PARADISE LOST — One Second

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3.75 | 41 ratings | 2 reviews
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Album · 1997

Tracklist

1. One Second (3:32)
2. Say Just Words (4:02)
3. Lydia (3:32)
4. Mercy (4:24)
5. Soul Courageous (3:01)
6. Another Day (4:44)
7. The Sufferer (4:29)
8. This Cold Life (4:21)
9. Blood of Another (4:00)
10. Disappear (4:29)
11. Sane (4:00)
12. Take Me Down (6:25)
13. I Despair * (3:54)

* bonus track (US and digipack release)

Total Time: 54:59

Japanese bonus tracks:
14. Cruel One (3:24)
15. How Soon is Now? (The Smiths cover) (4:36)
16. Albino Flogged in Black (Stillborn cover) (6:30)

Total Time (Japanese version): 69:29

Line-up/Musicians

- Nick Holmes / vocals
- Gregor Mackintosh / lead guitar
- Aaron Aedy / rhythm guitar
- Steve Edmondson / bass guitar
- Lee Morris / drums, backing vocals

About this release

Label: Music For Nations (UK), Jive Records (US)
Release Date: July 14, 1997 (UK). August 26, 1997 (US)

Recorded at Battery Studios (London) and & Rockfield Studios (Monmouth, Wales).
Produced, engineered and mastered by Sank for Toytown Productions.
Mixed by Stefan Glaumann and Sank at MVG Studios.
Additional backing vocals by Greg & Sank.
Additional engineering by Richard Flack.
Sampling, programming and keyboards by Sank and Gregor Mackintosh.
Violin/strings by Stephan Brisland-Ferner.
Arranged by Sank, Stefan and Gregor Mackintosh.

Cover photo concept idea by Ross Halfin.
Band photograph by David Tonge.
Other photography by Susan Andrews for Refocus.
Design and layout by Design Ministry.

This is the first Paradise Lost album recorded on digital format.

Japanese version includes 3 bonus tracks.

Thanks to UMUR, Stooge, adg211288 for the updates

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UMUR
"One Second" is the 6th full-length studio album by UK goth/doom metal act Paradise Lost. The album was released through Music For Nations in July 1997 in Europe and through Jive Records in the US in August 1997. It´s the successor to "Draconian Times" from 1995 and features the same lineup who recorded the predecessor. 18 tracks were recorded during the sessions for "One Second". The "regular" European version features 12 tracks, while the limited edition digipack and the US version feature the bonus track "I Despair". The Japanese version of the album includes three additional tracks in "Cruel One", "How Soon is Now?" (The Smiths cover), and "Albino Flogged in Black" (Stillborn cover). The two original tracks "The Hour" and "Slave" were also recorded during the sessions, but not included on any of the original versions of the album. They later appeared on the second version of the "One Second" single.

Stylistically the material on "One Second" further develops the goth element of the band´s sound and tones down the doom metal elements of their past. Keyboards and electronic effects are now also a major part of the sound. Elements which were used a bit more sparingly on the last couple of albums (although the use were increasing from album to album). The core of the band´s sound is a heavy goth influenced metal style drenched in melancholy. Lead vocalist Nick Holmes has completely shed his vocal style of any growling vocals at this stage, and his singing has greatly improved compared to the last two releases, which also featured clean vocals. He sounds more comfortable now singing clean vocals, and his performance on the album is generally strong.

Paradise Lost changed a bit over the years from being a riff and lead theme oriented doom/death metal act to writing more vocal focused music, and on "One Second" that development is complete. It has its upsides and its downsides, because when the vocal melodies are strong and memorable it doesn´t mean that much, that the instrumental part of the music seldom feature killer riffs or soaring lead guitar themes, but when the vocal melodies don´t work that well, the instrumental part of the music simply isn´t interesting enough to maintain my attention. To my ears the first part of the album features the strongest and most memorable tracks (the opening five tracks are great quality material), while the quality begins to drop a bit around the middle of the album.

"One Second" features a clear and detailed sound production, which suits the music well. It´s a bit on the "clinical" side and probably could have prospered from a more organic tone, but that´s a matter of subjective taste, and listened to objectively the sound production is of high quality. So upon conclusion "One Second" is a quality release by Paradise Lost and I would mention it among the most important releases in their discography in terms of musical development. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
Warthur
Paradise Lost's One Second sees the band more or less abandoning all pretence of still retaining elements of the deathdoom sound of their early years, instead offering up a jaunt through the heavier end of gothic rock - they remind me a little of a slightly heavier Depeche Mode, had they decided to steer harder in a full-bore Fields of the Nephilim/Sisters of Mercy gothic direction. Purists who are very fond of the preceding albums like Icon or Draconian Times may feel a little betrayed by this one, but it's a decent example of its type - it's hard-edged enough to retain at least a foothold in the metal sphere, at least, though I think the balance is already over the gothic rock side of the rock/metal line. Approach with an open mind and don't on hearing anything that's especially like their preceding material. For my part, this pales in comparison to top-tier goth acts, but it's still a worthy entry in the genre.

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