Razing Eden

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|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Huey |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000235986|pure_url=yes}}|title=Luxt: Razing Eden > Review |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=August 3, 2020}}

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Allmusic awarded Razing Eden four out of five stars, calling it "a marked improvement over their first, featuring bigger, more melodic hooks and better production that hold the listener's attention more consistently through the course of the album." Aiding & Abetting praised the album for being "drenched in noise" and "power[ing] its compositions with simple but strong beat patterns and melodic ideas".{{cite magazine|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archL.html#LUXT |title=LUXT: Razing Eden |magazine=Aiding & Abetting |date=April 20, 1998 |issue=157 |accessdate=August 3, 2020}} Last Sigh Magazine noted an improvement over previous material by LUXT and said it was excellent to hear the band's growth as musicians.{{cite magazine |first=Kim Ann |last=Alexander |url=http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/luxtrazing.htm |title=LUXT: Razing Eden |magazine=Last Sigh Magazine |date=March 13, 1998 |accessdate=August 3, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516065551/http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/luxtrazing.htm |archive-date=May 16, 2008}} Lollipop Magazine called the album an improvement over its predecessor and said "the engineering and mixing quality is superb and as such all the electronics, guitars, and vocals all flow smoothly together."{{cite magazine|first=Chris |last=Best |url=https://lollipopmagazine.com/1998/11/luxt-razing-eden-review/ |title=LUXT: Razing Eden |magazine=Lollipop Magazine |date=November 1, 1998 |accessdate=August 3, 2020}} Sonic Boom commended the band's change in stylistic direction and willingness to experiment with electronics and vocal harmonies.{{cite magazine|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/luxt-3.html |title=LUXT: Razing Eden |magazine=Sonic Boom |date=June 1998 |volume=6 |issue=4 |accessdate=August 3, 2020}}

{{Track listing

| all_lyrics = Erie Loch, except "Kashmir" by Robert Plant

| all_music = Anna Christine and Erie Loch, except "Kashmir" by John Bonham, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant

| title1 = Witchhunt

| length1 = 4:14

| title2 = Parasites

| note2 = N-Vitro Mix

| length2 = 5:05

| title3 = Spite

| length3 = 3:36

| title4 = Zero

| length4 = 4:33

| title5 = Cleanser

| length5 = 3:19

| title6 = Technochrist (Second Coming)

| length6 = 4:21

| title7 = Lies of Angels

| length7 = 5:21

| title8 = Kashmir

| note8 = Led Zeppelin cover

| length8 = 6:47

| title9 = Snowblind Entropy

| length9 = 4:01

| title10 = Perpetusex

| length10 = 6:03

| title11 = Parasites

| length11 = 5:03

| title12 = Cleanser

| note12 = Egamorph Mix

| length12 = 5:02

| title13 = Tar

| length13 = 4:44

| title14 = Bliss

| length14 = 3:19

| title15 = Witchhunt

| note15 = ANiMoo Mix

| length15 = 5:28

| title16 = Untitled

| length16 = 2:57

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Adapted from the Razing Eden liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Razing Eden |title-link=Razing Eden |others=LUXT |year=1998 |type=booklet |publisher=21st Circuitry |location=San Francisco, California}}

LUXT

• Anna Christine – bass guitar, keyboards, sampler, vocals
• Erie Loch – guitar, keyboards, sampler, vocals, production

Additional performers

• Derek Geisser – remixing (15)
• Dave Hubbard – instruments
• Gregory A. Lopez – remixing (15)
• Phil Mohr – instruments, remixing (2)
• Michael Tapson – remixing (15)

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• {{Discogs release|id=800554|name=Razing Eden}}

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Category:1998 albums

Category:21st Circuitry albums

Category:LUXT albums