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(pŭt'ē-rūt', -rʊt') pronunciation
n.
A North American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers clustered in a raceme. Also called Adam-and-Eve.

[From the use of the sticky substance in its corm as a cement.]


AMG AllMusic Guide: Pop Albums:

Adam and Eve

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  • Artist: Catherine Wheel
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: July 29, 1997
  • Type: Contains explicit content, Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

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Even by Catherine Wheel's lofty standards, Adam and Eve is boldly realized. It's infused with unusual moods, textures, and ambitious touches -- such as built-up volume shifts, or keyboards and acoustic guitars that suggest endless wide-open spaces. The album is also an impressive thematic whole formed by two untitled tracks that start and finish the LP, with gentle connectors between songs in which chords of one tune drift quietly into the start of the next. In markedly lowering the volume throughout large passages of the album, they shine the spotlight on singer/guitarist Rob Dickinson, who alternates his smooth, cool, meditative cooing with a more yearning, emotional, arresting wail. Other guitarist Brian Futter, bassist Dave Hawes, and drummer Neil Sims negotiate a maze of hues and tints, from peaceful, pretty solitude to the most desperate pathos. 1996's release of Like Cats and Dogs (a collection culled from the group's more ponderous, subdued, nearly ambient B-sides) precipitated the album's more restrained approach and more ambitious scope. More importantly, like much of Like Cats and Dogs, the LP is again greatly influenced by Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock. So it's significant that Talk Talk's Tim Friese-Greene, who'd already produced Ferment and played on Happy Days, was called in again to play keyboards and ended up playing a major role in the album's sound, along with vaunted Pink Floyd producer Bob Ezrin and Garth Richardson. The more moody, reflective qualities that resulted are evident throughout, in the low-rumbling crash of "Broken Nose," the twinkling tones of "Ma Solituda," the near-Pink Floyd pastoral sweep of "Future Boy," the whimsical, throbbing ecstasy of "Delicious" and "Satellite," and the penultimate epic space-floaters, "Goodbye" and "For Dreaming." To put it bluntly, Adam and Eve is brilliant -- as playful as it is gripping, and as sweet as it is contentious. ~ Jack Rabid, Rovi

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Adam and Eve (album)

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Adam and Eve
Studio album by Catherine Wheel
Released 29 July 1997
Recorded AIR Studios, Metropolis Studios, London; Machine Works Studios, Vancouver
Genre Alternative rock
Length 62:44
Label Mercury
Producer Bob Ezrin, Garth Richardson, Rob Dickinson
Catherine Wheel chronology
Happy Days
(1995)		 Adam and Eve
(1997)		 Wishville
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 starslink
Pitchfork Media (4.5/10) link
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars link

Adam and Eve is the fourth full-length album by the English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel. Released in 1997 (see 1997 in music), the album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers and number 178 on the Billboard 200. The album featured more adventurous instrumentation than any prior Catherine Wheel LP, and still somewhat featured the heavy sound of their previous studio album, Happy Days.

The Big Takeover magazine named Adam and Eve its album of the year for 1997, with Radiohead's OK Computer at #2.

An alternative cover design was released in some European countries, featuring primarily a green cover with only a few of the nude models in boxes in the center. Another alternative cover design was released to Wal-Mart stores which featured a zoom-in of a piece of the original US artwork (without any nudity). In both cases, the album content was unchanged.

Although critical response was positive, notably, Rolling Stone Magazine originally planned to rate the album 4.5 stars out of 5, only to later drop it down to 3.

Some of concerts promoting this album featured actual nude models positioned in boxes onstage behind the band members.

