Musique (album)
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| Studio album by Theatre of Tragedy | ||
| Released | 2000 | |
| Recorded | Soundsuite, Lydlab | |
| Genre | Industrial Metal Electropop |
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| Length | 48:36 | |
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |
| Producer(s) | Erik Ljunggren | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Theatre of Tragedy chronology | ||
| Aégis (1998) |
Musique (2000) |
Assembly (2002) |
This article is about the album by Theatre of Tragedy. For other uses, see Musique.
Musique is the fourth music album of Norwegian metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and the album that marked the switch from gothic metal with Early Modern English lyrics to a more electronic style of metal, using Modern English.
The title on the album's cover, "'mju:zɪk", is the International Phonetic Alphabet writing of 'Musique'.
The change in musical direction for Theatre of Tragedy was also marked by the switch from traditional gothic and supernatural themes to lyrics based on modern life, including technology (Machine, Radio), nightlife (Image, The New Man) and streetfighting (Crash/Concrete).
[edit] Track listing
- "Machine"
- "City of Light"
- "Fragment"
- "Musique"
- "Commute"
- "Radio"
- "Image"
- "Crash/Concrete"
- "Retrospect"
- "Reverie"
- "Space Age"
- "The New Man" (bonus track)
On the back of the album's casing, "Space Age" is written in Russian: Космическая эра.
