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Avant Hard

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Released
  
April 20, 1999

Artist
  
Add N to (X)

Label
  
Mute Records

Length
  
56:25

Release date
  
19 April 1999

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Recorded
  
Unit 20, The Instrument, Eastcote

Producer
  
Barry 7, Dean Honer, Add N To (X)

Avant Hard (1999)
  
Add Insult to Injury (2000)

Genres
  
Experimental music, Electroclash, Noise rock

Similar
  
Add N to (X) albums, Electroclash albums, Other albums

Avant Hard is the third album by UK group Add N To (X). It was released in 1999 on Mute Records. The track "Metal Fingers In My Body" was used in an advertisement for a digital television service in the UK, played as the background music for skateboarder Danny Way for a montage of tricks. "Barry 7's Contraption" was used as the background music for a mobile phone company advert, and was used regularly as backing music on the TV series Banzai.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Barry 7's Contraption" – 4:09
  2. "Robot New York" – 4:11
  3. "Skills" – 3:51
  4. "Steve's Going to Teach Himself Who's Boss" – 3:05
  5. "Fyuz" – 4:32
  6. "Buckminster Fuller" – 3:36
  7. "Revenge of the Black Regent" – 6:12
  8. "Metal Fingers in My Body" – 5:13
  9. "Ann's Eveready Equestrian" – 4:07
  10. "Oh Yeah, Oh No" – 7:00
  11. "Machine is Bored With Love" – 3:54 based on samples from "Fugue In D Minor" from Egg's self-titled debut

Personnel

  • Producers and arrangers – Barry 7, Dean Honer, Add N To (X)
  • Engineers – Roger Johnson, Ebby Acquah, Steve D'Agostino
  • Additional musicians – Rob Allum, Alison Goldfrapp
  • Artwork – Add N To (X)
  • Band photos – Joe Dilworth

    • Songs

    1Barry 7's Contraption4:10
    2Robot New York4:12
    3Skills3:51

    References

    Avant Hard Wikipedia
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