Track listing

  1. (intro) – 1:23
  2. "Future Boy" – 5:15
  3. "Delicious" – 5:10
  4. "Broken Nose" – 5:20
  5. "Phantom of the American Mother" – 5:43
  6. "Ma Solituda"  – 5:12
  7. "Satellite" – 5:14
  8. "Thunderbird" – 6:39
  9. "Here Comes the Fat Controller" – 5:31
  10. "Goodbye" – 7:02
  11. "For Dreaming" – 7:15
  12. (outro) – 3:00

Singles

  • "Delicious" (1997)
    • Chrysalis 7243 8 84905 2 8 (Europe CD single)
      1. "Delicious" – 4:22
      2. "Future Boy" – 5:15
      3. "Judy Staring At The Sun (w/ Tanya Donelly)" – 4:01
      4. "Heal" – 6:13
    • Chrysalis 10CHS 5071, 7243 8 84905 0 4 (UK 10" vinyl single)
      1. "Delicious" – 4:22
      2. "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck" – 8:07
      3. "Crank (live in Washington D.C. 12 Sept 1997)" – 3:55
      4. "Texture (live in Washington D.C. 12 Sept 1997)" – 5:23
    • Chrysalis CDCHS 5071, 7243 8 84905 2 8 (UK CD single)
      1. "Delicious" – 4:22
      2. "Future Boy" – 5:15
      3. "Judy Staring At The Sun (w/ Tanya Donelly)" – 4:49
      4. "Heal" – 6:13
    • Chrysalis CDCHSDJ 5071 (UK promo CD single)
      1. "Delicious (edit)" – 4:13
    • Mercury MECP 270 (US promo CD single)
      1. "Delicious (edit fade)" – 3:57
      2. "Delicious (edit)" – 4:13
  • "Broken Nose" (1998)
    • Chrysalis CDCHSS 5086 (UK CD single)
      1. "Broken Nose (single version)" – 4:19
      2. "Crank (live University London Union '98)" – 4:25
      3. "Texture (live University London Union '98)" – 4:49
      4. "Black Metallic (live University London Union '98)" – 11:04
    • Chrysalis CDCHS 5086 (UK CD single)
      1. "Broken Nose (live University London Union '98)" – 5:03
      2. "Flower To Hide (live University London Union '98)" – 4:50
      3. "Heal (live University London Union '98)" – 7:09
      4. "I Want To Touch You (live University London Union '98)" – 5:50
    • Chrysalis CHS 5086 (UK 7" vinyl single)
      1. "Broken Nose"
      2. "Little Muscle (live University London Union '98)"
    • Chrysalis CDCHSDJ 5086 (UK promo CD single)
      1. "Broken Nose (single version)" – 4:19
  • "Ma Solituda" (1998)
    • Chrysalis 7243 8 85192 2 9, CDCHSS 5077 (UK CD single)
      1. "Ma Solituda" – 4:22
      2. "Delicious (single version)" – 4:15
      3. "Descending Babe" – 6:26
      4. "Paranoia" – 4:49
    • Chrysalis CHS 5077, 7243 8 85192 7 4 (UK 7" vinyl single)
      1. "Ma Solituda" – 4:20
      2. "Kill Rhythm (live in Toronto 14 Dec 1997)" – 5:13
    • Chrysalis CDCHS 5077, 7243 8 85193 2 8 (UK CD single)
      1. "Ma Solituda (Tim Friese-Greene Mix)" – 4:58
      2. "Delicious (live in Toronto 14 Dec 1997)" – 4:32
      3. "Willing To Wait" – 5:22
      4. "Lucifer" – 4:27
    • Chrysalis CDCHSDJ 5077 (UK promo CD single)
      1. "Ma Solituda (edit)" – 4:09

Personnel

Band members
Additional appearances
Production/ Graphic design
  • Bob Ezrin – producer
  • GGGarth, Rob Dickinson, Gil Norton – producer
  • Randy Staub – engineer, mixing
  • Gary Winger – engineer
  • Jon Bailey – assistant engineer
  • Darren Grahn – digital editing, assistant engineer
  • Anthony Lycenko – engineer, digital editing, assistant engineer
  • Storm Thorgerson – artwork
  • Julien Mills, Peter Curzon – artwork
  • Tony May – photography
Catherine Wheel
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
Compilations

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