Noir (William Control album)
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| Studio album by William Control | ||||
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Publication |
June 8, 2010 |
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| Label (s) | Victory Records | |||
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Format (s) |
CD |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
45:13 |
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William Control |
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Studio (s) |
Sleepy Hollow Studio, Day Creek |
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Noir is the second studio album by the US electronica band William Control .
Emergence
Wil Francis and Zombie Nicholas (Nick Wiggins) worked after the debut album Hate Culture again with Kenneth Fletcher from Aiden and Stephen Jeffreys on the second album. Francis, Nicholas, and Fletcher wrote foreplay together . Jeffreys contributed the more than ten-minute epilogue . The noir that gave the album its title was created together with Luke Barnes . Can't Help Falling in Love is a cover version of the hit song by Elvis Presley . All other titles were written by Francis and Wiggins. I'm Only Human Sometimes alludes to the novel and film So Darkly the Night ; Dorian Gray tells the story of the same name from the perspective of the protagonist in Oscar Wilde's novel.
The album was recorded and produced by the band themselves in Sleepy Hollow Studios near San Francisco.
I'm Only Human Sometimes was released as a single three weeks before the album was released. The record company Victory Records, which also sells fan merchandise, included a pair of unisex underpants with the band's logo printed on the album when pre-ordered.
Track list
| title | length |
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| Une advertisement | 1:24 |
| foreplay | 1:06 |
| All due restraint | 3:09 |
| I'm only human sometimes | 3:30 |
| Can't Help Falling in Love | 3:22 |
| Why Dance with the Devil, When You Have Me? | 4:10 |
| My Lady Dominate | 4:02 |
| Soliloquy | 3:56 |
| Dorian Gray featuring Ashley Costello , and Jeffree Star | 3:47 |
| Ultrasound | 2:53 |
| Noir | 2:32 |
| Epilogue | 11:22 |
Remarks
- Track 4 contains quotes from the novel and film Let The Right One In .
- Track 9 is about The Portrait of Dorian Gray and is told from the perspective of the main character.
reception
Faye Lewis from the online magazine Rocksound.tv awards 7 out of 10 points, compares Soliloquy with Leonard Cohen and says about the Elvis cover: “When William decides to cover Elvis' Can't Help Falling In Love however there's a distorted cluttering of acoustic overload amidst the electronica infused tracks obscuring the better moments. "(" However, with William's decision to cover Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis, one hears a distorted rumble of acoustic oversteer in the middle of the electronically influenced ones that obscure the better moments. " )
Jason Pettigrew from Alternative Press awards 3.5 out of 5 stars and judges; " Noir , the second installation in the Control canon, finds Francis abusing his hard drive with distortion ( Vorspiel ) and big club beats ( All Due Restraint )" (In " Noir , the second installation in Control canon, Francis is found abusing his hard drive with distortion ( foreplay ) and powerful clubbeats ( All Due Restraint ) ”).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ William Control Package: Noir CD and Underwear Package. In: victoryrecords.com. Retrieved December 2, 2011 .
- ^ Faye Lewis: William Control - Noir. In: rocksound.tv. Retrieved December 2, 2011 .
- ^ Jason Pettigrew: Noir from William Control. In: altpress.com. Retrieved December 2, 2011 .