(Who's Afraid of?) The Art of Noise!

by Art of Noise

(Who's Afraid of?) The Art of Noise! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 October 1984
  • Label: ZTT
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 41:13
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J.J. Jeczalik

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Utilizing the Fairlight CMI to its absolute limits, the Art of Noise constructed a brilliantly surreal, heavily synthesized masterpiece of plunderphonics and avant-garde pop. The album splices unexpected vocal samples, industrial clatter, and booming electronic beats into a playful, highly futuristic, and fiercely eclectic dance record. It remains a groundbreaking, incredibly quirky monument of 80s sampling technology.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, avant-garde, instrumental, melodic, noisy, progressive, repetitive, rhythmic, sampling

Tracklist

  1. A Time For The Fear (Who's Afraid) (4:44)
  2. Beat Box (Diversion 1) (8:32)
  3. Snapshot (1:02)
  4. Close (To The Edit) (5:36)
  5. Who's Afraid (Of The Art Of Noise) (4:20)
  6. Moments In Love (10:15)
  7. Momento (2:11)
  8. How To Kill (2:43)
  9. Realisation (1:45)

Credits

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