Request (The Awakening album)

Request
Studio album by The Awakening
Released	April 1998
Recorded	1997 Nytesound Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa
Genre	Gothic rock
Label	Intervention Arts
Producer	Ashton Nyte
The Awakening chronology
Risen (1997) Request (1998) Ethereal Menace (1999)

Request is the second album by South African Gothic rock band The Awakening released during April 1998. Taking a step towards the New Romantic sound, Request brought the band more exposure and club rotation with three singles as well as their first music video for "Rain."

Recording

A calmer, mellower and darker album than its predecessor, Request's singles "Maree", "Rain" and "Before I Leap" saw much success with radio and club rotation.^[1] A music video was shot for "Rain" by director Katinka Harrod. In March 1999, the album was re-released on Intervention Arts with the bonus track "The Safety Dance," a cover of the hit by the 1980s synthpop band Men Without Hats.

Track listing

All songs written by Ashton Nyte.

1. "Request"
2. "To Give"
3. "Rain"
4. "Carnival"
5. "Before I Leap"
6. "Maree"
7. "Tamzin"
8. "Marked"
9. "In the Unholy"
10. "Where Roses Grow"
11. "Myst"
    Bonus tracks on United States re-release:
12. "Before I Leap (dub-coma mix)"
13. "The Safety Dance"
14. "Request (reprise)"

References