In Visible Silence

In Visible Silence is the second full-length release by avant-garde pop group Art of Noise, and the first created by members Anne Dudley, J. J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan in the wake of their departure from the ZTT record label which had been the home of the group's genesis.

They had minor UK chart success with the singles "Legs," "Paranoimia" (the single version featuring a sample performance by virtual television personality Max Headroom) and Peter Gunn. A concert performance of the album, together with earlier hits, was recorded in Hammersmith, London and released on VHS and Video Disc in 1987.^[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Opus 4" – 1:59
2. "Paranoimia" – 4:46
3. "Eye of a Needle" – 4:25
4. "Legs" – 4:06
5. "Slip of the Tongue" – 1:30
6. "Backbeat" – 4:12

Side two

1. "Instruments of Darkness" – 7:12
2. "Peter Gunn" (featuring Duane Eddy) – 3:55
3. "Camilla: The Old, Old Story" – 7:23
4. "The Chameleon's Dish" – 4:17
5. "Beatback" – 1:19

The original CD edition added the 6:01 Extended Version of Peter Gunn as a bonus track;^[3] the US CD edition did not include it and replaced the original version of "Paranoimia" with the single version featuring Max Headroom. Later reissues also feature the extended Twang Remix of "Peter Gunn" as a bonus track.

A 1986 remix album, Re-works of Art of Noise, collected the singles from In Visible Silence, plus live versions of "Legs," "Paranoimia" and "Backbeat" (retitled "Hammersmith to Tokyo and Back"). This album was included with limited editions of 'In Visible Silence'.

References

External links

• In Visible Silence at Discogs (list of releases)
• In Visible Silence at MusicBrainz