End Titles... Stories for Film

Infobox Album
Name = End Titles... Stories for Film
Type = Studio
Artist = Unkle


Released = start date|2008|7|7
Recorded =
Genre = Electronic
Length = 74:46
Label = Surrender All
Producer = UNKLE, Chris Goss
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (84%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=464611 link]
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fiftxzekldae link]
*"Consequence of Sound" Rating|3|5 [http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/09/11/album-review-end-titles%E2%80%A6-stories-for-a-film/ link]
*Okayplayer (85/100) [http://www.okayplayer.com/content/view/6104/86/ link]
*Pitchfork Media (4.3/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/145877-unkle-end-titlesstories-for-film link]
Last album = "More Stories"
(2007)
This album = "End Titles... Stories for Film"
(2008)
Next album =

"End Titles... Stories for Film" is the fourth studio album from British electronic music act Unkle, inspired by feature films created since Unkle's previous 2007 album "War Stories", released on start date|2008|7|7 [cite web |url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=437866 |title=Unkle End Titles... Stories For Film UK CD ALBUM (437866) |publisher= eil.com |accessdate=2008-06-27 ] . The album follows a title and a mixed soundscape, after Unkle's 2005 mix album "", but unlike that, comprised of entirely original material. It features collaborators: Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age), Black Mountain, Gavin Clark, Joel Cadbury (of South), James Petralli (of White Denim), "War Stories" producer Chris Goss, Dave Bateman and James Griffith from Unkle’s touring band.

Background

In the credits to the album James Lavelle stated:

Release

The track "Trouble in Paradise (Variation on a Theme)" is a full length version of a track from the BMW commercial that was aired on British television. [cite web |url=http://unkle.shop.musictoday.com/Product.aspx?cp=1228_11285&pc=UKCD13 |title=Pre-order "End Titles… Stories for Film" Limited Edition CD |publisher= musictoday.com |accessdate=2008-06-27 ] "Chemical" originally appeared as an instrumental on Unkle's album "War Stories" under the title "Chemistry". Josh Homme, who also sang on "Restless" from the same album, now sings vocals over the track. [cite web
url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/51591 |title=New Music: UNKLE (ft. Josh Homme): "Chemical" |publisher= pitchforkmedia.com |accessdate=2007-07-03] Tracks "Blade In The Back", "Synthetic Water" and "Heaven" made their first appearance on Unkle's Japanese-Australian album "More Stories".

The limited edition CD of "End Titles... Stories for Film" is packaged in a four panel wrap around digipack with an embossed gloss finish and includes a 12-page booklet. [cite web |url=http://unkle.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=1228_11285 |title="End Titles... Stories for Film" Pre-order |publisher= musictoday.com |accessdate=2008-06-27 ]

Free downloads promotion

From start date|2008|6|27 four separate tracks from the middle section of the album were made available to free download, via four different websites to collect individually. [cite web |url=http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shivo/unkle77/wordpress/?p=66 |title="End Titles" free downloads |publisher= UNKLE77.com |accessdate=2008-06-27 ] The tracks were made available as follows:
*On start date|2008|6|27 track 5, "Kaned And Abel" via [http://www.unkle.com/ UNKLE.com] ,
*On start date|2008|6|30 track 8, "Chemical" (featuring Josh Homme) via a Pitchfork Media website – [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/51591 link] ,
*On start date|2008|7|2 track 6, "Blade In The Back" via a RCRD LBL website – [http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/UNKLE/track/Blade_in_the_Back_ft_Gavin_Clark link] ,
*On start date|2008|7|4 track 7, "Synthetic Water" via UNKLE77.com – [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shivo/unkle77/wordpress/?p=71 link] .

"X-Files" end titles

The premiere of "End Titles... Stories for Film" has been promotionally linked to Unkle's "reinterpretation" of Mark Snow's "The X-Files Theme" as an end title for "The X-Files" sequel feature movie, "", although the newly recorded track is not featured on Unkle's album. Beside the song "Broken" from "War Stories", it will be featured on the movie's score soundtrack "" (composed by Snow). [cite web
url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003821805 |title=UNKLE Gives 'X-Files' Theme A Fresh Spin |publisher= "Billboard" |accessdate=2008-06-27]
*On start date|2008|07|10 British radio network Xfm informed that the track "X-Files (Unkle Variation on a Theme) – Surrender Sounds Session #10" was available to free download. [cite web
url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2008/a-whole-load-of-free-downloads |title=A Whole Load Of Free Downloads |publisher= XFM.co.uk |accessdate=2008-07-10] – [http://www.sendspace.com/file/lke8nq link]

Track listing

All track written by James Lavelle, except where noted [cite web
url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1386186 |title=End Titles... Stories For Film |publisher= discogs.com |accessdate=2008-07-04]
# "End Titles" – 0:35
# "Cut Me Loose" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 5:24
# "Ghosts" [vocals by James Lavelle] (C. Goss, D. Bateman) – 4:57
# "Ghosts (String Reprise)" – 0:39
# "Kaned and Abel" – 1:04
# "Blade In The Back" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 5:12
# "Synthetic Water" – 1:06
# "Chemical" (featuring Josh Homme) (C. Goss, J. Homme, R. File) – 2:48
# "Nocturnal" (featuring Chris Goss, James Petralli and Robbie Furze) (C. Goss) – 5:01
# "Cut Me Loose (String Reprise)" – 0:59
# "Against The Grain" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 5:22
# "Even Balance (Part Two)" (featuring Melinda Gareh) – 0:45
# "Trouble In Paradise (Variation on a Theme)" – 5:01
# "Can't Hurt" (featuring Gavin Clark & Joel Cadbury) (J. Cadbury) – 4:13
# "24 Frames" – 4:45
# "In A Broken Dream" – 1:24
# "Clouds" (featuring Amber Webber & Stephen McBean) (D. Bateman, S. McBean) – 4:07
# "Black Mass" – 3:08
# "Open Up Your Eyes" (featuring Abel Ferrara) (A. Ferrara) – 2:43
# "Romeo Void" – 2:11
# "Heaven" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 6:58
# "The Piano Echoes" (Zeben Jameson) – 5:24
# "Dolphinarium" (Japanese Bonus Track) - 1:07
# "On the Run" (Japanese Bonus Track) - 3:06Tracks: 1, 5–7, 19–22 were taken from the film "Odyssey in Rome".

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