From Acid to Zen is the second compilation album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang. It is the band's first album released exclusively for the American market and consists mainly of previously released material, in addition to two new songs, "The One" and "Savior Soul". It was released on September 9, 2008.[1]

From Acid to Zen
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2008
Studio
  • Grand Sport Studio
  • Studio 4 Recording
GenreRock
LabelOglio Records
Producer
BigBang chronology
Something Special - The Best of Bigbang
(2007)
From Acid to Zen
(2008)
Edendale
(2009)

Reception

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David Fricke of Rolling Stone chose the album as his "Fricke's Pick", calling it a "big step in a bigger gamble", and described it as a "shotgun buffet, like those early U.S. LPs by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones that combined album tracks and singles from unrelated sessions, and it succeeds the same way: like an instant greatest-hits record".[2][1]

Track list

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No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Early December"Too Much Yang3:03
2."Wild Bird" (2008 version)Electric Psalmbook3:26
3."One"New release3:21
4."Saturn Freeway"Poetic Terrorism3:01
5."Hurricane Boy"Too Much Yang2:34
6."My First Time"Too Much Yang3:23
7."Savior Soul"New release3:16
8."From A Distance"Poetic Terrorism3:52
9."Wherever You Are"Poetic Terrorism4:13
10."From Acid To Zen"Poetic Terrorism3:46
11."Where The World Comes To An End" (2008 version)Frontside Rock'n'Roll4:23

Personnel

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Bigbang

Additional personnel

  • Phil Nicolo – producer, mixer
  • Christian Engfelt – engineer
  • David Larring – engineer
  • Sylvia Massy – mixer
  • Michael Ilbert – mixer
  • Rich Veltrop – mixer
  • Patricia Sullivan – mastering

References

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  1. ^ a b Gonsholt Ighanian, Catherine, VG (November 14, 2008). Rolling Stone hyller Bigbang (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Fricke, David, Rolling Stone (October 2008). A Better Bangalt Archived 2009-09-07 at the Wayback Machine