Peace (Anything Box album)

Peace is the debut album by the American band Anything Box, released in 1990 on Epic Records.[1][2] It was remastered and rereleased on endpop in 2018. The album includes "Living in Oblivion", the band's biggest hit, which found success in both the clubs and on radio.[3][4]

Peace
Studio album by
Anything Box
Released1990
Recorded1989–1990
GenreSynthpop
Length53:58
LabelEpic
endpop.com
ProducerJon St. James
Anything Box chronology
Peace
(1990)		 Worth
(1992)

Production

The album was produced by Jon St. James.[5]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]

The Los Angeles Times determined that "songs are put together like Lego houses, out of discreet bits of linked melodic material... But the process becomes formulaic after a while: mechanical beats overlaid with soft keyboard gauze and a puff of vocal melody."[7]

AllMusic wrote that "the Anything Box sound can be likened to that of Erasure, with simple pop hooks, soaring vocals, and bubbly synths."[6] Spin noted that "Living in Oblivion" "revive[d] the dread that was barely concealed in all those '70s Bee Gees disco hits."[8]

Track listing
  1. "Living in Oblivion" – 5:12
  2. "When We Lie" – 4:00
  3. "Kiss of Love" – 4:57
  4. "Jubilation" – 4:59
  5. "Soul on Fire" – 4:58
  6. "Our Dreams" – 5:18
  7. "Carmen" – 4:55
  8. "Lady in Waiting" – 5:13
  9. "I Felt the Pain" – 5:32
  10. "Hypocrites" – 5:27
  11. "Just One Day" – 5:01
  12. "All These Days Undone" – 3:24

Personnel

Anything Box

  • Claude S
  • Dania Morales
  • Paul Rijnders

References
  1. "Anything Box Biography by Tom Demalon". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. "Anything Box Give Us a Synth Pop Flashback in Fullerton". OC Weekly. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. Rouner, Jef. "Anything Box Is Back from 'Oblivion'". Houston Press. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. "Single Reviews". Billboard. 106 (17): 75. Apr 23, 1994.
  5. Boehm, Mike (15 Feb 1990). "A Hit Out of the Box?". Los Angeles Times. p. F3.
  6. "Peace Review by William Cooper". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. Boehm, Mike (19 Apr 1990). "Anything Box Peace". Los Angeles Times. p. F3.
  8. Eddy, Chuck (Apr 1994). "Spins". Spin. 10 (1): 93.


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