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Released
  
2006 (2006)

Length
  
73:05

Release date
  
2006

Label
  
Recommended Records

Recorded
  
1983–1986

Artist
  
News from Babel

Producer
  
News from Babel

Genre
  
Experimental rock

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Complete is a three-CD box set by the English avant-rock band News from Babel. It contains remastered and repackaged releases of the two News from Babel albums, Work Resumed on the Tower (1984) and Letters Home (1986), plus an illustrated CD of their 7" single, "Contraries" (1984). The first album comprises the two song-suites Sirens and Silences and Work Resumed on the Tower, while the second album contains the Letters Home song-suite. The box set also contains a book of song texts and artwork.

Contents

Disc 1: Work Resumed on the Tower

Contains all the tracks from the News from Babel LP, Work Resumed on the Tower (1984).

Track list

  • Sirens and Silences
    1. "Odysseus" (Cutler, Cooper) – 2:56
    2. "Auschwitz/Babel" (Cutler, Cooper) – 4:07
    3. "Klein's Bottle" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:17
    4. "Black Gold" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:09
    5. "Devils" (Cutler, Cooper) – 1:16
    6. "Dry Leaf" (Cutler, Cooper) – 2:51
  • Work Resumed on the Tower
    1. "Arcades (of Glass)" (Cutler, Cooper) – 7:44
    2. "Victory" (Cutler, Cooper) – 5:19
    3. "Anno Mirabilis" (Cutler, Cooper) – 4:08

    • Personnel

  • Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, sopranino and alto saxophone, piano, other keyboards
  • Chris Cutler – drums, electrics, percussion
  • Zeena Parkins – harp, prepared and electric harps, accordion
  • Dagmar Krause – singing

    • Guests

  • Phil Minton – trumpet ("Victory", "Anno Mirabilis"), singing ("Anno Mirabilis")
  • Georgie Born – bass guitar ("Black Gold")

    • Disc 2: Letters Home

    Contains all the tracks from the News from Babel LP, Letters Home (1986).

    Track list

    1. "Who Will Accuse?" (Cutler, Cooper) – 2:38
    2. "Heart of Stone (Megalopolis)" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:04
    3. "Banknote" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:19
    4. "Moss" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:58
    5. "Dragon at the Core" (Cutler, Cooper) – 4:39
    6. "Dark Matter" (Cutler, Cooper) – 4:20
    7. "Waited/Justice" (Cutler, Cooper) – 5:09
    8. "Fast Food" (Cutler, Cooper) – 3:13
    9. "Late Evening" (Cutler, Cooper) – 4:58

    Personnel

  • Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, sopranino and alto saxophone, piano, other keyboards
  • Chris Cutler – drums, electrics, percussion
  • Zeena Parkins – harp, prepared and electric harps, accordion, ebo guitar

    • Guests

  • Bill Gilonis – bass guitar, guitar
  • Robert Wyatt – singing ("Who Will Accuse?", "Heart of Stone", "Moss", "Waited/Justice", "Late Evening")
  • Dagmar Krause – singing ("Fast Food", "Late Evening")
  • Sally Potter – singing ("Banknote", "Dark Matter")
  • Phil Minton – singing ("Dragon at the Core")

    • Disc 3: "Contraries"

    Contains the News from Babel 7" single, "Contraries" (1984).

    Track list

    1. "Contraries" (Cutler, Parkins) – 3:00

    Personnel

  • Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, piano, horns, marimba
  • Chris Cutler – marimba
  • Zeena Parkins – harp, accordion
  • Dagmar Krause – singing

    • Songs

    1Odysseus4:13
    2Auschwitz/Babel2:51
    3Klein's Bottle3:17

    References

    Complete (News from Babel album) Wikipedia
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