Daft is a compilation collecting Art of Noise LP Who's Afraid of the Art Of Noise?

Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?

The Art of Noise! was Art of Noise's debut full-length album, released in 1984, and featured the UK hit singles "Close " which reached No 8 in the UK chart in November 1984 and the double-A sided "Moments in Love"/"Beat Box," which made it to no. 51 during April 1985 in the UK.-Track listing:All...

(with one track, "Snapshot", appearing in a longer version than on the original UK LP, but previously released on the Japanese version), along with portions of the Into Battle with the Art of Noise

Into Battle with the Art of Noise

Into Battle with the Art of Noise is an EP by the Art of Noise—its first release, and also the first release by ZTT Records. The record represented the first instalment in the ZTT's Incidental Series ....

EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 and "Moments in Love" remix single. It gives a fairly thorough overview of the Trevor Horn

Trevor Horn

Trevor Charles Horn CBE is an English pop music record producer, songwriter, musician and singer. He was born in Houghton-le-Spring in north-east England....

 period of the group, prior to its split from the ZTT label

ZTT Records

ZTT Records is a record label founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn, and businesswoman Jill Sinclair. The label's name was also printed as "Zang Tumb Tuum" and "Zang Tuum Tumb" on various releases....

. The compilation is also notable for its amusingly venomous liner notes by Paul Morley

Paul Morley

Paul Morley is an English journalist, who wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983, during one of its most successful periods, and has since written for a wide range of publications...

 (under the pseudonym Otto Flake), attacking the new incarnation of the group.
In 2003 the album was re-released on Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard...

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Track listing

1. "Love" (aka "Moments In Love (Beaten)")
2. "A Time For Fear (Who's Afraid)"
3. "Beat Box (Diversion One)
   Beat Box (song)
   "Beat Box" is the debut single released by the British group Art of Noise in 1983. The track, one of the world's very first and most influential Hip-Hop hits intended as an instrumental, originally appeared on the 12" EP Into Battle with the Art of Noise, recorded during the same sessions as...
   
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4. "The Army Now"
5. "Donna"
6. "Memento"
7. "How to Kill"
8. "Realisation"
9. "Who's Afraid (Of the Art of Noise)"
10. "Moments in Love"
11. "Bright Noise"
12. "Flesh in Armour"
13. "Comes and Goes"
14. "Snapshot"
15. "Close (To the Edit)
    Close (to the Edit)
    "Close " was a single by Art of Noise, released on various formats in May 1984. It was closely related to their earlier single "Beat Box", though the two tracks were developed as separate pieces from an early stage....
    
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16. "(Three Fingers Of) Love" (aka "Lovebeat")