Controlling Crowds Part IV

by Archive

Controlling Crowds Part IV cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 October 2009
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 48:55
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Lee Pomeroy, Smiley, Jonathan Noyce, Orchestre R茅gional Cannes-Provence-C么te D'Azur, Graham Preskett, Rosko John, Darius Keeler, Tim Young, Maria Q, Dave Pen, Pollard Berrier, Anita Hill, Steve Harris

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as a direct continuation of their expansive concept album released earlier the same year, 'Controlling Crowds Part IV' concludes Archive's ambitious narrative project. The London collective seamlessly merges moody trip-hop electronics with the sweeping, atmospheric build-ups of progressive alternative rock.

Genres

Descriptors: British, conceptual, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Pills (4:14)
  2. Lines (6:04)
  3. The Empty Bottle (7:03)
  4. Remove (4:05)
  5. Come On Get High (4:41)
  6. Thought Conditioning (3:39)
  7. The Feeling Of Losing Everything (4:47)
  8. Blood In Numbers (3:05)
  9. To the End (3:54)
  10. Pictures (3:54)
  11. Lunar Bender (3:23)

Credits

  • Jonathan Noyce - bass, synth [moog bass]
  • Danny Griffiths - effects [sound effects], written-by, keyboards, programmed by [programming by], Programmed By
  • Steve Harris - guitar, written-by
  • Dave Pen - vocals, written-by, guitar, Keyboards
  • Maria Q - vocals, written-by
  • Pollard Berrier - vocals, written-by, guitar, programmed by [programming by], keyboards, Chorus [Arrangements By], Backing Vocals, Effects [Sound Effects], Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements By], Programmed By
  • Rosko John - vocals, written-by
  • Steve Watts - organ [hammond organ]
  • Archive - Primary Artist
  • Steve Davis - Bass
  • Eltham Choral Society - Choir
  • Darius Keeler - Chorus [Arrangements By], Keyboards, Programmed By, Written-By, Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements By], Engineer, Chorus [Choral Arrangements By], Piano
  • Graham Preskett - Chorus [Arrangements By], Arranged By [Orchestral Arraengements By], Piano [Additional], Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements By], Chorus [Arrangemetns By], Chorus [Choral Arrangements By], Arranged By [Aorchestral Arrangements By], Piano
  • Smiley - Drums
  • J茅r么me Devoise - Engineer
  • Pete Barraclough - Engineer, Guitar
  • Philippe Bender - Directed By [Artistic Director]
  • Orchestre R茅gional Cannes-Provence-C么te D'Azur - Orchestra
  • Anita Hill - Triangle
  • Lee Pomeroy - Mellotron
  • J茅r么me Devoise - edited by [protools editing by], mixed by, producer [all songs produced by], engineer
  • ie Music Ltd. - management
  • Tim Young - mastered by
  • Charlie Hugall - recorded by [the dairy recording assisted by]

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