Controlling Crowds

Summary

Controlling Crowds (Parts I-III) is the sixth studio album by British trip hop progressive and alternative group Archive. It was released worldwide on March 30, 2009.[2]

Controlling Crowds
Studio album by
Released30 March 2009
GenreTrip hop[1]
Length1:18:02
Archive chronology
Lights
(2006)
Controlling Crowds
(2009)
Controlling Crowds - Part IV
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Release edit

The album consists of three different parts:[2]

  1. Part I: Controlling Crowds; Bullets; Words on Signs; Dangervisit; Quiet Time
  2. Part II: Collapse / Collide; Clones; Bastardised Ink; Kings of Speed; Whore
  3. Part III: Chaos; Razed to the Ground; Funeral

In the beginning, the band wanted to include a fourth part. It was later released as Controlling Crowds – Part IV on 19 October 2009.[3] Both albums were released on the same day as a double CD under the name Controlling Crowds - The Complete Edition Parts I–IV.[4]

In popular culture edit

The second song on the album, "Bullets", was used in the January 2013 teaser for CD Projekt Red's game titled Cyberpunk 2077.[5]

Track listing edit

CD 1 :

  1. "Controlling Crowds" (10:09)
  2. "Bullets" (5:54)
  3. "Words on Signs" (4:00)
  4. "Dangervisit" (7:37)
  5. "Quiet Time" (5:55)
  6. "Collapse/Collide" (9:12)
  7. "Clones" (5:00)
  8. "Bastardised Ink" (3:34)
  9. "Kings of Speed" (4:22)
  10. "Whore" (4:15)
  11. "Chaos" (5:28)
  12. "Razed to the Ground" (5:22)
  13. "Funeral" (7:19)

CD 2 (limited edition) :[6]

  1. "Killing All Movement" (6:22)
  2. "Children They Feed" (3:06)
  3. "Day That You Go" (3:49)
  4. "Neatly Folded" (3:18)
  5. "Bullets" (video)

Charts edit

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 10
French Albums (SNEP)[8] 7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 61
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[10] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 7

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[12] Gold 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ a b allmusic
  2. ^ a b [1] Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ [2] Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071211/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000281-001-CD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Solórzano, Sergio (27 December 2020). "Gaming Detail: Cyberpunk 2077 Mission Shows The Fate Of Teaser Trailer Character". TheGamer. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071922/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000150-002-CD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "Ultratop.be – Archive – Controlling Crowds" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Lescharts.com – Archive – Controlling Crowds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Officialcharts.de – Archive – Controlling Crowds". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Archive – Controlling Crowds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2010 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 March 2021.