A Collection of Short Stories (Reload album) explained

A Collection of Short Stories
Type:	studio
Artist:	Reload
Cover:	A Collection of Short Stories (Reload album).jpg
Released:	1993
Genre:	IDM, ambient, techno
Length:	75:52
Label:	Infonet Records inf 4 Creation
Producer:	Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton
Next Title:	Pentamerous Metamorphosis
Next Year:	1993

A Collection of Short Stories is the debut album by British electronic music duo Reload,^[1] consisting of Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton, who would later achieve wider recognition as Global Communication. The booklet contains an introduction and six short stories written by Dominic Fripp.

Track listing

Source: Discogs^[2]

Credits

All tracks written, arranged and produced by Mark Pritchard. Tracks 8, 9, 11 co-written by Tom Middleton. Additional production and engineering on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 by Tom Middleton. "Mosh" engineered by ‘Head’ at The Icehouse.Release Label: Infonet

The introduction and short stories written by Dominic Fripp. Additional brainstorming and concepts for short stories by Tom Middleton.

℗ and © 1993 Creation Records.

Samples

• "Rota Link" samples the line "If you feel you are not properly sedated, call 348-844 immediately. Failure to do so may result in prosecution for criminal drug evasion." from THX 1138.
• "1642 Try 621" samples the line "Voice-print identification." from 2001: A Space Odyssey,^[3] and the lines "1642." and "Try 621." from THX 1138.
• "Akzinor" samples the lines "There is something down there! Something not us." "Not human. Something non-human, but intelligent…" from The Abyss.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Collection of Short Stories at the Reload Online website . 23 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715172354/http://www.reloadonline.com/1993/11/a-collection-of-short-stories/ . 15 July 2011 .
2. Web site: A Collection of Short Stories at Discogs.com. 23 March 2011.
3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/quotes The Internet Movie Database
4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/quotes The Internet Movie Database