Two Pages is an album by the English band 4hero, which was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize in 1998 (see 1998 in music

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). Many cite it as very influential on the broken beat

Broken beat

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 sound emerging around this time.

A connected remix album called Two Pages Remixed

Two Pages Remixed

Two Pages Remixed is a remix album by 4hero, released only in Japan in 1998. The album contains tracks from their previous album Two Pages remixed by other artists...

was released shortly after the original album in Japan only, with an alternatively titled Two Pages Reinterpretations

Two Pages Reinterpretations

Two Pages Reinterpretations is a remix album by 4hero, released in 1999. The album contains tracks from their previous album Two Pages, remixed by other artists, however was preceded by the Japanese-only release Two Pages Remixed featuring many of the same tracks.- Track listing :# "Planetaria" –...

being released the following year in the UK. Both featuring remixes by many of their contemporaries, but with slightly differing tracks on each.

Disc one ("Chapter 1")

A1. "Loveless" (Featuring Ursula Rucker

Ursula Rucker

Ursula Rucker is an American spoken word recording artist. Rucker is known for a diverse repertoire, and for utilizing techniques that catch her listeners' attention.-Biography:...

) – 5:54

A2. "Golden Age of Life" – 6:01

A3. "Planetaria (A Theme from a Dream)" – 6:02

B1. "Third Stream" – 6:04

B2. "Spirits in Transit" – 4:54

Disc two ("Chapter 2")

C1. "Escape That" – 5:25

C2. "Cosmic Tree" – 5:37

C3. "Universal Reprise" – 5:26

D1. "The Action" (featuring Ish AKA Butterfly) – 3:17

D2. "Wishful Thinking" – 4:39

D3. "Star Chasers" – 4:52

Disc three ("Chapter 3")

E1. "We Who Are Not as Others" – 7:56

E2. "Humans" – 3:27

F1. "In The Shadows" – 6:23

F2. "Mathematical Probability" – 6:25

Disc four ("Chapter 4")

G1. "Greys" – 2:09

G2. "Pegasus 51" – 6:49

H1. (Symbols) "Worlds End" – 8:06

H2. "Wormholes" – 0:40

H3. "Dauntless" – 2:49

H4. "Mother Solar (Part One)" – 0:11

H5. "Normal Changing World" – 0:13

H6. "De-Sci-Fer" – 0:06

Disc one ("Page One")

1. "Loveless" (featuring Ursula Rucker
   Ursula Rucker
   Ursula Rucker is an American spoken word recording artist. Rucker is known for a diverse repertoire, and for utilizing techniques that catch her listeners' attention.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 5:54
2. "Golden Age of Life" – 6:00
3. "Planetaria (A Theme from a Dream)" – 6:04
4. "Third Stream" – 6:03
5. "Escape That" – 5:23
6. "Cosmic Tree" – 5:37
7. "Spirits In Transit" – 5:27
8. "The Action" (featuring Ish AKA Butterfly) – 3:17
9. "Star Chasers" – 4:53
10. "Wishful Thinking" – 5:21
11. "Universal Reprise" – 5:26
12. "Holograms" (featuring Azymuth
    Azymuth
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    )* - 5:38
13. "Ebisu Gardens"* - 6:05

*Japan exclusive tracks

Disc two ("Page Two")

1. "We Who Are Not as Others" – 10:15
2. "Humans" – 3:32
3. "In the Shadows" – 6:23
4. "Mathematical Probability" – 6:25
5. "Greys" – 2:09
6. "Pegasus 51" – 6:49
7. (Symbols) "Worlds End" – 8:06
8. "Wormholes" – 0:40
9. "Dauntless" – 2:49

Single Disc CD Version

1. "Loveless" (featuring Ursula Rucker
   Ursula Rucker
   Ursula Rucker is an American spoken word recording artist. Rucker is known for a diverse repertoire, and for utilizing techniques that catch her listeners' attention.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 5:54
2. "Golden Age of Life" – 6:01
3. "Planetaria (A Theme from a Dream)" – 6:02
4. "Third Stream" – 6:04
5. "Wormholes" – 0:32
6. "Escape That" – 5:25
7. "Mother Solar (Part One)" – 0:11
8. "Spirits in Transit" – 4:54
9. "Greys" – 2:00
10. "The Action" (featuring Ish AKA Butterfly) – 3:17
11. "Star Chasers" – 4:52
12. "Wishful Thinking" – 4:39
13. "Normal Changing World" – 0:13
14. "Universal Reprise" – 5:25
15. "We Who Are Not as Others" – 7:56
16. "Humans" – 3:27
17. "Pegasus 51" – 4:17
18. (Symbols) "Worlds End" – 6:25
19. "De-Sci-Fer" – 0:06

External links

• Two Pages album (all versions) at Discogs
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Miscellanea

• Track H1 on the vinyl edition (disc two, track 7, on the two disc CD edition / track 18 on the single disc CD edition) uses strange symbols in place of the actual track name; "Worlds End".
• Disc two of the two disc CD edition (both UK and Japan versions) contains enhanced content of videos and artwork.
• Two Pages is also an early minimalist piece by Philip Glass
  Philip Glass
  Philip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with...
  
  , originally dedicated to Steve Reich
  Steve Reich
  Stephen Michael "Steve" Reich is an American composer who together with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass is a pioneering composer of minimal music...
  
  and written in 1969.