Controlling Crowds Explained

Controlling Crowds
Type:	Album
Artist:	Archive
Cover:	Controlling_Crowds.jpg
Released:	30 March 2009
Genre:	Trip hop
Length:	1:18:02
Prev Title:	Lights
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Controlling Crowds - Part IV
Next Year:	2009

Controlling Crowds (Parts I-III) is the sixth studio album by British trip hop progressive and alternative group Archive. It was released worldwide on March 30, 2009.^[1]

Release

The album consists of three different parts:^[1]

1. Part I: Controlling Crowds; Bullets; Words on Signs; Dangervisit; Quiet Time
2. Part II: Collapse / Collide; Clones; Bastardised Ink; Kings of Speed; Whore
3. Part III: Chaos; Razed to the Ground; Funeral

In the beginning, the band wanted to include a fourth part. It was later released as Controlling Crowds – Part IV on 19 October 2009.^[2] Both albums were released on the same day as a double CD under the name Controlling Crowds - The Complete Edition Parts I–IV.^[3]

In popular culture

The second song on the album, "Bullets", was used in the January 2013 teaser for CD Projekt Red's game titled Cyberpunk 2077.^[4]

Track listing

CD 1 :

1. "Controlling Crowds" (10:09)
2. "Bullets" (5:54)
3. "Words on Signs" (4:00)
4. "Dangervisit" (7:37)
5. "Quiet Time" (5:55)
6. "Collapse/Collide" (9:12)
7. "Clones" (5:00)
8. "Bastardised Ink" (3:34)
9. "Kings of Speed" (4:22)
10. "Whore" (4:15)
11. "Chaos" (5:28)
12. "Razed to the Ground" (5:22)
13. "Funeral" (7:19)

CD 2 (limited edition) :^[5]

1. "Killing All Movement" (6:22)
2. "Children They Feed" (3:06)
3. "Day That You Go" (3:49)
4. "Neatly Folded" (3:18)
5. "Bullets" (video)

Notes and References

1. http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000150-001-CD
2. http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000280-001-CD
3. Web site: http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000281-001-CD . November 3, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071211/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000281-001-CD . December 2, 2010 .
4. News: Solórzano . Sergio . Gaming Detail: Cyberpunk 2077 Mission Shows The Fate Of Teaser Trailer Character . 18 January 2021 . TheGamer . 27 December 2020.
5. Web site: http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000150-002-CD . November 3, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071922/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000150-002-CD . December 2, 2010 .