''O Soundtrack My Heart'' is the second album by
PVT (still under the band's original name, Pivot) – their first on
Warp Records
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. It was released on 9 August 2008 in Australia, and 18 August in Europe.
The album was produced by Pivot in Sydney via London throughout 2006, tracked by Scott Horscroft, mixed by
John McEntire (
Tortoise
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,
The Sea and Cake
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) in May 2007 and mastered by Noel Sommerville (
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,
White Stripes
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).
The album's cover art contains images by French artist
Michel Granger
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who was also responsible for the sleeve of
Jean Michel Jarre
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's album ''
Oxygène
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''. Indeed, the sleeve of ''O Soundtrack My Heart'' bears a thematic similarity to the cover of Jarre's ''
Oxygène 7–13'' album.
In 2009 the song "Fool in Rain" was covered by Scott Herren's 'Diamond Watch Wrists' for the ''
Warp20 (Recreated)
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'' compilation.
Reception
Track listing
#October – 1:52
#In The Blood – 4:34
#O Soundtrack My Heart – 5:40
#Fool in Rain – 3:09
#Sing, You Sinners – 3:38
#Sweet Memory – 5:47
#Love Like I – 4:54
#Didn't I Furious – 3:30
#Epsilon – 6:31
#Nothing Hurts Machine – 4:58
#My Heart Like Marching Band – 3:44
References
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PVT (band) albums
2008 albums