Musique (album)
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| Musique | |||||
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| Studio album by Theatre of Tragedy | |||||
| Released | November 14, 2000 | ||||
| Recorded | Soundsuite, Lydlab | ||||
| Genre | Industrial Metal Futurepop |
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| Length | 48:36 | ||||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | ||||
| Producer | Erik Ljunggren | ||||
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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 of metal, using Modern English.
The title on the album's cover, "['mju:zɪk]", is the pronunciation of the English word 'music' transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
The change in musical direction for Theatre of Tragedy was also marked by the switch from traditional gothic and supernatural themes to lyrics based on modern life, including technology (Machine, Radio), nightlife (Image, The New Man) and streetfighting (Crash/Concrete).
[edit] Track listing
- "Machine"
- "City of Light"
- "Fragment"
- "Musique"
- "Commute"
- "Radio"
- "Image"
- "Crash/Concrete"
- "Retrospect"
- "Reverie"
- "Space Age"
- "The New Man" (bonus track)
On the back of the album's casing, "Space Age" is written in Russian: "Космическая эра"; moreover, words "Гагарин, Гречко, Леонов, Лайка, Белка и Стрелка" ("Gagarin, Grechko, Leonov, Laika, Belka and Strelka") are recited throughout the song.
