Assembly ( Russian. Assembly ) - the fifth studio album of the Norwegian metal band Theater of Tragedy , released on April 16, 2002 via Nuclear Blast Records.
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| Studio album Theater of Tragedy | |||||||
| Date of issue | March 4, 2002 [1] | ||||||
| Genres | industrial rock futurepop synth pop | ||||||
| Duration | 42:27 | ||||||
| Producer | Hiili Hiilesmaa | ||||||
| A country |  Norway | ||||||
| Language of songs | English | ||||||
| Label | Nuclear blast East west | ||||||
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| Timeline Theater of Tragedy | |||||||
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About the album
This is the last album of the group, in the recording of which Liv Christine took part. After the recording, the group fired the vocalist, citing musical disagreements, sending her an email . [7]
In the album, the group continued to move away from gothic metal to a more electronic sound. AllMusic spoke of their new style as "a mixture of Siouxsie and the Banshees and Ace of Base ." [2]
The special edition also featured a bonus track - "You Keep Me Hanging On", a cover version of the song by the American band The Supremes .
The album was reissued on July 27, 2009 in a limited edition of only 2,000 copies.
Cover
The cover for the album was painted by Thomas Ewerhard, who in the future created covers for the next two studio albums, Storm and Forever Is the World . [eight]
List of Songs
| No. | Title | Duration |
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| one. | "Automatic Lover" | 4:26 |
| 2. | Universal Race | 3:29 |
| 3. | "Episode" | 3:35 |
| four. | "Play" | 3:24 |
| five. | Superdrive | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Let You Down" | 2:55 |
| 7. | Starlit | 4:07 |
| eight. | "Envision" | 3:51 |
| 9. | Flickerlight | 3:45 |
| ten. | "Liquid Man" | 4:17 |
| eleven. | "Motion" | 4:42 |
| Limited Edition Bonus Tracks | |||||||||
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| 12. | "You Keep Me Hanging On" | 3:59 | |||||||
| 13. | Let You Down (Remix) | 5:52 | |||||||
| 14. | "Motion" (Funker Vogt Remix) | 5:48 | |||||||
Record Members
Group
- Liv Kristin - vocals
- Ramonn Istvan Rohony - vocals
- Frank Klöussen - guitar
- Vegard C. Thorsen - Guitar
- Lorents Aspen - Keyboard and Synthesizer
- Hein Frode Hansen - Percussion
Actively used vocal arrangements
Production
- Jukka Puurula - Engineering
- Mika Jussila - mastering
- Hiili Hiilesmaa - producing
- Thomas Ewerhard - Graphic Design
Notes
- ↑ Pages of Tragedy - Discography: Assembly (English)
- ↑ 1 2 Assembly - Theater of Tragedy
- ↑ Review: "Theater of Tragedy: Assembly" - Sea of Tranquility
- ↑ Theater Of Tragedy - Assembly (English)
- ↑ totassemblyreissue2009re Archived July 23, 2011. (eng.)
- ↑ ASSEMBLY by THEATER OF TRAGEDY
- ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?Mode=Archive&Date=8/27/2003
- ↑ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THEATER OF TRAGEDY: New Album Artwork Unveiled Archived on June 29, 2012. (eng.)