Gorgeous

by 808 State

Gorgeous cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 February 1993
  • Label: ZTT
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 56:45
  • Community rating: 3.17/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Barrington Stuart, Rachel McFarlane, Ian McCulloch, Caroline Seaman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Manchester electronic pioneers continue to bridge underground acid house with polished, chart-friendly production. 'Gorgeous' heavily incorporates guest vocalists鈥攊ncluding UB40's Ali Campbell鈥攐ver incredibly lush, highly melodic ambient house structures and driving club rhythms.

Genres

Descriptors: party, melodic, repetitive, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Plan 9 (4:03)
  2. Moses (2:57)
  3. Contrique (3:37)
  4. 10x10 (3:33)
  5. One In Ten - Edit (2:46)
  6. Europa (4:16)
  7. Orbit (4:01)
  8. Black Morpheus (4:04)
  9. Southern Cross (5:04)
  10. Nimbus (4:34)
  11. Colony (4:45)
  12. Timebomb (2:55)
  13. Stormin Norman (3:23)
  14. Sexy Dancer (3:00)
  15. Sexy Synthesizer (3:41)

Credits

  • Johnson Panas - artwork
  • Graham Massey - cgi artist [images]
  • Howard Walmsley - cgi artist [images]
  • Tony "Captain Techno" Wride - other [customised moog and arp systems]
  • Ian McCulloch - vocals, written-by
  • Bernard Sumner - written-by
  • Ian Curtis - written-by
  • Peter Hook - written-by

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