Efek Rumah Kaca (album)
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| name = Efek Rumah Kaca
| type = studio
| artist = Efek Rumah Kaca
| cover = Efek Rumah Kaca album.jpg
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- {{Start date|2007}}
- {{Start date|2015}} (re-release)
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| label = * Paviliun Records
- demajors (re-release)
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| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Kamar Gelap
| next_year = 2008
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Efek Rumah Kaca is the first studio album by Efek Rumah Kaca. It was released in 2007 by Paviliun Records.
Production
On "Di Udara", they assessed market interest for an ideologically or politically themed song.{{cite web |url=http://rollingstone.co.id/read/2011/09/06/165444/1716764/1093/vokalis-efek-rumah-kaca-munir-adalah-seorang-tauladan |title=Vokalis Efek Rumah Kaca: Munir adalah Seorang Tauladan |work=Rolling Stone Indonesia |first=Rama |last=Wirawan |date=6 September 2011 |accessdate=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015015300/http://rollingstone.co.id/read/2011/09/06/165444/1716764/1093/vokalis-efek-rumah-kaca-munir-adalah-seorang-tauladan |archivedate=15 October 2012 }} Cholil, the vocalist, wrote most of the lyrics for this album.{{cite news |last=Suharmoko |first=Aditya |date=4 November 2007 |title=Breathtaking and Brilliant |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2007/11/04/breathtaking-and-brilliant.html |url-status=dead |accessdate=26 March 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202221439/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2007/11/04/breathtaking-and-brilliant.html |archivedate=2 February 2014}}
Themes
"Di Udara" is dedicated to Munir, a human rights activist who was killed on a plane. The lyrics of "Efek Rumah Kaca" are about global warming, while "Bukan Lawan Jenis" addresses homosexuality. "Jatuh Cinta Itu Biasa Saja" states that blind love is not good. "Cinta Melulu" criticized the tendencies exhibited by Indonesian love songs, especially infidelity.{{cite news |date=6 July 2009 |title=Efek Rumah Kaca |newspaper=Tempo |url=http://majalah.tempointeraktif.com/id/arsip/2009/07/06/IMZ/mbm.20090706.IMZ130749.id.html |url-status=dead |accessdate=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103114953/http://majalah.tempointeraktif.com/id/arsip/2009/07/06/IMZ/mbm.20090706.IMZ130749.id.html |archive-date=3 November 2011}} "Melankolia" describes Choilil's mourning upon the death of his father, exhibited through the lyrics "Sadness is beautiful, it slows down the flow of blood".{{cite news |last=Thee |first=Marcel |date=4 March 2009 |title=Efek Rumah Kaca Keeps Getting Hotter |newspaper=Jakarta Globe |url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/lifeandtimes/efek-rumah-kaca-keeps-getting-hotter-/309162 |url-status=dead |accessdate=26 March 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926192759/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/lifeandtimes/efek-rumah-kaca-keeps-getting-hotter-/309162 |archivedate=26 September 2012}} "Belanja Terus Sampai Mati" is an indictment of materialism.{{cite news |last=Taufiqurrahman |first=M. |date=19 December 2009 |title=Rebels with a Cause |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/12/19/rebels-with-a-cause.html |url-status=dead |accessdate=26 March 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012212900/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/12/19/rebels-with-a-cause.html |archivedate=12 October 2012}}
Musical styles
According to a review by Aditya Suharmoko in The Jakarta Post, "Cinta Melulu" and "Jatuh Cinta Itu Biasa Saja" are mellow but do not sound "cheesy", while "Di Udara" has a grim tone. The band called the music mostly introverted and has a slow tempo.{{cite news |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/04/12/efek-rumah-kaca-making-world-and-some-ears-hotter-with-their-music.html |title=Efek Rumah Kaca, Making the world (and some ears) hotter with their music |first=Mariani |last=Dewi |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |date=12 April 2009 |accessdate=26 March 2012}}
Releases and receptions
As of 2008, the album has sold more than 4000 copies, making it Paviliun Records best-selling release.{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.kompas.com/read/2008/06/06/13312122/Grup.Musik.Efek.Rumah.Kaca.Digemari.Pengamen |title=Grup Musik Efek Rumah Kaca Digemari Pengamen |newspaper=Kompas |date=6 June 2008 |accessdate=26 March 2012}} Suharmoko described the album as "breathtaking and brilliant". The royalties for the ringback tone for "Di Udara" were given to Munir's family.
Rolling Stone Indonesia chose ""Di Udara" and "Cinta Melulu" as the 131st and 143rd best Indonesian songs of all time, respectively, in their December 2009 issue.{{cite web |url=http://rollingstone.co.id/read/2011/02/08/181928/1563295/1099/150-lagu-indonesia-terbaik-sepanjang-masa |title=150 Lagu Indonesia Terbaik Sepanjang Masa |work=Rolling Stone Indonesia |date=8 February 2011 |accessdate=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316143825/http://rollingstone.co.id/read/2011/02/08/181928/1563295/1099/150-lagu-indonesia-terbaik-sepanjang-masa |archivedate=16 March 2012 }} The album was awarded Rolling Stone Indonesia's Rookie of the Year in 2008; that same year it was nominated for an MTV Asia award as well as an AMI award.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Jalang
| note1 = "Wild"
| lyrics1 = Cholil Mahmud
| music1 = Cholil Mahmud
| length1 = 4:42
| title2 = Jatuh Cinta Itu Biasa Saja
| note2 = "Falling in Love is Ordinary"
| lyrics2 = Cholil Mahmud
| music2 = Cholil Mahmud
| length2 = 5:14
| title3 = Bukan Lawan Jenis
| note3 = "Not the Opposite Sex"
| lyrics3 = Cholil Mahmud
| music3 = Adrian Yunan, Akbar Bagus Sudibyo, Cholil Mahmud
| length3 = 4:37
| title4 = Belanja Terus Sampai Mati
| note4 = "Shop 'Til You Drop"
| lyrics4 = Cholil Mahmud, Irma Hidayana
| music4 = Cholil Mahmud
| length4 = 4:23
| title5 = Insomnia
| lyrics5 = Cholil Mahmud
| music5 = Cholil Mahmud
| length5 = 4:18
| title6 = Debu-Debu Beterbangan
| note6 = "Dust Flies"
| lyrics6 = Cholil Mahmud
| music6 = Adrian Yunan
| length6 = 4:58
| title7 = Di Udara
| note7 = "In the Air"
| lyrics7 = Cholil Mahmud
| music7 = Cholil Mahmud
| length7 = 4:35
| title8 = Efek Rumah Kaca
| note8 = "Greenhouse Effect"
| lyrics8 = Cholil Mahmud
| music8 = Akbar Bagus Sudibyo, Cholil Mahmud
| length8 = 3:29
| title9 = Melankolia
| note9 = "Melancholia"
| lyrics9 = Cholil Mahmud
| music9 = Cholil Mahmud
| length9 = 5:03
| title10 = Cinta Melulu
| note10 = "Only Love"
| lyrics10 = Cholil Mahmud
| music10 = Adrian Yunan, Cholil Mahmud
| length10 = 4:22
| title11 = Sebelah Mata
| note11 = "A Glance"
| lyrics11 = Adrian Yunan
| music11 = Cholil Mahmud
| length11 = 4:29
| title12 = Desember
| note12 = "December"
| lyrics12 = Adrian Yunan, Cholil Mahmud
| music12 = Cholil Mahmud
| length12 = 4:16
}}