Controlling Crowds
by Archive
- Type: Album
- Released: 30 March 2009
- Label: Warner Music
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:18:07
- Community rating: 3.95/5 from 8 ratings
Artists on this release: Pete Barraclough, Jonathan Noyce, Orchestre R茅gional Cannes-Provence-C么te D'Azur, Steve Harris, Steve Davis, Maria Q, Dave Pen, Rosko John, Ella Cook, Smiley
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This sprawling, multi-part progressive rock opus from the British collective features the return of original vocalist Roya Arab. The album merges orchestral arrangements with trip-hop beats and Pink Floyd-esque conceptual ambition, exploring themes of societal manipulation and dystopian surveillance. Its expansive scope solidified the group's massive cult following, particularly across continental Europe.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, progressive, conceptual, dystopian, electronic
Tracklist
- Controlling Crowds (10:09)
- Bullets (5:53)
- Words On Signs (3:59)
- Dangervisit (7:37)
- Quiet Time (5:50)
- Collapse / Collide (9:16)
- Clones (5:00)
- Bastardized Ink (3:33)
- Kings Of Speed (4:22)
- Whore (4:10)
- Chaos (5:33)
- Razed To The Ground (5:21)
- Funeral (7:19)
Credits
- Ella Cook - backing vocals
- Jonathan Noyce - bass, synth [moog bass]
- Steve Davis - bass
- Philippe Bender - directed by [artistic director]
- Smiley - drums
- Danny Griffiths - effects [sound effects], keyboards, programmed by, written-by
- Dave Pen - guitar, keyboards, vocals, written-by
- Steve Harris - guitar, written-by
- Archive - Primary Artist
- Darius Keeler - Written-By
- Pollard Berrier - Written-By
- Rosko John - Written-By