Tyco is the eighth studio album by Malaysian boy band, KRU and their first and only release under the name Tyco, which was their virtual artist project launched in 2000. The album was released on 14 December 2000 by EMI Music Malaysia.
Background and release After releasing studio albums as KRU, the KRU brothers began working on new music and came up with Tyco, Malaysia's first 3D virtual group in 2000. According to KRU, Tyco was an experimental project where they plays the key role as virtual artists behind animated characters, a concept which was new to the Malaysian music industry at the time.
For the album and Tyco themselves, KRU incorporated a futuristic concepts with the combination of acoustic and aggressive instrumental. Like their previous albums which they recorded as KRU, Tyco also contains both Malay and English songs.Cover sleeve production credits for Tyco (2000). The album was produced by KRU, with Yusry and Edry handling the arrangements and instruments.
Tyco was released on 14 December 2000 to popular success. Three singles were released from the album: "Bidadari", "With U" and "Saat Ku Pejamkan Mata". Music videos were produced for "Bidadari" and "With U", utilising computer-generated imagery (CGI).
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from Tyco booklet liner notes.
KRU – vocals, backing vocals, mixer, composer, lyrics, arranger, producer, instruments, engineer Mohd Arzmy – executive producer Kelly – bass As – instruments Cody – instruments Iqmal Ali – A&R Tarmizi "Miji" Mokhtar – A&R Rina – A&R Ajoi – engineer Ijan – engineer Suzanne Kong – graphics Erland Kok – promotion
Release history RegionRelease dateFormatLabelMalaysia14 December 2000CD, Digital downloadEMI Music Malaysia
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