Newer Wave 2.0

Newer Wave 2.0
Newer Wave 2.0
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	September 29, 1998
Genre	Industrial, EBM
Length	74:00
Label	21st Circuitry
21st Circuitry V/A chronology

Newer Wave 2.0 is a various artists compilation album released on September 29, 1998, by 21st Circuitry.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Aiding & Abetting gave Newer Wave, Vol. 2 a positive review and called the album "better than the first, both in song selection and in execution" and "it does rate highly in the fun factor".^[2] Keith Farley of AllMusic gave it a negative review, awarding the compilation one and a half out of five stars.^[1] In writing for Ink 19, the critic Eric Sanders praised the artists' re-imagining of the originals, writing, "The ideas are fresh and good, the material familiar and worth revisiting."^[3]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Planet Earth" (Duran Duran cover)	James Bates, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor	Hate Dept.	5:00
2.	"Love My Way" (The Psychedelic Furs cover)	John Ashton, Tim Butler, Richard Butler, Vince Ely	Assemblage 23	5:38
3.	"Love Missile F1-11" (Sigue Sigue Sputnik cover)	Martin Degville, Anthony James, Neal Whitmore	New Mind	5:11
4.	"One Night in Bangkok (Cold War Mix)" (Murray Head cover)	Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus	Razor Skyline	3:26
5.	"Shout" (Tears for Fears cover)	Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley	Shunt	6:32
6.	"Safety Dance" (Men Without Hats cover)	Ivan Doroschuk	LUXT	4:34
7.	"It's My Life" (Talk Talk cover)	Mark Hollis, Tim Friese-Greene	Battery	4:03
8.	"Here Comes the Rain Again" (Eurythmics cover)	Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart	Omnibox	4:06
9.	"Norman Bates" (Landscape cover)	John L. Walters	Covenant	4:34
10.	"1999" (Prince cover)	Prince	Xorcist	6:29
11.	"Stripped" (Depeche Mode cover)	Martin Gore	In Strict Confidence	7:57
12.	"88 Lines About 44 Women" (The Nails cover)	Marc Campbell, Douglas Guthrie, David Kaufman, George Kaufman, Steve O'Rourke	Scar Tissue	5:02
13.	"Major Tom" (Peter Schilling cover)	David Lodge, Peter Schilling	Unit:187	5:36
14.	"Beautiful World" (Devo cover)	Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh	R.U.O.K.?	5:51

Personnel[edit]

Adapted from the Newer Wave 2.0 liner notes.^[4]

Mark27 – production and engineering (4)
Rzr_Girl – cover art, design, vocals (4)
The_Gun – vocals (4)
Loretta Sterling – recording and mixing (3)
Julian Tulip – vocals (12)
Steve Watkins – production and engineering (12)

Release history[edit]

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1998	21st Circuitry	CD	21C.CD37

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Farley, Keith. "Various Artists: Newer Wave, Vol. 2". AllmMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
^ Worley, Jon (November 23, 1998). "Various Artists: Newer Wave". Aiding & Abetting (172). Retrieved July 28, 2020.
^ Sanders, Eric (February 10, 1999). "Various Artists: Newer Wave 2.0". Ink 19. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
^ Newer Wave 2.0 (booklet). Various artists. San Francisco, California: 21st Circuitry. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links[edit]

Newer Wave 2.0 at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Farley, Keith. "Various Artists: Newer Wave, Vol. 2". AllmMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2020.

[2] Worley, Jon (November 23, 1998). "Various Artists: Newer Wave". Aiding & Abetting (172). Retrieved July 28, 2020.

[3] Sanders, Eric (February 10, 1999). "Various Artists: Newer Wave 2.0". Ink 19. Retrieved July 30, 2020.

[linearnotes-4] Newer Wave 2.0 (booklet). Various artists. San Francisco, California: 21st Circuitry. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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