Azure Ray (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Azure Ray
| type = studio
| artist = Azure Ray
| cover = Azure Ray (album).jpeg
| alt =
| released = January 16, 2001
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = WARM Recording Studio, Athens, GA,
| genre = Dream pop
| length = 39:30
| label = Flower Moon Records
Warm Electronic
| producer = {{hlist|Eric Bachmann|Brian Causey}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Burn and Shiver
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Azure Ray
| type = studio
| single1 = Sleep
| single1date = 2002
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Pitchfork
| rev1score = {{rating|7|10}} {{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/400-azure-ray/|title=Azure Ray: Azure Ray|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=19 November 2021}}
| rev2 = Allmusic
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r515499}}
}}
Azure Ray is the debut studio album by American duo Azure Ray, consisting of Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. It was originally released on January 16, 2001 by Warm Electronic Recordings.
Background
After their previous band disbanded, Taylor and Fink moved to Athens, Georgia where they formed Azure Ray. They signed to WARM and recorded the self-titled record with Eric Bachmann (Crooked Fingers and Archers of Loaf).{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/azureray-burn-2495829100.html|title=Azure Ray: Burn and Shiver|website=PopMatters.com|first=Jeremy|last=Schneyer|date=6 June 2002|access-date=19 November 2021}} Pitchfork praised the duo's debut, giving it a 7 out of 10, calling their debut "maudlin but beautiful, expertly crafted pop songs." The song "Sleep" was later featured in the 2006 Academy Award-nominated movie, The Devil Wears Prada featuring Anne Hathaway.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458352/soundtrack|title=The Devil Wears Prada|date=June 30, 2006|publisher=|via=IMDb}} DJ Paul Kalkbrenner sampled "Rise" in his 2008 hit song "Azure."{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/sample/187725/Paul-Kalkbrenner-Azure-Azure-Ray-Rise/|title=Paul Kalkbrenner's 'Azure' - Discover the Sample Source|website=WhoSampled.com|access-date=19 November 2021}} In 2015, Taylor Swift included "Sleep" in a 6-song "breakup playlist" made for a fan via her official Tumblr.{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/3705388/taylor-swift-breakup-playlist/|title=Taylor Swift Made This Break-up Playlist for a Recently Dumped Fan|website=Time|date=11 February 2015 |access-date=19 November 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/elliewoodward/we-are-never-ever-ever-getting-back-together|title=Taylor Swift Gave A Fan Breakup Advice And A "Moving On" Playlist|first=Ellie|last=Woodward|website=BuzzFeed.com|date=11 February 2015 |access-date=19 November 2021}} In 2018, it was re-released on Taylor's label, Flower Moon Records.
In popular culture
- "Sleep" is featured in both the film The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and in the Cold Case episode "Fly away" from season 1.
- "Displaced" is featured in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Seeing Red" from Season 6, and Felicity Season 2, episode 12 "The Slump."{{Cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/azure-ray|title=Music by Azure Ray|website=Tunefind.com|access-date=19 November 2021}}
- "Rise" is featured in the film Winter Passing (2005).
Track listing
All songs produced by Eric Bachmann and Brian Causey.
{{Track listing
| headline = Azure Ray{{cite AV media notes |title=Azure Ray |type=CD liner notes |others=Azure Ray |year=2001 |publisher=Warm Electronic |id= WRM102CD}}
| total_length = 39:30
| title1 = Sleep
| length1 = 5:03
| title2 = Displaced
| length2 = 3:41
| title3 = Don't Make a Sound
| length3 = 3:06
| title4 = Untitled
| length4 = 0:38
| title5 = Another Week
| length5 = 3:13
| title6 = Rise
| length6 = 5:20
| title7 = 4th of July
| length7 = 4:13
| title8 = Safe and Sound
| length8 = 3:03
| title9 = Fever
| length9 = 4:40
| title10 = For No One
| length10 = 3:16
| title11 = How Will You Survive
| length11 = 3:17
}}
References
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