The Golden Foretaste of Heaven

Infobox Album
Name = The Golden Foretaste of Heaven
Type = Album
Artist = Alec Empire


Released = flagicon|Japan November 28 2007Blog: Getting Ready for Singapore!, Alec Empire's official MySpace, September 18 2007, retrieved September 19 2007.]
flagicon|EU January 18 2008 [http://www.gostimirovic.com/artists/alecempire/news/index.html Alec Empire: News] , Gostimirović Music Management, last accessed September 20 2007.]
Recorded =
Genre = Electronic
Rock
Length =
Label = Eat Your Heart Out
Producer = Alec Empire
The Hellish Vortex
Reviews =
* Strange Glue (4/10) [http://strangeglue.com/alec-empire-the-golden-foretaste-of-heaven/3440/ link]
* "NME" (8/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/alec-empire/9451 link]
* Clash rating-10|6 [http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/alec-empire-golden-foretaste-heaven link]
Last album = "Futurist"
(2005)
This album = "The Golden Foretaste of Heaven"
(2007)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = The Golden Foretaste of Heaven
Type = Studio
single 1 = Robot L.O.V.E.
single 1 date = June 11 2007
single 2 = On Fire
single 2 date = December 7 2007 [http://www.eat-your-heart-out.com/news.html News] , Eat Your Heart Out, last accessed November 8 2007.]
single 3 = New Man
single 3 date = Early 2008

"The Golden Foretaste of Heaven" is an album by Alec Empire, released in Japan on November 28 2007, and in Europe on January 18 2008. It is his first on his newly established Eat Your Heart Out label. Unlike his previous, rock-oriented efforts post-Atari Teenage Riot ("Intelligence and Sacrifice" (CD1) and "Futurist") this album is completely electronic (with vocals).

Track listing

CD

#"New Man" - 3:48
#"If You Live or Die" - 3:44
#"ICE (As If She Could Steal a Piece of My Glamour)" - 4:00
#"1000 Eyes" - 7:18
#"Down Satan Down" (Dub) - 3:30
#"On Fire" (The Hellish Vortex Sessions) - 4:29
#"Robot L.O.V.E." - 3:48
#"Death Trap In 3D" - 3:21
#"Bug On My Windshield" - 3:47
#"No/Why/New York" - 4:19
#"ICE" (dub)*
#"Naginita"** "Japanese version only, previously released on the "Robot L.O.V.E." single."

Digital download

Certain bonus tracks can be obtained exclusively through digital downloads. These include:
*"EYHO Beats"
*"No/Why/New York" (Eat Your Heart Out Minimal Remix)
*"Robot L.O.V.E." (Live in Cologne 10/2007)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.eat-your-heart-out.com/ Official Eat Your Heart Out site]
* [http://www.alecempirefansite.com/ Official Alec Empire fansite]
* [http://comfortcomes.com/?page=reviews&id=2084 Review] at Comfort Comes