Plutonium Glow


Plutonium Glow is a 1997 studio album by American vocalist Vanessa Daou that was re-released in 1998. The album was an early example of Internet-based marketing for music and has received positive reviews from critics.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Stanton Swihart writing that "Plutonium Glow... while still intensely sweaty, shifts its focus to the stars" and "Daou has a voice like a feather that literally floats off into the crisp night air, leaving the listener with a sweet but sometimes sorrowful aftertaste". A review in Billboard calling this a "fine" album that "meld sensual, often enlightening lyrics with smooth, warmly ambient dance grooves". A 2022 review from Imran Khan of PopMatters of the 1998 re-release edition of this album stated that this album was influential on subsequent rave music culture and he praised the music's "subtle change in dynamics" and "coolly-mannered, thoughtful, and thought-provoking poetry".

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Daou and Vanessa Daou.
1997 Handprint Entertainment release
  1. "Life on a Distant Star" – 4:12
  2. "Plutonium Glow" – 3:58
  3. "Peculiar" – 3:50
  4. "Make Believe" – 3:53
  5. "Lightening" – 1:55
  6. "Zero G" – 4:18
  7. "Mouth to Mouth" – 3:59
  8. "Red Dawn" – 3:04
  9. "Cherries in the Snow" – 3:41
  10. "Flower of My Fears" – 2:03
  11. "How Far" – 3:50
  12. "Visions of You" – 4:01
  13. "Truth Remains" – 2:56
  14. "Back to the World" – 5:58
1998 Oxygen Music re-release
  1. "Alive" – 4:09
  2. "Make Believe" – 3:51
  3. "Peculiar" – 3:49
  4. "Back to the World" – 5:57
  5. "Life on a Distant Star" – 4:12
  6. "Zero G" – 4:18
  7. "Mouth to Mouth" – 3:59
  8. "Truth Remains" – 2:54
  9. "Lightening" – 1:53
  10. "Plutonium Glow" – 3:58
  11. "Flower of My Fears" – 2:02
  12. "Cherries in the Snow" – 3:42
  13. "How Far" – 3:49
  14. "Red Dawn" – 3:05

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