Controlling Crowds
Encyclopedia
Controlling Crowds is the sixth studio album by British
trip-hop progressive
and alternative
group Archive
. It was released worldwide on March 30, 2009.
CD 2 (limited edition) :
British music
British music could refer to:* Music of the United Kingdom* English music* Irish music* Scottish music* Welsh music* Celtic music...
trip-hop progressive
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
and alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
group Archive
Archive (band)
Archive is a musical group based in London, England, whose music spans electronic, trip-hop, avant-garde, post-rock and progressive rock. Over their sixteen-year history, the band has released eight studio albums and enjoyed established success throughout Europe, while remaining little-known in...
. It was released worldwide on March 30, 2009.
Track listing
CD 1 :- "Controlling Crowds" (10:09)
- "Bullets" (5:54)
- "Words on Signs" (4:00)
- "Dangervisit" (7:37)
- "Quiet Time" (5:55)
- "Collapse/Collide" (9:12)
- "Clones" (5:00)
- "Bastardised Ink" (3:34)
- "Kings of Speed" (4:22)
- "Whore" (4:15)
- "Chaos" (5:28)
- "Razed to the Ground" (5:22)
- "Funeral" (7:19)
CD 2 (limited edition) :
- "Killing All Movement" (6:22)
- "Children They Feed" (3:06)
- "Day That You Go" (3:49)
- "Neatly Folded" (3:18)
- "Bullets" (video)
Analysis
- The album contains three differents parts:
- Part I: Controlling Crowds ; Bullets; Words on Signs; Dangervisit; Quiet Time
- Part II: Collapse / Collide; Clones; Bastardised Ink; Kings of Speed; Whore
- Part III: Chaos; Razed to the Ground; Funeral
- In the beginning the band wanted to include a fourth part. This fourth part was later released as Controlling Crowds – Part IVControlling Crowds – Part IVControlling Crowds – Part IV is the 7th album of the London based trip-hop progressive and alternative band Archive. It was released worldwide on October 19, 2009.This is the sequel of Controlling Crowds which contains parts I to III...
on 19 October 2009. Both albums were released on the same day as a double CD under the name Controlling Crowds - The Complete Edition Parts I–IV.