The Invisible Invasion

Infobox Album
Name = The Invisible Invasion
Type = studio
Artist = The Coral


Released = May 23 2005
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Indie rock, indie pop
Length = 39:37
Label = Deltasonic
Producer = Adrian Utley, Geoff Barrow
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j3jyeal74xa7 link]
*"NME" (7/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/coral/7654 link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16316-invisible-invasion link]
*PopMatters (6/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/coral-invisible.shtml link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecoral/albums/album/7568302/review/7593364/the_invisible_invasion link]
Last album = "Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker"
(2004)
This album = "The Invisible Invasion"
(2005)
Next album = "Roots & Echoes"
(2007)

"The Invisible Invasion" is the third full-length album by The Coral. It was released on May 23 2005 in the United Kingdom and entered at #3 in the album charts (see 2005 in music). The production is by Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley of Portishead, and most critics have described this album as a more stripped-down effort than their previous material. It was released in the United States on August 30, 2005 by Columbia Records.

Track listing

#"She Sings the Mourning" (Power, Skelly) – 3:08
#"Cripples Crown" (Power, Skelly) – 3:38
#"So Long Ago" (Power, Ryder-Jones, Skelly) – 2:42
#"The Operator" (Skelly) – 2:20
#"A Warning to the Curious" (Power, Ryder-Jones, Skelly) – 3:56
#"In the Morning" (Skelly) – 2:33
#"Something Inside of Me" (Skelly) – 2:26
#"Come Home" (Power, Ryder-Jones, Skelly) – 4:14
#"Far from the Crowd" (Skelly) – 3:39
#"Leaving Today" (Skelly, Southall) – 3:08
#"Arabian Sand" (Coral) – 4:02
#"Late Afternoon" (Skelly) – 3:56

Limited edition bonus live CD

Recorded at Maida Vale (April 11, 2005) for BBC Radio 1's Lamacq Live.

#"Pass It On" – 2:33
#"Shadows Fall" – 3:29
#"Don't Think You're the First" – 4:03
#"Dreaming of You" – 2:19
#"A Warning to the Curious" – 3:50
#"She Sings the Mourning" – 3:06
#"Something Inside of Me" – 2:21
#"Arabian Sand" – 3:46

Extended Copy Protection

In November 2005, it was revealed that Sony was distributing albums with Extended Copy Protection, a controversial feature that automatically installed rootkit software on any Microsoft Windows machine upon insertion of the disc. In addition to preventing the CDs contents from being copied, it was also revealed that the software reported the users' listening habits back to Sony and also exposed the computer to malicious attacks that exploited insecure features of the rootkit software. Though Sony refused to release a list of the affected CDs, the Electronic Frontier Foundation identified "The Invisible Invasion" as one of the discs with the invasive software.

External links

* [http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004144.php "Are You Affected By Sony-BMG's Rootkit?"] (November 9, 2005) from Electronic Frontier Foundation