The Seduction of Claude Debussy
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| Studio album by Art of Noise | ||||
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28 June 1999 (UK) 1 December 1999 (JP) |
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| Recorded | 1998-1999 | |||
| Genre | Atmospheric drum and bass, electronica, breakbeat, alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 56:42 | |||
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ZTT Records  Universal UD-53235 
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| Producer |
Trevor Horn Anne Dudley |
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28 June 1999 (UK)
The Seduction of Claude Debussy is a 1999 concept album by Art of Noise, featuring a line-up of Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, Paul Morley, and Lol Creme. Also appearing on the album are John Hurt, soprano Sally Bradshaw, Rakim, and Donna Lewis. The group blended the music of French impressionist composer Claude Debussy with drum and bass, opera, hip hop, jazz, and narration, and described the album as "the soundtrack to a film that wasn't made about the life of Claude Debussy."
The album was announced in mid-1998 as being due for release by the end of that year. However, it didn't come out until mid-1999. The album was only released on CD and MiniDisc formats. The UK edition was released 28 June 1999. The US edition was released 29 June 1999. The Japan edition was released 1 December 1999.
The most widely available, commercial editions of the album were released in the UK, US, Canada, and France, and contained these tracks:
The first US edition of the album, released 29 June 1999, was a two-disc set, with the second disc containing the following tracks:
The Japanese edition, released 1 December 1999, was a CD-Extra containing the following audio tracks (some of which are slightly different mixes from the standard edition, despite similar durations):
The CD-ROM portion of the disc contained the "Metaforce" video in a QuickTime format.
A promotional version, released several months in advance in the US, Canada, and UK (CD-R only in the UK), contained the same tracks in a slightly different sequence and with some mixing differences in "Born on a Sunday" and with "Dreaming in Colour" being one continuous track instead of split into two:
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