Noir (William Control album)

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Noir
William Control Noir cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 8, 2010 (2010-06-08)
Recordedat Sleepy Hollow Studios
Genre Darkwave, Synthpop
Length45:13
Label Victory
Producer William Control
William Control chronology
Hate Culture
(2008)
Noir
(2010)
Novus Ordo Seclorum
(2011)
Singles from Noir
  1. "I'm Only Human Sometimes"
    Released: June 1, 2010

Noir is the second studio album by William Control. It was released on June 8, 2010, and the only single, released a day after the album, was I'm Only Human Sometimes (which live performances have been ended with for some years now). [1] This was accompanied by a music video, with both clean and uncensored versions available. The single's cover was rejected by online music retailer iTunes, who considered it 'unsuitable for minors'. [2] Noir was written, produced and engineered by William Control, and recorded at Sleepy Hollow Studios, then mixed by Justin Armstrong and William Control at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by William Control, except where noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Une Annonce" 1:24
2."Vorspiel"Kenneth Fletcher1:06
3."All Due Restraint" 3:09
4."I'm Only Human Sometimes" 3:30
5." Can't Help Falling In Love " George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore 3:22
6."Why Dance With The Devil, When You Have Me?" (featuring Kurupt and Liza Graves) 4:10
7."My Lady Dominate" 4:02
8."Soliloquy" 3:56
9."Dorian Gray" (featuring Ashley Costello and Jeffree Star, bridge quotes from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde) 3:47
10."Ultrasound" 2:53
11."Noir"William Control, Luke Ryan Barnes2:32
12."Epilogue" (dialogue from The Libertine by Stephen Jeffreys; hidden track starts at 8:35) 11:22
Total length:45:13

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References

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  2. "WILLIAM CONTROL Releases Erotic New Video for "I'm Only Human Sometimes" « News «". Puregrainaudio.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  3. "William Control Packages: Noir CD and Underwear Package". Victory Records. Retrieved 2012-03-03.