Mei (album)

Mei
Studio album by Echolyn
Released	June 2002 (2002-06)
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	49:33
Label	Velveteen Records
Echolyn chronology
Cowboy Poems Free (2000) mei (2002) Jersey Tomato (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
DPRP	[2]

Mei is the fifth full-length studio album by the American rock band Echolyn, released in 2002.

Unlike its precursor Cowboy Poems Free (2000), mei is a typical progressive (symphonic) rock album in that it consists of few, longer, songs with many instrumental sections and complex structures instead of the normal song structure, including verse, chorus etc.

Track listing

1. "mei" (49:33)

i. hope (3:58)

ii. absence (4:22)

iii. interlude: abandoned (0:21)

iv. open road (3:14)

v. all that's golden (4:05)

vi. whispers (6:59)

vii. pride, part i (2:08)

viii. pride, part ii (2:54)

ix. infernal scratch (6:18)

x. hope renewed (2:50)

xi. shadows (4:49)

xii. love remains (1:33)

xiii. recovery overture (3:52)

xiv. bound for home (2:11)

(Sub-indexing unofficially blessed by the band. Please note that no official releases of "mei" are sub-indexed.)

Personnel

• Christopher Buzby – keyboards and backing vocals
• Brett Kull – guitars, lead & backing vocals
• Paul Ramsey – drums and percussion
• Ray Weston – bass, lead and backing vocals

• Sarah Green – flute
• Jian Shen – clarinet
• Emily Botel-Barnard – violin 1
• Jarnosh Armer – violin 2
• Jonathan Atkins – cello
• Eric Huber – vibraphone, marimba, timpani and tambourine
• Jordan Perlson – percussion

Jersey Tomato

In 2003 Echolyn released an official bootleg recording titled Jersey Tomato vol. 2 (live at the Metlar Bodine Museum) where mei is included as the ninth and last track. It takes up the whole second disc and the length of the track is just over 50 minutes. The song, and the rest of the album, is available for download on the band's website.

References

1. ^ "allmusic ((( Mei > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r599647. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 
2. ^ "DPRP CD Reviews - 2002 - Volume 42". www.dprp.net. http://www.dprp.net/reviews/0242.htm#mei. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 

External links

• Listen and Download The Jersey Tomato Version of Mei