 2014.
  2. Web site: 18th World Popular Song Festival World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo '87. www.yamaha-mf.or.jp. 2 December 2014.
  3. Web site: PSEUDO ECHO - FOOLED AGAIN (SONG) . australian-charts.com. 2 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Pseudo Echo - Race. allmusic.com. 2 December 2014.
  5. Web site: Race by Pseudo Echo . www.alltime-records.com . 2 December 2014 .
  6. Web site: Pseudo Echo - Race CD. discogs.com. 2 December 2014.
  7. Book: Kent, David . . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book Ltd . . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  8. Web site: PSEUDO ECHO - RACE (ALBUM) . australian-charts.com. 2 December 2014 .