In Visible Silence
Occupation
In Visible Silence is the second studio album by British pop group The Art of Noise from the year 1986. It was the first publication in which the members of the band Anne Dudley, JJ Jeczalik and Gary Langan, in the wake of the departure of ZTT Records, the then label, responsible recorded. A same laser disc was released in 1986 and contains some videos of songs from the albums ( Who's Afraid of ) The Art Of Noise In Visible Silence and.
History
Through the rift with ZTT Records, the band lost next to the record deal and Trevor Horn as producer and Paul Morley as a mouthpiece. Horn was only involved in the composition of the song Beat Back. The remaining three band members founded with China Records her own record label and were able to win with Chrysalis Records a distribution company. End of 1985, the Single Leg was published, but could not place in the charts. In March 1986, the band with Duane Eddy, a Twanglegende from Nashville, and the re-recording of composed by Henry Mancini Peter Gunn hits of 1960 managed a commercial success. The success led to compositions for television series and commercials, in whose waters the album was produced. After completion of the recordings, Langan left the band to start a career as a music producer. The Art of Noise released Paranoimia with another single that became known primarily through the involvement of the computer-animated announcer Max Headroom in the United States. The album title is a play on words: "In Visible Silence " actually " in visible silence", "invisible " means but " invisible " means. Therefore, the album's title translates as "un visible silence" and alludes to the marketing of the band, in which the band is not obvious since in appearance and appeared not live.
Title list
The first CD release of the plate contained the 6:01 minute extended version of the song Peter Gunn as a bonus track. Some CD reissues of the album replaced the first version of Paranoimia by the single version with the speech content of Max Headroom. The published 1986 remix album Re -works of Art of Noise contained the single versions of Legs, Paranoimia and Backbeat (which is the new title Hammersmith to Tokyo and Back received ). The album was sold in a small edition, together with In Visible Silence in a twin pack.
Chart success
The album peaked in the UK album charts and number 27 on the Billboard 200 57th In Austria In Visible Silence reached 11th place in Switzerland Place 22 The Single Leg could not be placed in the charts. Peter Gunn made it to number 7 on the UK Top 10, reached the Billboard Hot 100 number 50 and in the German Media Control Charts Platz 17, 1987 The song was awarded a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental. The decoupled after the album's release Paranoimia single peaked in the UK Top 40 number 13, number 34 in the U.S. and in Germany 33rd
Reception
Steven McDonald of allmusic verdict: " AON Their hit stride with the release of this record." ( "The Art of Noise took with the release of this album only really ride on. " )