These Humble Machines

Compilation album by BT

Released

April 26, 2011
(see release history)

Genre

Trance, electronica, glitch, breakbeat

Length

57:49

Label

Nettwerk
405 Recordings
Black Hole Recordings
New State Recordings

Producer

BT chronology

These Hopeful Machines
(2010)

These Humble Machines
(2011)

If the Stars are Eternal So are You and I
(2012)

Singles from These Humble Machines

"Always"
Released: April 25, 2011
"A Million Stars"
Released: July 19, 2011

These Humble Machines is a compilation album by American electronic musician BT, composed of edited versions of songs from his album These Hopeful Machines. Released on April 26, 2011,^[1] the album was released with the intention of making the album more accessible for newer listeners while still displaying the same technical prowess found in its predecessor.^[2] The album features some radio edits ("Suddenly", "Always") while also liberally using splice editing and fade-outs to edit down songs ("The Emergency", "Every Other Way", "Le nocturne de lumière".)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Suddenly"	BT, Christian Burns	4:28
2.	"The Emergency"	BT, Christian Burns, Andrew Bayer	4:27
3.	"Every Other Way"	BT, JES	4:03
4.	"The Light in Things"	BT, JES	5:47
5.	"The Rose of Jericho"	BT	4:06
6.	"Forget Me"	BT, Christian Burns	5:10
7.	"A Million Stars"	BT, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Ulrich Schnauss	6:38
8.	"Love Can Kill You"	BT	4:07
9.	"Always"	BT, Rob Dickinson	4:29
10.	"Le Nocturne de Lumière"	BT	4:42
11.	"The Unbreakable"	BT, Rob Dickinson	6:51
12.	"The Ghost in You"	The Psychedelic Furs	4:51
Total length:			59:39

Personnel

Track 1: Vocals by BT and Christian Burns
Track 2: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Christian Burns.
Track 3: Vocals by JES. Background vocals by BT and Christian Burns
Track 4: Vocals by JES.
Track 6: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Christian Burns.
Track 7: Vocals by Kirsty Hawkshaw. Background vocals by BT
Track 8: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Christian Burns.
Track 9, 11: Vocals by Rob Dickinson
Track 12: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Amelia June

^[1]

References

1 2 "BT - These Humble Machines (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
↑ "BT Releases Two New Versions Of His Grammy-Nominated These Hopeful Machines". Nettwerk. Retrieved 17 May 2011.

External links

These Humble Machines at Discogs

BT

Studio albums	Ima ESCM Movement in Still Life Emotional Technology This Binary Universe These Hopeful Machines If the Stars are Eternal So are You and I Morceau Subrosa A Song Across Wires

Compilation albums	R&R Still Life in Motion 10 Years in the Life These Humble Machines These Re-Imagined Machines Laptop Symphony

Extended plays	Turn Me On EP Extended Movement Movement E.P. The Technology EP Human Technology EP

Singles	"Embracing the Future" "Embracing the Sunshine" "Nocturnal Transmission" "Divinity" "Loving You More" "Quark" "Tripping the Light Fantastic" "Blue Skies" "Remember" "Flaming June" "Love, Peace and Grease" "Godspeed" "Dreaming" "The Hip Hop Phenomenon" "Mercury and Solace" "Namistai" "Fibonacci Sequence" "Never Gonna Come Back Down" "Shame" "Smartbomb" "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" "The Force of Gravity" "Superfabulous" "The Great Escape" "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" "Love in the Time of Thieves" "The Rose of Jericho" "Suddenly" "Every Other Way" "Forget Me" "The Emergency" "Le nocturne de lumière" "Always" "A Million Stars" "Tomahawk" "Must Be the Love" "Skylarking" "Surrounded"

Related articles	Discography Soundtracks

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