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1999 studio album by Art of Racket

The Seduction of Claude Debussy
Studio album by Art of Noise
Released	28 June 1999 (United Kingdom) 1 December 1999 (Japan)
Recorded	1998–1999
Genre	Atmospheric drum and bass, electronica, breakbeat, alternative hip hop
Length	56:42
Label	ZTT Records Universal UD-53235
Producer	Trevor Horn Anne Dudley
Art of Noise chronology
Below the Waste matter (1989) The Seduction of Claude Debussy (1999) And What Have You lot Done with My Body, God? (2006)

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The Seduction of Claude Debussy is the fifth and concluding studio album by Fine art of Noise, released in June 1999 in the United Kingdom and the United States, and December 1999 in Nippon. It features a line-upwards of Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, Paul Morley and Lol Creme, forth with other appearances from John Hurt, soprano Sally Bradshaw, Rakim, and Donna Lewis. Equally information technology had been 10 years since their final album, this album carries a completely unlike audio to that which had defined their four previous albums. The group blended the music of French impressionist composer Claude Debussy with drum and bass, opera, hip hop, jazz, and narration, to create a concept anthology which they described as "the soundtrack to a film that wasn't made about the life of Claude Debussy."^[2]

The anthology was appear in mid-1998 equally being due for release by the stop of that year,^[three] but did not release until mid-1999. The album was only released on CD and MiniDisc formats. The Britain edition was released 28 June 1999, while the Usa edition was released 29 June 1999. The Japan edition was released 1 December 1999.

Rail listings [edit]

Standard editions [edit]

The about widely available, commercial editions of the anthology were released in the Britain, US, Canada, and French republic, and independent these tracks:

1. "Il Pleure (At the Turn of the Century)" – viii:02
2. "Born on a Sunday" – 4:40
3. "Dreaming in Colour" – 6:42
4. "On Being Blue" – 4:58
5. "Connected in Color" – 1:nineteen
6. "Rapt: In the Evening Air" – iv:21
7. "Metaforce" – 3:44
8. "The Holy Egoism of Genius" – 7:56
9. "La Flûte de Pan" – 2:45
10. "Metaphor on the Floor" – 2:06
11. "Gauge Mood Swing No. two" – two:14
12. "Interruption" – 2:thirty
13. "Out of This World [Version 138]" – v:27

U.s. bonus disc [edit]

The offset US edition of the anthology, released 29 June 1999, was a ii-disc set, with the 2d disc containing the following tracks:

1. "Metaforce" – iv:55
2. "Metaforce: The Sighs of a Metaphor" (remix by Roni Size) – vi:37
3. "Metaforce: The Size of a Metaphor" (remix by Roni Size) – 5:41
4. "Metaforce: The Beat of a Metaphor" (remix by Rhythm Masters) – 6:54

Japanese edition [edit]

The Japanese edition, released one December 1999, was a CD-Actress containing the following audio tracks (some of which are slightly different mixes from the standard edition, despite similar durations):

1. "Il Pleure (At the Turn of the Century)" – 8:02
2. "Born on a Sun" – 4:39
3. "Dreaming in Colour" – vi:42
4. "On Beingness Blue" – 4:58
5. "Continued in Colour" – 1:20
6. "Rapt: In the Evening Air" – 4:22
7. "Metaforce" – 3:43
8. "Holy Egoism of Genius" – 7:57
9. "La Flûte de Pan" – ii:45
10. "Metaphor on the Floor" – 2:05
11. "Approximate Mood Swing No. 2" – 2:11
12. "Pause" – 2:29
13. "Metaforce – The Size of a Metaphor: Mix by Roni Size" – 5:xl
14. "Dreaming: Colour Green (Brothers in Rhythm via Fine art of Noise)" – 5:22
15. "Out of This Globe [Version 138]" – 5:25

The CD-ROM portion of the disc contained the "Metaforce" video in a QuickTime format.

Pre-release promo/The Product of Claude Debussy [edit]

A promotional version mixed by Trevor Horn, released several months in accelerate in the US, Canada, and UK (CD-R only in the Britain) and later on the At The Finish of the Century compilation, independent the same tracks in a slightly different sequence and with some mixing differences in "Born on a Sunday" and with "Dreaming in Colour" existence ane continuous rails instead of split into ii.

