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So Far from Home

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Released
  
June 20, 2000

Producer
  
Frank Tate

Release date
  
20 June 2000

Length
  
45:16

Artist
  
Brave Saint Saturn

Label
  
5 Minute Walk

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Recorded
  
with Masaki Liu @ One Way Studio

So Far from Home (2000)
  
The Light of Things Hoped For... (2003)

Genres
  
Rock music, Christian rock

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So Far from Home is the first installment in a space-themed trilogy released by Christian rock band Brave Saint Saturn. This release contains less elements of the trilogy's plot that was developed in the two subsequent albums, opting for a more general feeling of darkness and loneliness. It was released in 2000.

Contents

Lyricist Reese Roper shows his typical awareness of social issues, albeit with an unusual melancholy. "Under Bridges" samples clips from the Apollo 8 Genesis reading and tackles homelessness, through a contemporary interpretation of the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats. "Two-Twenty-Nine" keeps with the space theme, beginning with a clip from the countdown sequence of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, and relays the personal loss of his grandmother.

The album cover includes NASA image STS082-320-029.

Track listing

  1. "Prologue"
  2. "Space Robot Five"
  3. "Independence Day"
  4. "Shadow Of Def"
  5. "Resistor"
  6. "Fireworks"
  7. "Under Bridges"
  8. "Data Stream One"
  9. "Rocketown"
  10. "Moon Burns Bright"
  11. "Two-Twenty-Nine"
  12. "Gloria"

Personnel

  • Reese Roper - Lead Vocals
  • Mike Busbee - Keyboard
  • Jeff Campitrelli - Drums and percussion
  • Scott Kerr - Electric Guitar
  • Tony Lacido - Bass
  • Masaki Liu - Strings & guitar
  • Big Lou The Accordion Princess - Accordion
  • Micah Ortega - Turntables
  • Monica Smith - Background Vocals
  • Frank Tate - "Mad Rap Skills"
  • Andrew Verdechhio - Drums
  • Eric Wood - Drums

    • Songs

    1Prologue1:32
    2Space Robot Five4:46
    3Independence Day4:35

    References

    So Far from Home Wikipedia
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