Avant Hard
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| Released | 20 April 1999 | |||
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| Genre | Electronica[1] | |||
| Length | 56:25 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarStarStarHalf star[2] |
| The Independent | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[3] |
| Melody Maker | StarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[4] |
| NME | 9/10[5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[6] |
| Q | StarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[7] |
| Select | 4/5[8] |
Avant Hard is the third studio album by English electronic music band Add N to (X). It was released in 1999 on Mute Records.
The track "Metal Fingers in My Body" was used in an advertisement for a digital television service in the UK, played as the background music for skateboarder Danny Way for a montage of tricks. "Barry 7's Contraption" was used as the background music for a telecoms advert for Orange UK directed by Chris Cunningham, and was used regularly as backing music on the TV series Banzai.
Track listing
[edit | edit source]All tracks are written by Add N to (X) (Steven Claydon, Ann Shenton and Barry Smith).
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Barry 7's Contraption" | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Robot New York" | 4:11 |
| 3. | "Skills" | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Steve's Going to Teach Himself Who's Boss" | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Fyuz" | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Buckminster Fuller" | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Revenge of the Black Regent" | 6:12 |
| 8. | "Metal Fingers in My Body" | 5:13 |
| 9. | "Ann's Eveready Equestrian" | 4:07 |
| 10. | "Oh Yeah, Oh No" | 7:00 |
| 11. | "Machine Is Bored with Love" (song ends at 3:54; includes hidden track "Are Streets Antiques" (5:55) after 0:33 of silence) | 10:22 |
Sample credits
- "Machine Is Bored with Love" is based on samples from "Fugue in D Minor", written and performed by Egg (Dave Stewart, Dirk Campbell and Clive Brooks).
Personnel
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Charts
[edit | edit source]| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums (OCC)[9] | 100 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10] | 18 |
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- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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