Collective (Clock DVA album)

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Collective
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Box set by
ReleasedJune 20, 1994
RecordedAnterior Digital Research Station, United Kingdom
Genre EBM
Label Hyperium
Cleopatra [1]
Clock DVA chronology
Sign
(1993)
Collective
(1994)
Horology - DVAtion 78/79/80
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Collective is a box set containing three CDs by Clock DVA released on August 3, 1994. It was first issued through Hyperium Records as a three-disc set. After the 1,000 pressings were sold, it was re-issued as a single disc through Cleopatra Records. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, wrote that it "chart[s] the band's progress from techno-soul to their early 1990s ice warriorhood." [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Clock DVA

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."The Hacker" (Viral Version)7:23
2."The Act" (Activated)5:22
3."Hacker/Hacked" (Operation Sundevil)7:18
4."Soundmirror" (Reflected)5:43
5."The Sonology of Sex 2"3:45
6."Final Program" (Thinking Machine)4:15
7."Bitstream" (Teledildonic Version)5:52
8."H.I.T." (Bio)4:56
9."Cybertone" (Exoskeleton)3:59
10."Virtual Flesh" (Electrosex)5:58
11."Voice Recognition Test" (Cognitive)5:58
12."Cypher" (Glyph)5:09
13."Eternity" (Ballard)4:34
14."Solaris" (Mimetoid)5:01
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."The Hacker" (Videomix)3:24
2."The Hacker" (Hacked Version)7:23
3."Re/Act"5:22
4."Hacker/Hacked" (Reprogrammed 2)7:18
5."Hacker/Hacked" (Reprogrammed 3)7:18
6."Soundmirror 1"5:43
7."Soundmirror 2"5:43
8."Final Program"4:15
9."Final Program" (Decoded)4:15
10."Bitstream" (Single Version)5:52
11."Voice Recognition Test" (Single Version)5:56
12."De-Cyphered"5:18
13."Eternity" (Single Version)4:35
Disc three
No.TitleLength
1."Soundmirror" (Live at Melkweg, Amsterdam, 24/11/93)5:48
2."Pool of Shades" (Live at Melkweg, Amsterdam, 24/11/93)7:10
3."Endless Phase"4:48

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Germany1994 Hyperium CD IRC 31
United States Cleopatra CLP 9482

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References

  1. 1 2 Thompson, Dave (28 July 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 via Google Books.
  2. Bush, John. "Clock DVA: Collective: The Best of Clock DVA". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 via Google Books.
  4. columnist (January 1995). "Clock DVA: Collective: The Best of Clock DVA". Alternative Press : 77.