THE SEDUCTION OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Album
Compact Disc
Record Label:
ZTT
Catalogue Number:
ZTT130CDX
CD Catalogue Number:
ZTT130CD
Audio:
Stereo
Release Date:
28th June 1999
Country:
United Kingdom
1999
ZTT Records Ltd.
 © 1999
ZTT Records Ltd.
Made in the
UK by PDMC
Distributed by
Pinnacle
Barcode:
5 030094 033320
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Details

01.  IL PLEURE (AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY [8:02]
02.  BORN ON A SUNDAY [4:40]
03.  DREAMING IN COLOUR [6:42]
04.  ON BEING BLUE [4:58]
05.  CONTINUED IN COLOUR [1:19]
06.  RAPT: IN THE EVENING AIR [4:21]
07.  METAFORCE [3:44]
08.  THE HOLY EGOISM OF GENIUS [7:56]
09.  LA FLÛTE DE PAN [2:45]
10.  METAPHOR ON THE FLOOR [2:06] 
11.  APPROXIMATE MOOD SWING NO: 2 [2:14]
12.  PAUSE [2:30]
13.  OUT OF THIS WORLD (Version 138) [5:27]

Written by Art of Noise: Anne Dudley published by Buffalo Music Ltd. administered by A.E. Copyrights Ltd. (PRS)
Lol Creme published by Splat Music Inc. administered by Perfect Songs Ltd./SPZ Music Inc.
Trevor Horn published by Unforgettable Songs Ltd./SPZ Music Inc. Paul Morley published by Perfect Songs Ltd./SPZ Music Inc.
except 2. Written by Art of Noise and Henry Jackman, published by Quadra Publishing
6, 7 & 10. Written by Art of Noise and Rakim, published by 18th Letter Music Publishing (BMI).
Music and French text extracted from the works of Claude Debussy, Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire, Stephane Mallardmé, Paul Bourget,
Pierre Louys. Text by Paul Bourget featured in Dreaming In Colour and On Being Blue with authorisation of Jobet Music Publishing.
 
Produced by Trevor Horn and guessed by the Art of Noise
 
With special guests: John Hurt (as the narrator), Sally Bradshaw (as the singer), Rakim (as the gyrator), Donna Lewis (as the dreamer)
and Carol Kenyon (as the singer too).
 
Donna Lewis appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation
Rakim appears courtesy of Universal Records
David's Daughters appear courtest of ZTT Records

Co-producers: 2. Henry Jackman, 3. Way Out West, 7. Shark Tank, 10. Ollie J
 
Recorded and Protools by Tim Weidner for Sarm Management
 
Played, pretended and seduced by Art of Noise: Lol Creme - guitar, voice and keyboards
Anne Dudley - piano, orchestral arrangement, voice and keyboards • Trevor Horn - bass, voice and keyboards
Paul Morley - metaphors, voice and keyboards
 
Additional engineers: Roger Dudley, Tom Elmhirst, Andy Gallimore, Marc Lane, Richard Lowe, Michael Perfitt, Mike Ross, Tim Wills, Paul Wright
Assistant engineers: Dan Bierton, Alex Black, Andre Coulam, Matt Coward, Andy Davies, Jamie Hart,Marc Lane, Iain Roberton,
Malook Singh Kundan, Dan Vickers
 
Technical assistance: Justin Fraser, Alexander Areteos
 
Production co-ordination: Augusta Quiney, Debbie Caponetta
 
Mastered by Steve Marcussen at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles and Ian Cooper at Metropolis Mastering, London
 
Digital editing by C. Tyler and Spencer Chrislu
 
Mixed by Tim Weidner except 6, 11 & 13. Mixed by Richard Lowe
 
John Hurt: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 13.Sally Bradshaw: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 13, (sampled) 10, 12. • Fiona Copeland - vocals: 1. Earl Harvin - drums: 1, 4.
Jamie Muchoberac - bass and keyboards 1, 6, 8. keyboards: 3, orchestral treatments: 12. • Ramon Stagnaro - acoustic guitar: 1, 4.
Paul Waller - drum programming: 1, 6, bass programming: 3, drum and bass programming: 8, rhythm programming: 11
David McCracken - drum programming: 1. Carol Kenyon: 2. Henry Jackman - drum programming: 2. • Donna Lewis - vocals: 3.
David's Daugters - vocals: 3. Niki Harris - vocals: 3. • Stewart Levine - saxophone: 3.Alex Acuna - percussion: 3, 8.
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion: 3, 8. Philippa Davies - flute: 4. Tim Weidner - drum programming: 4, midi: 9. Rakim: 6, 7, (sampled) 10.
Hassan - vocal: 7.DJ Sond - decks: 7.Sharktank - Rhythm arrangement: 7. Dan Vickers - string pad: 7. • Ollie J - drum programming: 10.
Lalo Creme - 303 programming: 10. • Andy Richards: Rhythm programming: 11.
 
Our thanks to JJ Jeczalik and Gary Langan, two of the original founder members of the Art of Noise, Jill Sinclair and those at Zang Tuum Tumb who know who they are, all of those across the Universal, Liam Teeling, for having  a way with words you could not weigh, the Perfect people, Richie Hopson who dreamt with us all the way Lola Weidner and her Sarmettes who sarmed us to the teeth, Michael Guido, Willie Williams, Sharon Blankson, Karen Nicholson, Valerie Philips, Elizabeth Levy, Robin Raj, Karen Elliot at Air-Edel, the Air-Edel people, David Gentle, Billy McCleod, Sarah Adams, Jonathan Wingate at Outside, Green Ink, Faber & Faber for 'Remembering Debussy', John Bland, Justin Murphy, Dreamchaser Productions, Liberty (Sounds Ahead Digital), Stewart Copeland, Isaac Romanov and Albert Einstein.
 
Sleeve designed by ABA Design, Dublin in association with Art of Noise
The cover cover-up mask  photographed by Amelia Stein
Booklet photography by Clare Langan, Justin Smith and AKG London
 
Principle Management Dublin: Paul McGuinness, Susie Smith, Trevor Bowen, Susan Hunter
Principle Management New York: Keryn Kaplan, Donna Estes
 
Label Details and Matrix/Runout Info.
 

MADE IN UK BY PMDC  IMPRESS ZTT130CD 01 %
 
Digipak (outer and inner)
 
 
Booklet Pages
 
 
ZTT Questionnaire Card (front and back)
 
 
UK Chart Statistics by Millward Brown
 
Highest Chart Position: 150
 
 
 
Weeks on Chart: 1
 
 
 
Published
Week Ending
 
 
4th July 1999
10th July 1999
New Entry
150
 
 
 
 
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