| Artist |
Broadcast |
| Album Title: |
The Future Crayon |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Art Rock |
| Format |
Vinyl (2) |
| Released |
08/21/2006 |
| Reissue Date |
00/00/2015 |
| Label |
Warp Records |
| Catalog No |
WARPLP146R |
| Bar Code No |
8 01061 81461 8 |
| Reissue |
Yes |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| The Future Crayon (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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Illumination (3:15)
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| A2.
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Still Feels Like Tears (3:41)
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| A3.
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Small Song IV (3:39)
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| A4.
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Where Youth And Laughter Go (2:43)
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| A5.
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One Hour Empire (1:42)
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| A6.
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Distant Call (3:33)
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| B1.
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Poem Of Dead Song (2:30)
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| B2.
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Hammer Without A Master (4:59)
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| B3.
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Locusts (5:00)
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| B4.
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Chord Simple (4:38)
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| The Future Crayon (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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Daves Dream (4:01)
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| A2.
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DDL (2:28)
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| A3.
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Test Area (5:53)
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| A4.
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Unchanging Window / Chord Simple (6:59)
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| B1.
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A Man For Atlantis (3:15)
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| B2.
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Minus Two (4:16)
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| B3.
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Violent Playground (2:11)
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| B4.
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Belly Dance (4:48)
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| Date Acquired |
10/10/2017 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Ernie B's Reggae |
| Purchase Price |
11.99 |
Web Links |
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Discogs entry: |
Notes |
A collection of 18 tracks taken from rare & limited edition singles, EPs & compilations
A4, C1 and D4 originally released on Extended Play (2000) WAP129CD
A1, B1, C4 and D1 originally released on Extended Play Two (2000) WAP141CD
A2, A3, A5, D2 and D3 originally released on Pendulum EP (2003) WAP162CD
A6 originally released as b side to Come on Let's Go 7"single (2000) 7WAP132
B2 originally released on Wap100 We Are Reasonable People (1998) WAP100CD
B3 and B4 originally released on Come On Let's Go (2000) WAP132CD
C2 originally released on All Tomorrow's Parties 01 (2001) ATPR CD1
C3 originally released on Echo's Answer (1999) WAP125CD
Artwork – Broadcast, House
Management – Martin Pike
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warp Records Limited
Copyright (c) – Warp Records Limited
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by Heather Phares:
Collecting most of Broadcast's EP tracks, B-sides, and rarities from The Noise Made by People and Haha Sound eras, Future Crayon is a welcome reminder of how consistently interesting the band's output is. Indeed, the band's other EP collection, Work and Non-Work, flowed just as well, if not better, than many other groups' full-length albums. Future Crayon isn't quite that cohesive, but it does chart how Broadcast's sound developed during that time, and also includes some tracks that even die-hard fans might have missed the first time around. The collection begins with a string of relatively poppy songs that rival the quality of anything that appeared on either The Noise Made by People or Haha Sound. Extended Play Two's "Illumination" is particularly gorgeous, opening with an insistent bassline and Trish Keenan's coolly lovely voice before achieving lift-off with clouds of backing vocals and art-damaged synths. Meanwhile, "Still Feels Like Tears" from the Pendulum EP takes the title track's stripped-down psych-rock in a lighter, sweeter direction, while Extended Play's "Where Youth and Laughter Go" begins as a clockwork lullaby and then swells into quintessentially Broadcast-like sci-fi lounge-pop. Future Crayon then delves into the more experimental side of the band's music, which usually only appears as brief interludes on their albums. 1998's "Hammer Without a Master," which originally appeared on the Warp comp We Are Reasonable People and is one of this collection's rarest tracks, is an especially striking collage of horror-show organs and death-surf guitars grounded by jazzy drumming; along with "Daves Dream," it sounds like a more elegant version of the sound Add N to (X) was pursuing at the time. The aptly-named "Chord Simple" is a lovely, oddly affecting instrumental that appears twice here, both on its own and as a part of a harder-edged version of "Unchanging Window." While the decision to put most of the more accessible tracks on the first half of the disc is understandable, it doesn't always make for the easiest listening -- sometimes, it feels easy to get lost in the more abstract moments later on in the collection. Nevertheless, Future Crayon is a must for Broadcast obsessives and a good way for casual fans to explore some of the rougher edges of their music.
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