The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps

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The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps
Studio album by From Monument to Masses
Released	2003
Genre	Post rock, Alternative rock
Length	47:40
Label	Dim Mak
From Monument to Masses chronology
From Monuments to Masses (2002) The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps (2003) Schools of Thought Content (2005)

The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps is an album by the post-rock band From Monument to Masses. It was released in 2003, and was the band's second release on Dim Mak. As with other albums released by the group, sung lyrics do not play a part in the album, with numerous television, radio and film sound clips played within tracks, ranging from clips of George W Bush, to a Morpheus speech in the film The Matrix.

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1. "Sharpshooter" – 8:52
   • Contains quotations from Noam Chomsky, in addition to various news report excerpts.
2. "From the Mountains to the Praries" – 8:58
   • Contains quotations from George W Bush, Dwight Eisenhower, Sunera Thobani, and Colonel Dax from Paths of Glory.
3. "The Quiet Before..." – 2:55
   • Contains excerpts from the film Pump Up the Volume, and a Morpheus speech in the The Matrix.
4. "The Spice Must Flow" – 7:53
   • Contains quotations from Martin Luther King, and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
5. "Comrades & Friends" – 4:06
   • Contains a quotation from Noam Chomsky.
6. "Old Robes" – 8:10
   • Contains quotations from H. Rap Brown.
7. "To Z (Repeat)" – 6:49
   • Contains quotations from Sunera Thobani.