Letting the Cables Sleep

by Bush

Letting the Cables Sleep cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 28 March 2000
  • Label: Trauma Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 18:24
  • Community rating: 3.46/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: David Lasserson, Sacha Puttnam, Robin Taylor-Firth, Barry Nolan, Tom Elmhirst, Rosie Wetters, Alison Dods, Claire Ashby, Gavin Rossdale, Nightmares on Wax

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The final single from 'The Science of Things', 'Letting the Cables Sleep' is the London band's most subdued recording, Gavin Rossdale's lyric, written following the death of a close friend, carried on piano and strings. Its restraint contrasts with the album's electronic rock production.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, death, disease, melodic, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Letting The Cables Sleep (Edit) (4:30)
  2. Letting The Cables Sleep (The N.O.W. Mix) (5:21)
  3. Letting The Cables Sleep (Apocalyptica Remix) (3:57)
  4. Letting The Cables Sleep (Original Demo) (4:36)

Credits

  • Rosie Wetters - cello, written-by [strings written by]
  • Sacha Puttnam - piano, written-by [strings written by]
  • Wired Strings - strings [strings performed by]
  • Eicca Toppinen - arranged by [cellos arranged by]
  • Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley - recorded by [additional recording by]
  • DJ E.A.S.E. - producer [produced by], mixed by, remix [herbalised by]
  • Tom Elmhirst - recorded by, mixed by
  • Bruce Wood - engineer [engineered by]
  • Nightmares On Wax - remix
  • Juha Heininen - recorded by [cellos recorded by]
  • Hiili Hiilesmaa - remix [remixed by]

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