This version, retitled the "producer's cutting" was included on the 2015 compilation Art of Noise At the Finish of A Century. It was given a stand-alone digital release as The Production of Claude Debussy in 2022.^[iv]

1. "Il Pleure (At the Turn of the Century)" – 8:03
2. "Built-in on a Lord's day" – 4:37
3. "Dreaming in Colour" – viii:33
4. "On Being Blue" – 5:09
5. "Rapt: In the Evening Air" – 4:21
6. "Metaforce" – 3:44
7. "Holy Egoism of Genius" – seven:56
8. "La Flûte de Pan" – 2:31
9. "Out of This World [Version 138]" – 5:xvi
10. "Metaphor on the Floor" – ii:06
11. "Guess Mood Swing No. ii" – ii:xiv
12. "Pause" – 2:31

Reduction [edit]

Reduction, released in 2000, was a express edition album consisting mainly of outtakes from The Seduction of Claude Debussy. It was available every bit a separate item in some regions, or equally the 2nd disc in a 2-disc ready in other regions. Most editions had the following tracks:

1. "Identity Crisis"
2. "Motive"
3. "(New York London Paris) Spleen"
4. "Saluting the point of no return"
5. "Homo And Male child"
6. "Information"
7. "And I Placed My Fingers On Her Eyes Equally Though I Was Touching The Silent Controls Of A Idiot box"

The version of Reduction in the French two-disc edition added a remix of "Dreaming in Colour":

1. "Identity Crisis"
2. "Motive"
3. "(New York London Paris) Spleen"
4. "Saluting the point of no render"
5. "Man And Boy"
6. "Data"
7. "Dreaming: Maroon"
8. "And I Placed My Fingers On Her Eyes Equally Though I Was Touching The Silent Controls Of A TV Gear up"

Custom CD offer [edit]

From 24 June through 30 September 1999, people who purchased the US edition of The Seduction of Claude Debussy from certain vendors received, by e-mail, a lawmaking which could be used to society a custom CD-R containing 5 to 12 (initially, 5 to ten) previously unreleased tracks from the group's early years, with i of three titles, each with its own comprehend art. The titles available to cull from were equally follows:

• Bashful
• Belief Organization
• An Actress Pulse of Beauty

The tracks available were the following:

• "A Time to Hear (Who's Listening?)" – 3:34
• "Who's Afraid (of Scale)" – 4:38
• "Resonance" – 2:xiv
• "Beat Box (Diverted)" – 8:12
• "Memory Loss" – 1:27
• "Beat Box (One Made Earlier)" – ii:27
• "Structure" – one:14
• "A Time to Clear (Up)" – 4:19
• "Beat Box (Diversion)" – 4:09
• "The Subject Has Moved Left" – 1:46
• "Closer (to the Edit)" – 6:23
• "Resin" – three:twenty

Personnel [edit]

Featured artists

• Anne Dudley – Keyboards, Orchestral Arrangement, Vox, Piano
• Trevor Horn – Bass, Vox, Keyboards
• Paul Morley – Keyboards, Vocalisation
• Lol Creme – Guitar, Keyboards, Vox

Guest Personnel

• John Injure – Narrator
• Emerge Bradshaw – Vocals (tracks: 1 to 5, eight to 13)
• Jamie Muhoberac – Keyboards (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8)
• Rakim – Vocals (tracks: half-dozen, seven, 10)
• Donna Lewis – Vocals (tracks: 3, 5)

Chart positions [edit]

The anthology reached No.150 on the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Albums Chart on 7 Oct 1999.^[v] The "Metaforce" single (ZTT 129 CD) reached No.53 on the UK Singles Nautical chart on 26 June 1999.^[v]

References [edit]

1. ^ Cranna, Ian. "Review: Art Of Noise – The Seduction Of Claude Debussy". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 104.
2. ^ Zupko, Sarah. "Fine art of Noise: The Seduction of Claude Debussy". PopMatters . Retrieved 29 December 2007.
3. ^ "Billboard". Billboard. 13 June 1998. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
4. ^ "Seduction - The Producer's Cut". 11 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Chart Log United kingdom 1994–2008 A – Azzido Da Bass". Retrieved three May 2011.

External links [edit]

• The Seduction of Claude Debussy at MusicBrainz
• The Seduction of Claude Debussy at Discogs with album credits

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