Complete (box set)

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Complete
Box set by News from Babel
Released	2006
Recorded	1983–1986
Genre	Avant-progressive rock
Length	1:10:35
Label	Recommended (UK)
Producer	News from Babel, Bill Gilonis
News from Babel chronology
Letters Home (1986) Complete (2006) –

Complete is a three-CD box set by English avant-garde rock group News from Babel. It contains remastered and repackaged releases of the two News from Babel albums, Work Resumed on the Tower (1984) and Letters Home (1986), plus an illustrated CD of their 7" single, "Contraries". The first album comprises the two song-suites Sirens and Silences and Work Resumed on the Tower, while the second album contains the Letters Home song-suite. The box set also contains a book of song texts and artwork.

Contents 1 Disc 1: Work Resumed on the Tower 1.1 News from Babel 1.2 Guests 2 Disc 2: Letters Home 2.1 News from Babel 2.2 Guests 3 Disc 3: "Contraries" 3.1 News from Babel 4 External links

[edit] Disc 1: Work Resumed on the Tower

Contains all the tracks from the News from Babel LP, Work Resumed on the Tower (1984).

• Sirens and Silences
  1. "Odysseus" (Cutler, Cooper) – 2:56
  2. "Auschwitz/Babel" (Cutler, Cooper) – 4:07
  3. "Klein's Bottle" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:17
  4. "Black Gold" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:09
  5. "Devils" (Cutler, Cooper) – 1:16
  6. "Dry Leaf" (Cutler, Cooper) – 2:51
• Work Resumed on the Tower
  1. "Arcades (of Glass)" (Cutler, Cooper) – 7:44
  2. "Victory" (Cutler, Cooper) – 5:19
  3. "Anno Mirabilis" (Cutler, Cooper) – 4:08

[edit] News from Babel

• Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, sopranino and alto saxophone, piano, other keyboards
• Chris Cutler – drums, electrics, percussion
• Zeena Parkins – harp, prepared and electric harps, accordion
• Dagmar Krause – singing

[edit] Guests

• Phil Minton – trumpet ("Victory", "Anno Mirabilis"), singing ("Anno Mirabilis")
• Georgie Born – bass guitar ("Black Gold")

[edit] Disc 2: Letters Home

Contains all the tracks from the News from Babel LP, Letters Home (1986).

1. "Who Will Accuse?" (Cutler, Cooper) – 2:38
2. "Heart of Stone (Megalopolis)" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:04
3. "Banknote" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:19
4. "Moss" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:58
5. "Dragon at the Core" (Cutler, Cooper) – 4:39
6. "Dark Matter" (Cutler, Cooper) – 4:20
7. "Waited" (Cutler, Cooper) – 5:09
8. "Fast Food" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:13
9. "Late Evening" (Cutler, Cooper) – 4:58

[edit] News from Babel

• Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, sopranino and alto saxophone, piano, other keyboards
• Chris Cutler – drums, electrics, percussion
• Zeena Parkins – harp, prepared and electric harps, accordion, ebo guitar

[edit] Guests

• Bill Gilonis – bass guitar, guitar
• Robert Wyatt – singing ("Who Will Accuse?", "Heart of Stone", "Moss", "Late Evening")
• Dagmar Krause – singing ("Fast Food", "Late Evening")
• Sally Potter – singing ("Banknote", "Dark Matter")
• Phil Minton – singing ("Dragon at the Core")

[edit] Disc 3: "Contraries"

Contains the News from Babel 7" single, "Contraries" (1984).

1. "Contraries" (Cutler, Parkins) – 3:00

[edit] News from Babel

• Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, piano, horns, marimba
• Chris Cutler – marimba
• Zeena Parkins – harp, accordion
• Dagmar Krause – singing

[edit] External links

• Complete at Allmusic
• Discography of Zeena Parkins.