The Complex

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The Complex

Studio album by Blue Man Group
Released	April 22, 2003
Genre	Experimental/Rock
Length	58:46
Label	Lava/Atlantic
Producer(s)	John Alagía, Dan the Automator, Tom Elmhirst, Todd Perlmutter, Venus Hum
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Blue Man Group chronology
Audio (1999)	The Complex (2003)	The Complex Rock Tour Live (2003)

The Complex is the second album by Blue Man Group, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album produced three singles: "Sing Along", "The Current", and "I Feel Love". It debuted at #60 on the Billboard charts.

1 Track listing
2 The Two Complex Worlds
3 Personnel
4 Production
5 Charts

[edit] Track listing

"Above" (Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Pai, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 2:46
"Time to Start" (Dyas, Goldman, Stanton, Wink – 3:43
"Sing Along" (Dyas, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:25
- featuring Dave Matthews
"Up to the Roof" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Heinemann, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 3:51
- featuring Tracy Bonham
"Your Attention" (Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Pai, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 4:09
"Persona" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 4:30
- featuring Josh Haden
"Piano Smasher" (Dyas, Golden, Goldman, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 3:00
"White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) – 2:54
- featuring Esthero
"The Current" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:48
- featuring Gavin Rossdale
"Shadows, Pt. 2" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 2:56
- featuring Tracy Bonham and Rob Swift
"What Is Rock" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:11
- featuring Arone Dyer and Peter Moore
"The Complex" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Heinemann, Stanton, Wink) – 6:25
- featuring Peter Moore
"I Feel Love" (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) – 5:13
- featuring Venus Hum
"Exhibit 13" (Banks, Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Parrulli, Stanton, Wink) – 8:51
- Actual length is – 4:01
- Includes a hidden track - Mandelbrot No.4, length: – 4:19

[edit] The Two Complex Worlds

The Complex takes place in two separate worlds, a world of rock as in the song "Time to Start", and the urban isolation world, as in the songs "Sing Along", "The Current", and "The Complex". Both worlds are then tied together in the song "What Is Rock", which combines the ideals of the rock concert with the ideals of urban isolation.

[edit] Personnel

Dave Anania - percussion, drums
Tracy Bonham - vocals
Chris Bowen - drums, voiceover, tubulum
Nels Cline - guitar
Wendy Day - drums
Christian Dyas - guitar, harpsichord, zither, e-bow, baritone guitar
Arone Dyer - vocals
Byron Estep - dobro
Esthero - vocals
Matt Goldman
Spalding Gray - spoken word
Josh Haden - vocals
Larry Heinemann - bass, guitar, zither, Chapman Stick
Dave Matthews - vocals
Josh Matthews - drums
Peter Moore - keyboards, vocals
Ian Pai - percussion, drums
Todd Perlmutter - percussion, drums, narrator
Jeff Quay - percussion, drums
Crag Rodriguez - drums
Gavin Rossdale - vocals
Brian Scott - tubulum
Peter Simpson - drums
Phil Stanton
Dave Steele - guitar, zither
Annette Strean - vocals
Rob Swift - turntables
Jeff Tortora - drums
Chris Traynor - guitar
Jeff Turlik - guitar, zither
Chris Wink

[edit] Production

Producers: John Alagía, Dan the Automator, Tom Elmhirst, Todd Perlmutter, Venus Hum
Executive producer: Jeff Skillen
Engineers: Bill Bookheim, Joe Hogan, Joe O'Connell, Todd Perlmutter, Andrew Schneider
Mixing: Rich Costey, Andrew Schneider
Mastering: Bob Ludwig
Production supervisor: Jeff Levison
Production coordination: Jaime Ramírez
Product development: Michael Quinn, Jeni Ardizzone West
Programming: Dan the Automator, Todd Perlmutter
Computer engineering: Larry Heinemann
Vocal producers: Kip Kubin, Tony Miracle, Venus Hum
Sampling: Kid Koala
Arrangers: Peter Moore, Ian Pai, Dave Steele, Jeff Turlik
Studio assistant: Mike Napolitano
Art consultant: Dan the Automator
Technician: Mike Napolitano
Drum technician: Carl Plaster
Art direction: Marcus Miller, Charles Tyler Ensemble
Design: Jen Graffam Wink
Artwork: David Bell
Cover image: Jen Graffam Wink