Cruise (Whitehouse album)

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Cruise
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Studio album by
Released16 March 2001
RecordedApril–December 2000
Genre Power electronics, noise
Length44:16
Label Susan Lawly
Producer William Bennett
Whitehouse chronology
Mummy and Daddy
(1998)
Cruise
(2001)
Bird Seed
(2003)
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Cruise is the sixteenth studio album by power electronics band Whitehouse, released in 2001 through the band's Susan Lawly label. The album was reissued on double vinyl format through Very Friendly in 2007, and was the first of a series of limited edition vinyl reissues of the band's catalog.

Contents

IDM musician Aphex Twin once played a remixed version of the title track at the 2001 Sónar festival. [2] He has also played the track "Public" during a special "headphone" set at Barbican, London, in which one reviewer of the show called the track "unnecessary, exploitative, and cheap". [2] [3]

Track listing

All songs written by William Bennett, except for "Public", written by Peter Sotos

No.TitleLength
1."Cruise (Force the Truth)"6:48
2."Princess Disease"3:21
3."Movement 2000"2:58
4."Public"13:00
5."Scapegoat"4:31
6."Dance the Desperate Breath"7:36
7."A Cunt Like You"6:02

Personnel

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References

  1. Capper, Andy. "NME ((( Cruise > Review )))". NME . Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 Bennett, William. "Susan Lawly previous news". Susan Lawly. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  3. P, John. "Aphex Twin: Headphone set at the Barbican: A Review [archived]". Warp Records. Archived from the original on 21 November 2001. Retrieved 23 March 2015.