Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age

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Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
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Studio album by
Released26 October 2009
Genre Hauntology, sampledelia, psychedelia, plunderphonics
Length48:31
Label Warp
Broadcast chronology
The Future Crayon
(2006)
Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
(2009)
Berberian Sound Studio
(2013)
No.TitleLength
1."Intro/Magnetic Tales"0:39
2."The Be Colony"4:32
3."How Do You Get Along Sir?"1:11
4."Will You Read Me"1:20
5."Reception/Group Therapy"1:20
6."A Quiet Moment"0:58
7."I See, So I See So"2:09
8."You Must Wake"1:36
9."One Million Years Ago"2:16
10."A Seancing Song"2:19
11."Mr Beard, You Chatterbox"1:25
12."Drug Party"1:28
13."Libra, the Mirror's Minor Self"2:45
14."Love's Long Listen-In"1:48
15."We Are After All Here"2:32
16."A Medium's High"2:29
17."Ritual/Looking In"4:21
18."Make My Sleep His Song"2:41
19."Royal Chant"2:14
20."What I Saw"1:03
21."Let It Begin/Oh Joy"3:28
22."Round and Round and Round"1:39
23."The Be Colony/Dashing Home/What on Earth Took You?"2:30

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