Released April 22, 2003 Length 58:41 Release date 22 April 2003 | Recorded 2002-2003 | |
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The Complex(2003) Las Vegas 4 Song Sampler(2005) Genres Rock music, Experimental rock, Alternative rock, Hard rock, Industrial rock Producers Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink Similar Chris Wink albums, Rock music albums |
Blue man group above
The Complex is the second full-length album by Blue Man Group, released in 2003. The album produced two singles, and debuted at #60 on the Billboard charts. The Allmusic review by Robert L. Doerschuk states "Although its inspirations, musical and conceptual, trace as far back as Kraftwerk, The Complex serves as a reminder that modern devices and glistening production values can be applied to the most primal creative instincts, if utilized by the right -- blue -- hands".
Contents
Track listing
- "Above" (Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Pai, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 2:46
- "Time to Start" (Dyas, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:43
- "Sing Along" (Dyas, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:25
- featuring Dave Matthews
- "Up to the Roof" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Heinemann, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 3:51
- featuring Tracy Bonham
- "Your Attention" (Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Pai, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 4:09
- "Persona" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 4:30
- featuring Josh Haden
- "Piano Smasher" (Dyas, Golden, Goldman, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 3:00
- "White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) – 2:54
- featuring Esthero
- "The Current" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:48
- featuring Gavin Rossdale
- "Shadows, Pt. 2" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 2:56
- featuring Tracy Bonham and Rob Swift
- "What Is Rock" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:11
- featuring Arone Dyer and Peter Moore
- "The Complex" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Heinemann, Stanton, Wink) – 6:25
- featuring Peter Moore
- "I Feel Love" (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) – 5:13
- featuring Annette Strean of Venus Hum
- "Exhibit 13" (Banks, Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Parrulli, Stanton, Wink) – 8:51
- Actual length is – 4:01
- Includes a hidden track - Mandelbrot No.4, length: – 4:19
Concept
The Complex is a concept album that takes place in two separate worlds: the world of the rock concert, as in the song "Time to Start," and the alienating world of the modern urban workplace, as in the songs "Sing Along," "The Current", and "The Complex." Both worlds are then tied together in the song "What Is Rock," which contrasts the celebratory "loss of identity" within a rock performance with the dehumanizing "loss of identity" within the workplace. These themes were illustrated during performance by animations that told the story of a faceless worker eventually escaping "up to the roof" and discovering their true self.
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Above2:46
2Time to Start3:44
3Sing Along3:26