- electronic, pop, jazz, synth-pop
- 52 min
- 13 tracks
- PolyGram
Shapes and Patterns is the fifth studio album by British pop group Swing Out Sister. It was first released in Japan in March 1997 on Mercury Records, and in Europe and the United States the following year.
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Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- 1Somewhere in the World3:45
- 2Here and Now5:07
- 3We Could Make It Happen5:13
- 4Shapes and Patterns0:53
- 5Better Make It Better5:23
- 6Something Out of This World5:03
- 7Joe Meek's Cat0:23
- 8Stoned Soul Picnic5:08
- 9You Already Know4:35
- 10Always5:06
- 11Now You're Not Here4:36
- 12Icy Cold as Winter5:13
- 13Shapes and Patterns (reprise)1:23
13 tracks, 52 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Swing Out Sister
- Label
- PolyGram
- Released
- 1997
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- JP
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