Issued in a clear tray jewel case with a 12-page booklet containing credits and photos. Track durations not listed on the release. There is another US release with different matrix number.
[Back cover info]
℗ 1999 ZTT Records Ltd. © 1999 ZTT Records Ltd.
Licensed exclusively to Universal Records Inc.
Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
As the image of a group
The seduction of Claude Debussy ... featuring the heart of the nineteenth century on a twentieth century sleeve with a twenty first century gleam in the eye ... featuring the end, the biginning, the beginning of the end, the end of the beginning, the middle of the glory ... featuring the dream of life of Claude Debussy as a metaphor for what a difference a century makes and the real life of Art Of Noise as a metaphor for the fantasy life of a pop group.
... featuring the following ...
[Booklet info]
"Music is not just the expression of a feeling - it is the feeling itself."
- Claude Debussy
ART OF NOISE IMAGINE
Anne Dudley published by Buffalo Music Ltd. and administered by A.E. Copyrights Ltd (PRS),
Lol Creme published by Splat Music and administered by Perfect Songs Ltd. / SPZ Music Inc.
Trevor Horn published by Unforgettable Songs Ltd. / SPZ Music Inc.
Paul Morley published by Perfect Songs Ltd. / SPZ Music Inc.
Track 2 published by Quadra Publishing.
Tracks 6, 7 and 10 published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. / 18th Letter Music Publishing (BMI).
Music and French text extracted and distracted literally, metaphorically, romantically and symbolically from the works of Claude Debussy, Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Bourget, Pierre Louys.
Text by Paul Bourget featured in 'Dreaming in Colour' and 'On Being Blue' with the authorisation of Jobert Music Publishing.
None of these artists ever promised you a rose garden.
Donna Lewis appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Rakim appears courtesy of Universal Records.
David's Daughters appear courtesy of ZTT Records.
The Seduction of Claude Debussy… music from quite another film that never existed… featuring John Hurt speaking, Sally Bradshaw singing, Claude Debussy ghosting, Rakim rapping and Charles Baudelaire tripping.
Recorded and Protools for Sarm Management.
Art Of Noise play themselves
Lol Creme plays himself
Anne Dudley plays herself
Trevor Horn plays himself
Paul Morley plays himself
Recorded around the world at an average temperature of 20 degrees centigrade
Mastered at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles and Metropolis Mastering, London
… and that's the weather for tomorrow
IL PLEURE (AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Debussy dies. Long live Debussy! […] Cry if you have to. A song to begin with. Inspired by the languor that penetrated Paul Verlaine's heart.
BORN ON A SUNDAY
What a life. And it began on a Sunday. […] On a Sunday afternoon and Debussy kept his eyes on his dream. One hundred years ago there were a hundred years to go.
DREAMING IN COLOUR
He saw life in black and white. He heard music in colour. He thought love was a dream. […] He dreamt of music.
ON BEING BLUE
Debussy was surprised to find himself being asked by a journalist what his favourite colour was. […] As blue as I feel, he said.
CONTINUED IN COLOUR
All dreams are interrupted. […] Colour continues. Dreams recur. Art of Noise occur. Debussy thinks that the world is his idea. And why not ?
RAPT: IN THE EVENING AIR
Baudelaire showed him directions and he found himself going in the same direction as the evening air. […] It seemed to him it smelt like paradise.
METAFORCE
To be interpreted wisely and with some imagination. Inspired by the love And death of Charles Baudelaire, poet. […] And freedom did a twist inside my lungs with the stars that I had swallowed.
THE HOLY EGOISM OF GENIUS
Art of Noise come right out with it and exclaim - genius exists, what with one thing and another. And another thing - Debussy exists. […] And the Art of Noise exist, to a point.
LA FLÛTE DE PAN
Come quickly, put the light out. […] A song about fellatio.
METAPHOR ON THE FLOOR
Debussy visits a disco, Rakim rants about alienation and/or alien life, Baudelaire loses his temper and Art of Noise love their machines. […] He thought, we are the invention of passion.
APPROXIMATE MOOD SWING NO: 2
He made music for people in all kinds of moods. […] Then everything changed and the moon in June went on shining.
PAUSE
Art of Noise put their world of Debussy on hold … […] A song about remembering and expecting. As penultimate as it gets.
OUT OF THIS WORLD (VERSION 138)
Claude Debussy reaches into the mind of Art of Noise. Art of Noise reach into the mind of Claude Debussy. […] A song about everything and nothing and the something that there is in between. And so on, ultimately speaking.
"I have often heard it expressed that music could not claim to convey anything with precision, as words or painting do. That is true to a certain extent, but it is not wholly true. Music conveys things in its own way and by means peculiar to itself. In music, and in painting, even in the written word, there is always a gap, to be bridged by the imagination of the hearer." - Charles Baudelaire
And remember … an apple beside a bottle is not the same as an apple beside a loaf of bread
… now let's get on with the show …
United States·Original Year: 1999