Noir (William Control album) explained

Noir
Type:	studio
Artist:	William Control
Cover:	William Control Noir cover.jpg
Recorded:	at Sleepy Hollow Studios
Genre:	Darkwave, Synthpop
Label:	Victory
Producer:	William Control
Prev Title:	Hate Culture
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Novus Ordo Seclorum
Next Year:	2011

Noir is the second studio album by William Control. It was released on June 8, 2010, and the only single, released a day after the album, was I'm Only Human Sometimes (which live performances have been ended with for some years now).^[1] This was accompanied by a music video, with both clean and uncensored versions available. The single's cover was rejected by online music retailer iTunes, who considered it 'unsuitable for minors'.^[2] Noir was written, produced and engineered by William Control, and recorded at Sleepy Hollow Studios, then mixed by Justin Armstrong and William Control at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle.

Trivia

• The title of track 1 is French for 'an announcement' while the title of track 2 is German for 'prelude'.
• Track 4 contains references to the novel and film Let The Right One In.
• Track 9 is about The Picture of Dorian Gray and is told from the perspective of its lead character.
• Track 5 is a cover of Can't Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley.
• Album pre-order packages contained a pair of unisex briefs branded with the William Control logo.^[3]
• Scylla and Charybdis are monsters from Greek mythology, representing having to choose between 2 equally dangerous situations.

Credits

• Photography: Lisa Johnson
• Art direction: DoubleJ
• Assistant engineers: Bob Bicknell, John Troxell, Jason Weiner and Brian San Marco

Notes and References

1. Web site: William Control Concert Setlists. setlist.fm.
2. Web site: WILLIAM CONTROL Releases Erotic New Video for "I'm Only Human Sometimes" « News « . Puregrainaudio.com . 2012-03-03.
3. Web site: William Control Packages: Noir CD and Underwear Package . Victory Records . 2012-03-03.