Civilization (album)

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Civilization
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Studio album by Front Line Assembly
Released January 20, 2004 (2004-01-20)
Recorded 2003 (2003)
Genre Industrial, electro-industrial
Length 56:50
Label Metropolis, Synthetic Symphony
Producer Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber
Front Line Assembly chronology
Epitaph
(2001)Epitaph2001		 Civilization
(2004)		 Artificial Soldier
(2006)Artificial Soldier2006
Singles from Civilization
  1. "Maniacal"
    Released: October 21, 2003[1]
  2. "Vanished"
    Released: June 22, 2004[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[3]
Barcode Magazine 7.6/10[4]
Cleveland Scene Favorable[5]
DisAgreement Favorable[6]
Exclaim! Mixed[7]
Kerrang! 3/5 stars[8]
musicOMH Favorable[9]
ReGen Favorable[10]
Rock Sound 9/10[11]
Side-Line 9/10[12]

Civilization is an album by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly, released in 2004. The album was produced by band founder Bill Leeb and returning member Rhys Fulber who had departed in 1996. Civilization has been described by reviewers as being a more stylistically diverse and relaxed album especially when compared to one of the band's previous releases, Millennium.[12][11]

Release

Copy protection

Promotional copies of the album came with copy protection. Metropolis called it "an experimental run" and emphasized that the sales copies were delivered as regular CDs without protection.[13]

Album errors

Metropolis mislabeled the back cover tracklisting on Civilization releases on at least three different occasions. The errors included swapping song titles, missing the song "Schicksal," and excluding the "Dissident" page in the booklet. These numerous errors led to rumors that Metropolis was releasing special edition copies of the album. All of these rumors were false.[14] While the tracklisting found on the back cover was incorrect, the linear notes still had all the songs in correct order excluding copies with the missing "Dissident" page.

Singles

Civilization was accompanied by two singles. Maniacal was released about three months before the album.[1] It contains the original version and a remix of the title track as well as the B-side "Anti". The follow-up to the album was the single Vanished. It includes two remixes of the title track and the non-album tracks "Stürm", "Disseminate" and "Uncivilized".[15] "Stürm" is also featured on the soundtrack album from horror film Saw.[16] Both singles reached the top of the Deutsche Alternative Charts single chart (see Chart positions).

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Psychosomatic"   5:35
2. "Maniacal"   5:14
3. "Transmitter" (Accidentally listed as "Fragmented" on some tracklists) 5:38
4. "Vanished"   6:25
5. "Strategic"   1:52
6. "Civilization"   6:43
7. "Fragmented" (Accidentally listed as "Transmitter (Come Together)" on some tracklists) 6:22
8. "Parasite" (Accidentally listed as "Dissident" on some tracklists) 6:13
9. "Dissident" (Accidentally listed as "Schicksal" on some tracklists) 5:29
10. "Schicksal" (Missing from some tracklists) 7:19

Personnel

Front Line Assembly

Additional musicians

Chart positions

Album

Chart (2004) Peak position
German Alternative Albums (Deutsche Alternative Charts)[17] 1

Singles

Maniacal

Chart (2003) Peak position
German Alternative Singles (Deutsche Alternative Charts)[18] 1
Billboard Hot Dance Singles[19] 15

Vanished

Chart (2004) Peak position
German Alternative Singles (Deutsche Alternative Charts)[20] 1

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Front Line Assembly: Maniacal > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ Front Line Assembly: Vanished > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  3. ↑ Jeffries, David. Front Line Assembly: Civilization > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
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  15. ↑ Front Line Assembly: Vanished > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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