The Art of Noise - Daft

Title: Daft Artist: The Art of Noise Release Date: 1987 Re-Released On: 10/4/2005 Label: ZTT/Island, ZTT Records Duration: 61:20 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 601215319521, 827912024173, 4009910489420, 5018766992700, 5030094024229, 5055041804907, 745099474720 Genre: Rock Styles: Prog-Rock, New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Experimental, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, Dance-Rock Moods: Cerebral, Literate, Stylish, Volatile, Clinical, Detached, Refined/Mannered, Theatrical, Complex, Ironic, Irreverent, Playful, Quirky, Restrained, Tense/Anxious, Witty, Acerbic, Cynical/Sarcastic, Snide Total Copies: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Love
2. A Time for Fear (Who's Afraid)
3. Beat Box (Diversion One)
4. The Army Now
5. Donna
6. Memento
7. How to Kill
8. Realisation
9. Who's Afraid (Of the Art of Noise)
10. Moments in Love
11. Bright Noise
12. Flesh in Armour
13. Comes and Goes
14. Snapshot
15. Close (To the Edit)
16. (Three Fingers Of) Love

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD ZTT Records 112 2004 CD ZTT Records 184 2000 CD ZTT Records 161 1998 CD ZTT Records 53195 1998 CD ZTT Records 112 1987 CD ZTT/Island 33292

Daft [Bonus Tracks] Daft [Japan Bonus Track]

The place for Art of Noise neophytes to start, Daft collects (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise! and Into Battle with the Art of Noise, along with two reworkings of "Moments in Love" from the original U.K. release of that song, to make a fantastic hour's worth of music. If anything, a single or two aside, Daft beats out the official Best Of compilation by a mile. Having aged superbly with time, AON's early works sound all the more advanced and of the moment, a testament especially to Trevor Horn's excellent production and Anne Dudley's gripping arrangements. Further entertainment comes from the liner notes, which aren't merely state-of-the-art 1984 album design but an apparently barbed attack on the further incarnation of the band from one Otto Flake. The exact seriousness of this is up to the reader. As for the "Moments in Love" versions, both are gentler and more elegant than the already lush original, and none the worse for that, though "(Three Fingers Of) Love" does have rather disconcerting sound effects added to it. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits A.J. Barratt Photography Anne Dudley Producer, Group Member Gary Langan Producer, Group Member Johnathon J. Jeczalik Group Member, Producer Paul Morley Package Design The Art of Noise Producer Trevor Horn Group Member, Producer