Category: Wahray and Soul Album Tracks

A Lot of These Things

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Track 03  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:18
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/05-ALotOfTheseThings.mp3]		 1988
Lyrics
I found a lot of these words I was looking for
After I felt all the freedom of an open door
Yes, just a second chance helped me believe it
Now I do anything

I saw a lot of these things in your starry eyes
They helped me to get a grip and to realize
Yes, just a second chance helped me believe it
Now I do the rain dance

How can I refuse? I need no more to lose
I think that I have paid my dues, I’ve got to go home

On the edge of the farm by the stream there the red fern grows
It gives me the hope to rebound when the cold wind blows
Just need to improvise, adapt, and overcome
All of these trivial lies

How can I refuse? I need no more to lose
I think that I have paid my dues, I’ve got to go home

Now on the edge of the farm, there the red fern grows
It gives me the hope to rebound when the cold wind blows
Just need to improvise, adapt, and overcome
All of these trivial lies

How can I refuse? I need no more to lose
I think that I have paid my dues, I’ve got to go home

Composition © 1988 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on July 21, 1988
Recorded July 1988
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Ricter Synths, Guitar, Vocals

Listener Guide
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Analysis: This is actually the oldest recording of the regular collection. It was composed and recorded late at night out of boredom, which is evident in the hushed (almost whispered) vocals and directly plugged guitars with no breath or presence whatsoever. It is also an early example of the “Ricter”, an electronic sampling of a guitar fed through anad played with sampling keyboard. Although not highly regarded at the time, this song has cme to symbolize the best of the early experimental stuff in the “evolution of noise”.

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Can’t Get Back

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Track 02  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:27
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/02-Can’tGetBack.mp3]		 1987
Lyrics
Can’t get back, get back home
Can’t get back, get back home

Well, I was down and out and lonely on a summer night
When I found my world deep inside your dreams
Now what is this? Now hold on! How can this be right?
I found my love was sinking with your screams

But I’m alone again, yes I’m on my own
Can’t even take a breather inside my own home
Because you can’t get back when you’re own
Never on track when you lose the tone

Can’t get back, get back home
Can’t get back, get back home

Well, I was high and low and heavy since I lost the way
I looked around to find some brand new dreams
There was laughter in the night until I found the day
I found my love was sinking with your schemes

But I’m alone again, yes I’m on my own
Can’t even take a breather inside my own home
Because you can’t get back when you’re own
Never on track when you lose the tone

Composition © 1987, 1990 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on June 19, 1987
Recorded Spring 1990
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 and Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Acoustic Guitars, All Vocals

Listener Guide
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Analysis: This song was totally rebuilt in 1990 from the original in 1987, which used electric guitars and did not include the intro hook. Nevertheless, it comes across as an early folk song, which was the intent all along.

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I Think I’m Losing My Brain

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Track 01  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:02
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/01-IThinkI’mLosingMyBrain.mp3]		 1987
Lyrics
I think I’m losing my brain, going insane
I think I’m losing my brain

Don’t stop but turn around, look who’s back in town
It’s me again
Scream but don’t make a sound, laugh but don’t play the clown
Or you’ll see your end

Next time we’ll wonder if the world is really round
And how some of its creatures
Claim they can scream but not make a sound, it’s very strange

Live for the right to stop, aim for the very top
But never try to reach it
Act like your life’s the best, ready for the final test
But don’t ever preach it

Some people laugh at me and say I’m kind of strange
That’s ’cause I live my dreams while they let theirs slip away

And when your soul grows tired, flee from the shots they fire
But don’t look away – don’t look away!
‘Cause if you flee the show, all your secrets they will know
And then you well pay, oh yeah, uh huh

Composition © 1987, 1990 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on April 10, 1987
Recorded Spring 1990
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drums, Vocals

Listener Guide
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Analysis: One of the first songs written during the very first, experimental sessions in April 1987. Even in its earliest form, the song was written with a free-style lead guitar above a simple, repetitive bass line, but this 1990 recording really brought out the best of that formula. The lyrics point out the contradictions of life.

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