The Complex (album)

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The Complex
Studio album by Blue Man Group
Released April 22, 2003
Recorded 2002-2003
Genre Experimental rock, alternative rock, industrial rock, hard rock
Length 58:41
Label Lava/Atlantic
Producer Todd Perlmutter, Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink
Blue Man Group chronology
Audio
(1999)		 The Complex
(2003)		 Las Vegas 4 Song Sampler
(2005)
Singles from The Complex
  1. "The Current"
    Released: July 28, 2003
  2. "I Feel Love"
    Released: July 11, 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

The Complex is the second full-length album by Blue Man Group, released in 2003. The album produced two singles, and debuted at #60 on the Billboard charts. The Allmusic review by Robert L. Doerschuk states "Although its inspirations, musical and conceptual, trace as far back as Kraftwerk, The Complex serves as a reminder that modern devices and glistening production values can be applied to the most primal creative instincts, if utilized by the right -- blue -- hands".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Above" (Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Pai, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 2:46
  2. "Time to Start" (Dyas, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:43
  3. "Sing Along" (Dyas, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:25
  4. "Up to the Roof" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Heinemann, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 3:51
  5. "Your Attention" (Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Pai, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 4:09
  6. "Persona" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 4:30
  7. "Piano Smasher" (Dyas, Golden, Goldman, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 3:00
  8. "White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) – 2:54
  9. "The Current" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:48
  10. "Shadows, Pt. 2" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 2:56
  11. "What Is Rock" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:11
    • featuring Arone Dyer and Peter Moore
  12. "The Complex" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Heinemann, Stanton, Wink) – 6:25
    • featuring Peter Moore
  13. "I Feel Love" (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) – 5:13
  14. "Exhibit 13" (Banks, Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Parrulli, Stanton, Wink) – 8:51
    • Actual length is – 4:01
    • Includes a hidden track - Mandelbrot No.4, length: – 4:19

Concept

The Complex is a concept album that takes place in two separate worlds: the world of the rock concert, as in the song "Time to Start," and the alienating world of the modern urban workplace, as in the songs "Sing Along," "The Current", and "The Complex." Both worlds are then tied together in the song "What Is Rock," which contrasts the celebratory "loss of identity" within a rock performance with the dehumanizing "loss of identity" within the workplace. These themes were illustrated during performance by animations that told the story of a faceless worker eventually escaping "up to the roof" and discovering their true self.

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Billboard 200 60
Billboard Top Internet Albums 60

Songs

Year Song Chart Position
2003 "Sing Along" Adult Top 40 37
2004 "I Feel Love" Hot Dance Club Play 7

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r627529
  2. ↑ Doerschuk, R. L. Allmusic Review accessed 29 June 2009.
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