Assembly is the fifth music album of Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Theatre of Tragedy

Theatre of Tragedy

Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian band from Stavanger, active between 1993 and 2010. They are best known for their earlier albums, which provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre.-Biography:...

, and continued the group's departure from gothic to a more electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 style of metal. This method was described as similar to "Siouxsie and the Banshees jamming with Ace of Base

Ace of Base

Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...

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The album was the last Theatre of Tragedy album to feature the vocals of Liv Kristine

Liv Kristine

Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull , better known as Liv Kristine, is the former vocalist for the band Theatre of Tragedy and current vocalist for the band Leaves' Eyes.- Career :...

; the band fired her (according to Liv, via email) due to musical differences.

While Musique

Musique (album)

Musique is the fourth music album of Norwegian metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and the album that marked the switch from gothic metal with Early Modern English lyrics to a more electronic style, using Modern English....

namechecked radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

s, streetfighting and nightlife

Nightlife

Nightlife is the collective term for any entertainment that is available and more popular from the late evening into the early hours of the morning...

, the songs on Assembly generally focus more on people than technology, such as in "Play" and "Let You Down". The album's modern setting is still emphasised by "Automatic Lover", which refers to modern nightlife, and "Universal Race", which uses space travel

Spaceflight

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 as a metaphor for sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse

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An exclusive version of the album contains a bonus track, a cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On

You Keep Me Hangin' On

Vanilla Fudge's 1967 psychedelic/hard rock remake of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" reached #6 on the Hot 100 chart two years after the release of the Supremes' recording. While the version released on 45 RPM single was under three minutes long, the album version was extended to six minutes and...

", originally by The Supremes

The Supremes

The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...

, and also made famous by Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...

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The cover art was designed by Thomas Ewerhard, who also made the covers for the next two albums by the band, Storm and Forever Is the World

Forever Is the World

Forever Is the World is the seventh and final studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy. It was released on September 18, 2009 on AFM Records. The album was produced by Zeromancer singer Alexander Møklebust and mastered by Bjørn Engelmann...

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The album was re-released on July 27, 2009 as a limited edition of 2000 copies.

Track listing

1. "Automatic Lover" – 4:26
2. "Universal Race" – 3:29
3. "Episode" – 3:35
4. "Play" – 3:24
5. "Superdrive" – 3:48
6. "Let You Down" – 2:55
7. "Starlit" – 4:07
8. "Envision" – 3:51
9. "Flickerlight" – 3:45
10. "Liquid Man" – 4:17
11. "Motion" – 4:42
12. "You Keep Me Hanging On" – 3:59 (The Supremes
    The Supremes
    The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
    
     cover bonus track on limited releases of the album)

Singles

Two singles were released from this record.

1. "Envision
   Envision (single)
   "Envision" was a 2002 single release by Norwegian metal band Theatre of Tragedy. Taken from their second electropop album Assembly. "Envision" continues the industrial rock favoured by the band since Musique in 2000.-Tracklist:#"Envision" 03:59...
   
   " was released in 2002. As well as the title track the disc featured the album version of "Superdrive", The Supremes cover "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and a remix of "Envision" (Conetik Remix).
2. "Let You Down
   Let You Down (single)
   "Let You Down" is a 2002 single release by Theatre of Tragedy. Taken from 2002's Assembly record, the single was the last single to feature Liv Kristine before her departure.-Tracklist:#"Let You Down" 05:51...
   
   " was also released in 2002. This disc contains (as well as the title track) a Rico Darum & Superdead remix of "Let You Down".

2009 re-release

In July 2009, Metal Mind Productions issued a press release stating that the album was going to be re-released on July 27. The album has been digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on a golden disc and includes 3 bonus tracks, "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Kim Wilde Cover), "Let You Down" (Remix) and "Motion" (Funker Vogt Remix). The album is limited to 2000 copies. Metalmind