hiding place by Sugar Plant - DeepRiffs

ALBUM

It's interesting to look at Sugarplant's early development in light of the sprawling and epically gorgeous double-album Happy/Trance Mellow, which layered the group's dreamy songwriting with vibes, organs, and washes of ambient sound -- 1995's [wimpLink albumId="251429746"]Hiding Place[/wimpLink] cops the more stripped-down approach of [wimpLink artistId="3653459"]Dean Wareham[/wimpLink] and [wimpLink artistId="16622"]Galaxie 500[/wimpLink], but the same languid songwriting which makes Happy/Trance Mellow so lovely (a style that is truly Sugarplant's own) is lurking beneath every washed-out guitar and breathy, stretched-out vocal melody. The [wimpLink artistId="16622"]Galaxie 500[/wimpLink] comparison is no small point -- the interplay between Shin'ichi Ogawa's guitars and Chinatsu Shoyama's bass seems strictly modeled on [wimpLink artistId="3653459"]Dean Wareham[/wimpLink] and [wimpLink artistId="13735045"]Naomi Yang[/wimpLink], and the group's elongated melodies and drawling song structures would be right at home on Today or On Fire -- but tracks like "Slowdown" and "All Alone" are so beautifully composed, perfectly recorded, and unabashedly inspired by Wareham that their slightly derivative nature seems completely unimportant. In all truth, [wimpLink albumId="251429746"]Hiding Place[/wimpLink] is so hopelessly gorgeous that it seems to surpass [wimpLink artistId="16622"]Galaxie 500[/wimpLink]'s whole catalog at times, regardless of which inspired which. ~ Nitsuh Abebe

1. slowdown

Primary Artist: Sugar Plant; Main Performer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer

2. in a way

Primary Artist: Sugar Plant; Main Performer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer

3. orange filter

Primary Artist: Sugar Plant; Main Performer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer

4. fragile

Primary Artist: Sugar Plant; Main Performer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer

5. route 128

Primary Artist: Sugar Plant; Main Performer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer

6. hiding place

Primary Artist: Sugar Plant; Main Performer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer

7. all alone

Primary Artist: Sugar Plant; Main Performer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer

8. wonder wheel

Primary Artist: Sugar Plant; Main Performer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer

9. cakes on the shelf

Primary Artist: Sugar Plant; Main Performer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer

10. summer days

Primary Artist: Sugar Plant; Main Performer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer
Composer: Sugar Plant; Composer
Lyricist: Sugar Plant; Composer

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

10 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

44 minutes and 7 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1600x1600 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

No lyrics found

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Pop/Rock, Alternative

Label

WONDER RELEASE

Music Distribution Service

Unknown

Country

Turks & Caicos Islands

Language

English (United States)
Japanese

Popularity

Release Date

Jul 22, 2003

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

4514306006582