The Seduction of Claude Debussy

Infobox Album | Name = The Seduction of Claude Debussy
Type = Album
Artist = Art of Noise


Released = 1999
Recorded = ?
Genre = Electronic, et al.
Length = 53:47
Label = ZTT Records flagicon|UK

Universal/MCA Records
UD-53235 flagicon|USA
Producer = Trevor Horn
Anne Dudley
Reviews =
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:63r9281u052a~T1 Allmusic.com] Rating|2|5
* [http://www.hiponline.com/music-reviews/art-of-noise-the-seduction-of-claude-debussy/ Hiponline review] rating-10|7.5
* [http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/07/13/art/ Salon review] | Last album = "Below the Waste"
(1989)
This album = "The Seduction of Claude Debussy"
(1999)
Next album =

"The Seduction of Claude Debussy" is an ambitious 1999 concept album by Art of Noise, featuring a lineup of Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, Paul Morley, and Lol Creme. Also appearing on the album are John Hurt, Sally Bradshaw, Rakim, and Donna Lewis. The group blended the music of groundbreaking French impressionist composer Claude Debussy with drum and bass, opera, hip hop, jazz, and narration, and described the album as "the soundtrack to a film that wasn't made about the life of Claude Debussy." [cite web | url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/a/artofnoise-debussy.shtml | title=Art of Noise: The Seduction of Claude Debussy | first=Sarah | last=Zupko | publisher=PopMatters | accessdate=2007-12-29]

In 2000, the Art of Noise released "Reduction", a limited edition album comprised mainly of out-takes from this album.

Track listing

# "Il Pleure (At the Turn of the Century)"
# "Born on a Sunday"
# "Dreaming in Colour"
# "On Being Blue"
# "Continued in Colour"
# "Rapt: In the Evening Air"
# "Metaforce"
# "Holy Egoism of Genius"
# "Flûte de Pan"
# "Metaphor on the Floor"
# "Approximate Mood Swing No. 2"
# "Pause"
# "Out of This World [Version 138] "

References

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