International Language (album)
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| Released | 8 October 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Western Works Studios, Sheffield | |||
| Genre | IDM, ambient techno | |||
| Length | 75:06 | |||
| Label | Plastex | |||
| Producer | Cabaret Voltaire | |||
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International Language is the twelfth studio album by English electronic band Cabaret Voltaire, released in October 1993 on the band's own label, Plastex.
Content
[edit]AllMusic wrote that the album "tones down the Chicago house elements which had creeped into [Cabaret Voltaire's previous album] Plasticity, replacing them with sublime acid-electro, tribal elements on several tracks".[1]
Release
[edit]International Language was released on 8 October 1993 on the band's own label, Plastex.
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[3] |
AllMusic wrote that, while "the melodies and chord progressions sometimes verge on the obvious", and "the same emphasis on samples [...] occasionally distorts the value of the underlying music", the album is "a worthy addition to CV's mammoth discography".[1]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder.
- "Everything Is True" - 10:50
- "Radical Chic" - 6:50
- "Taxi Mutant" - 10:06
- "Let It Come Down" - 9:27
- "Afterglow" - 8:00
- "The Root" - 9:17
- "Millenium" - 6:22
- "Belly of the Beast (Back in Babylon)" - 8:15
- "Other World" - 5:37
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bush, John. "International Language – Cabaret Voltaire | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ Sinker, Mark (1995). "Cabaret Voltaire". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
External links
[edit]- International Language at Discogs (list of releases)
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