Pivot (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Pivot
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Amoeba


Released = 2000
Recorded = 1998 - 1999 at Soundscape Studio in Mountain View, California
Genre = Art rock
Length = 49:10
Label = Relapse Records
Producer = Robert Rich and Matthew Jacobson
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2x61mpcj9f7o link]
*Piero Scaruffi 6/10 [http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/roach.html link]
Last album = "Watchful" (1997)
This album = "Pivot" (2000)
Next album =

"Pivot" (2000) is an album by the American experimental pop music group Amoeba. The style of this album is similar to that of Amoeba’s previous album "Watchful" (1997) except with a somewhat more active and direct approach. The lyrics are also more literal and emotional than those of "Watchful".

Track listing

#”Fireflies” - 3:47
#”No Empty Promises” - 4:34
#”Traces” - 4:43
#”Pivot” - 4:24
#”Moonlight Flowers” - 3:40
#”House of Rust” - 1:17
#”Harvest” - 4:42
#”Miniature” - 2:09
#”Seasons Passing” - 5:01
#”Underground” - 5:30
#”Sparks” - 4:34
#”To Other Days” - 4:15

Personnel

*Robert Rich - vocals, piano, harmonium, synthesizers, lap steel guitar, flutes
*Rick Davies - electric and acoustic guitars:with:
*Don Swanson - drums
*Andrew McGowan - bass
*Hans Christian - cello
*BobDog Catlin - megaptera vina (track 10)
*Forrest Fang - violin (track 11)
*Tom Heasley - tuba (tracks 3 and 11)