In Visible Silence
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In Visible Silence is the second full-length release by avant-garde pop group Art of Noise, and the first created by members Anne Dudley
, J. J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan
in the wake of their departure from the ZTT record label which had been the home of the group's genesis.
They had minor UK chart
success with the singles "Legs," "Paranoimia
" (the single version featuring a sample
performance by virtual
television personality Max Headroom
) and Peter Gunn. A concert performance of the album, together with earlier hits, was recorded in Hammersmith, London and released on VHS and Video Disc in 1987.
The original CD edition added the 6:01 Extended Version of Peter Gunn as a bonus track; the US CD edition did not include it and replaced the original version of "Paranoimia" with the single version featuring Max Headroom
. Later reissues also feature the extended Twang Remix of "Peter Gunn" as a bonus track.
A 1986 remix album, Re-works of Art of Noise, collected the singles from In Visible Silence, plus live versions of "Legs," "Paranoimia" and "Backbeat" (retitled "Hammersmith to Tokyo and Back"). This album was included with limited editions of 'In Visible Silence'.
Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley is an English composer and pop musician, and was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in both the classical and pop genres. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise and also as a film...
, J. J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan
Gary Langan
Gary Langan is an audio engineer and record producer.-Biography:In 1983, Langan co-founded the ZTT Records label with Trevor Horn, Paul Morley and Jill Sinclair...
in the wake of their departure from the ZTT record label which had been the home of the group's genesis.
They had minor UK chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
success with the singles "Legs," "Paranoimia
Paranoimia
"Paranoimia" is a song by English synthpop group Art of Noise released in 1986, from their album In Visible Silence.The song's better-known version was a version released as a single, featuring television character Max Headroom on vocals...
" (the single version featuring a sample
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
performance by virtual
Virtual
The term virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations, and also, differing denotations.The term has been defined in philosophy as "that which is not real" but may display the salient qualities of the real....
television personality Max Headroom
Max Headroom (character)
Max Headroom is a fictional British artificial intelligence, known for his wit and stuttering, distorted, electronically sampled voice. The character was created by George Stone, Annabel Jankel, and Rocky Morton in the mid nineteen eighties, and portrayed by Matt Frewer as "The World's first...
) and Peter Gunn. A concert performance of the album, together with earlier hits, was recorded in Hammersmith, London and released on VHS and Video Disc in 1987.
Side one
- "Opus 4" – 1:59
- "ParanoimiaParanoimia"Paranoimia" is a song by English synthpop group Art of Noise released in 1986, from their album In Visible Silence.The song's better-known version was a version released as a single, featuring television character Max Headroom on vocals...
" – 4:46 - "Eye of a Needle" – 4:25
- "Legs" – 4:06
- "Slip of the Tongue" – 1:30
- "Backbeat" – 4:12
Side two
- "Instruments of Darkness" – 7:12
- "Peter Gunn" (featuring Duane EddyDuane EddyDuane Eddy is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he had a string of hit records, produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including "Rebel Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young"...
) – 3:55 - "Camilla: The Old, Old Story" – 7:23
- "The Chameleon's Dish" – 4:17
- "Beatback" – 1:19
The original CD edition added the 6:01 Extended Version of Peter Gunn as a bonus track; the US CD edition did not include it and replaced the original version of "Paranoimia" with the single version featuring Max Headroom
Max Headroom (character)
Max Headroom is a fictional British artificial intelligence, known for his wit and stuttering, distorted, electronically sampled voice. The character was created by George Stone, Annabel Jankel, and Rocky Morton in the mid nineteen eighties, and portrayed by Matt Frewer as "The World's first...
. Later reissues also feature the extended Twang Remix of "Peter Gunn" as a bonus track.
A 1986 remix album, Re-works of Art of Noise, collected the singles from In Visible Silence, plus live versions of "Legs," "Paranoimia" and "Backbeat" (retitled "Hammersmith to Tokyo and Back"). This album was included with limited editions of 'In Visible Silence'.