Confidential (High Contrast album)

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High Contrast Confidential
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Compilation album by
Released27 April 2009
Genre Drum and bass
Length145:44
Label Hospital
Producer Lincoln Barrett
High Contrast chronology
Tough Guys Don't Dance
(2007)
High Contrast Confidential
(2009)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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High Contrast Confidential is the fourth album and the second double album from the Welsh drum and bass producer High Contrast, released on 27 April 2009 on the Hospital Records label. It is an assortment of handpicked songs he has written in the past. The first disc includes a premium selection of singles from his previous three albums but the second disc includes some of his remixes from the past.

Contents

The Album Art contains aspects of High Contrast's previous albums. The backdrop is the same as True Colours , he has the suit and cocktail from High Society and the phone pictured on the cover of Tough Guys Don't Dance is lying on the floor.

Track listing

Disc 1 - The Originals

  1. "Racing Green"
  2. "Return of Forever"
  3. "If We Ever"
  4. "Seven Notes In Black"
  5. "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
  6. "Twilights Last Gleaming"
  7. "Tread Softly"
  8. "Lovesick"
  9. "Music Is Everything"
  10. "The Persistence Of Memory"
  11. "Basement Track"
  12. "When The Lights Go Down"

Disc 2 - The Remixes

  1. Adele - "Hometown Glory"
  2. The Streets - "Has It Come To This?"
  3. High Contrast - "The Basement Track" (HC's Upstairs Downstairs Remix)
  4. Omni Trio - "Renegade Snares"
  5. Eric Prydz - "Pjanoo"
  6. London Elektricity - "Remember The Future"
  7. Utah Saints - "Something Good 08"
  8. Ils - "No Soul"
  9. Missy Elliott - "We Run This"
  10. Blaze - "Most Precious Love"
  11. Blue Sonix - "This Feeling"
  12. Basement Jaxx - "Hey U"
  13. London Elektricity - "My Dreams"

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [3] Gold100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom 24 April 2009 Hospital Records 29 x File, FLACNHS151DD2
United Kingdom27 April 2009Hospital double CD NHS151CD

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Sputnikmusic review
  3. "British album certifications – High Contrast – Confidential". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 9 January 2022.