''Aurora Gory Alice'' is the first studio

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Letters to Cleo Letters to Cleo is an American alternative rock band originating from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for the 1994 single, "Here & Now", from their full-length debut album, '' Aurora Gory Alice''. The band's members are Kay Hanley, Greg McKe ...

. It was released in 1993 on

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and re-released in 1994 on

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. The first single from the album was "I See," which got little exposure (although it was later used as the music that plays during the closing credits of ''

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'' episode "Through a Lens Darkly"). However, the second single, "Here & Now", received much exposure when it was featured on the ''

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'' soundtrack a year later. The re-released version of the album contains different versions of "Rim Shak" and "Here & Now" than the original release. The difference between the two versions was that the second version had Scott Riebling playing bass, while the first release featured Brian Karp, who originally played bass and wrote music for the band. A demo version of "I See" is available on the 1998 release ''

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''.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "the record’s airy sonics,

Kay Hanley Kay Hanley is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known as the vocalist for the alternative rock band Letters to Cleo. Life and career Hanley grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts across the street from the Wahlberg family. She atte ...

’s soaring vocals and the band’s smart pop-rock songwriting make for a solid, if not especially challenging, effort."

Track listing

All songs by Letters to Cleo # "Big Star" - 4:05 # "I See" - 3:49 # "Rim Shak" - 6:01 # "Wasted" - 4:24 # "Get on With It" - 4:17 # "Here & Now" - 3:38 # "From Under the Dust" - 3:26 # "Mellie's Comin' Over" - 2:12 # "Come Around" - 4:11 # "Step Back" - 2:35

Chart positions

Album

*1995 Aurora Gory Alice The Billboard 200 No. 123 *1995 Aurora Gory Alice Heatseekers No. 3

Singles

*1995 Here & Now The Billboard Hot 100 No. 56 *1995 Here & Now Modern Rock Tracks No. 10

Credits

*Chris Gorman - Photography *Letters to Cleo - Photography *Mike Denneen - Producer, Mixing *Henk Kooistra - Mastering *Michael Eisenstein -

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, Backing Vocals *

- Guitar,

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* Stacy Jones -

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*Greg McKenna - Guitar, Backing Vocals *Scott Riebling - Bass, Backing Vocals *Antonio Oliart Ros - Mastering *John Egan - Graphic Design *Jeff Kellem - Photography *Rose LeBeau - Photography, cover photo *Pam Berry - Photography *Eric Antoniou - Photography *Brian Karp - Bass

References

{{Authority control 1993 debut albums Letters to Cleo albums