Eclectric (Svoy album)

Eclectric is the first solo album by Svoy. It was originally released independently on December 13, 2005 on Svoy's Sixteenth Republic Records and later licensed, remastered, re-packaged and re-released May 1, 2007 by Rendezvous Entertainment/Universal Music Group to generally positive critical reviews. After Rendezvous' acquisition by Mack Avenue Records in August 2008,[12] the album became part of the Mack Avenue/Sony Music Entertainment catalogue. As an import, the record gained substantial popularity in Japan and on July 8, 2009, was released by Tokyo-based Thistime Records as a 2-CD set featuring two bonus tracks on the first CD and Svoy's Consequence EP 1.0 on the second. Japan edition also featured new booklet with revised extended artwork and a separate slip with biography and lyrics translated into Japanese. In 2012, the master license to both Rendezvous/Mack Avenue and Thistime Records expired with the sound recording rights to the album reverting to Svoy. After a brief confrontation with the labels to cease distributing the album, Svoy remastered and re-released Eclectric internationally in the fall of the same year.

Eclectric
Studio album by Svoy
Released	December 13, 2005
Recorded	2003–2005
Genre	Electronica, pop, alternative rock
Length	47:10 (U.S.) 54:55 (Japan)
Label	Mack Avenue Records/Sony Music Entertainment (U.S.) Thistime Records (Japan)
Producer	Svoy
Svoy chronology
Eclectric (2005) Automatons (2009)
Alternative Cover
Japan Edition Cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Celebrity Cafe	[1]
YouSuckIRule	(favorable)[2]
Hybrid Magazine	(favorable)[3]
Arjan Writes	(favorable)[4]
Artist Direct	(favorable)[5]
PopMatters	[6]
TourDates.co.uk	(unfavorable)[7]
antiMusic.com	(mixed)[8]
Flake Records	(favorable)[9]
Bounce Magazine	(favorable)[10]
Music talks.	(7.3/10)[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Driving Away"	Svoy	3:36
2.	"The Other Side"	Svoy	4:01
3.	"I Don't Love"	Svoy	3:27
4.	"On My Own"	Svoy	3:36
5.	"Make You Mine"	Svoy	3:45
6.	"Cared More"	Svoy	4:36
7.	"One Night Stand"	Svoy	4:11
8.	"Looking For You"	Svoy	4:06
9.	"Stronger Than Wind"	Svoy	4:08
10.	"Shy"	Svoy	7:31
11.	"Eclectric Unwinder"	Svoy	0:31
12.	"To What It Used To Be"	Svoy	4:21

Japan Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Sadness Dwells"	Svoy, Daichi Miyata	2:33
14.	"Feel"	Svoy	5:12

Personnel

• Svoy – keyboards, vocals, producer, programming, vocal arrangement, sound engineering, mixing, mastering (track 13, 14; 2012 remastered version), artwork revision (Japan edition; 2012 version)
• Myles D'Marco – guitar (track 7)
• A-ux – co-production (track 8)
• Steve Fallone – mastering
• Daichi Miyata – co-production (track 13)
• Shoshannah White – photography
• Kevin Reagan – art direction, design, photography, collages
• Lauren Taylor – design, collages, photography
• Dave Koz – executive producer
• Frank Cody – executive producer
• Hyman Katz – executive producer
• Jeff Chiang – product manager

Release history

Region	Date	Label
United States	December 13, 2005	Mack Avenue Records/Sony Music Entertainment
	May 1, 2007
Japan	July 8, 2009	Thistime Records

References

1. "The Celebrity Cafe review". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
2. YouSuckIRule review
3. Hybrid Magazine review
4. Arjan Writes review
5. Artist Direct review
6. PopMatters review
7. TourDates.co.uk review
8. antiMusic.com review
9. Flake Records review
10. Bounce Magazine review
11. Music talks. review
12. "Mack Avenue Announces Acquisition of Rendezvous Entertainment" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-10-01.