Front Line AssemblyImprovised Electronic Device

Label:

Metropolis – MET 660

Format:

CD , Album

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Industrial

Tracklist

1 I. E. D. 6:35
2 Angriff 6:43
3 Hostage 6:57
4 Release 5:21
5 Shifting Through The Lens (Extended Version)
Keyboards [Additional]Craig Joseph Huxtable*
6:06
6 Laws Of Deception 5:21
7 Pressure Wave 4:58
8 Afterlife
Engineer [Additional]Loud Chris Demarcus*
5:57
9 Stupidity
Engineer [Vocals]Samton D'Ambruoso*
Mixed BySamton D'Ambruoso*
Producer, Vocals, Lyrics By, Arranged By [Strings], Programmed By [Additional]Al Jourgensen
Programmed By [Additional Drums]Samton D'Ambruoso*
4:15
10 Downfall 8:06

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Metropolis Records
  • Copyright ©Metropolis Records
  • Mastered AtGreen Jacket Studios
  • Recorded AtBlue Water Studios (2)
  • Recorded AtHarbor Side Studios
  • Engineered At13th Planet Studios
  • Glass Mastered AtCinram, Olyphant, PA – Z88451
  • Pressed ByCinram, Olyphant, PA

Credits

  • Engineer [Additional]Jeremy Inkel
  • Engineer, Mastered ByGreg Reely
  • GuitarJustin Hagberg (tracks: 4, 8, 9)
  • Guitar, KeyboardsJared Slingerland*
  • Illustration, DesignDave McKean
  • Mixed By, Producer [Additional]Ken Hiwatt Marshall* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7)
  • Music ByJustin Hagberg (tracks: 4, 9)
  • Performer [Front Line Assembly Is]Jeremy Inkel
  • ProducerFront Line Assembly (tracks: 1 to 8, 10)
  • Programmed ByJeremy Inkel
  • SynthesizerJeremy Inkel
  • Vocals, Lyrics ByBill Leeb

Notes

Vocals recorded at Blue Water and Harbor Side Studios.
Vocals engineering on "Stupidity" at 13th. Planet Recording Studios

© + ℗ 2010 Metropolis Records

Front Line Assembly, and Al Jourgensen would like to dedicate the song 'Stupidity' to the loving memory of Wax Trax CEO's Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher, may the Wax Trax legacy live Forever.

Al Jourgensen appears courtesy of 13th Planet Records, Inc. / BMI.
Craig Joseph Huxtable appears courtesy of Interdimensional Industries.
Justin Hagberg appears courtesy of Century Media Records.

Packaging: standard jewel case with a clear tray. 8 page booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 7-8238806602-0
  • Barcode (Scanned UPC-A): 78238806602-0
  • Matrix / Runout: Z88451 DF MET 80660-2 TEXT 01
  • Mastering SID Code: ifpi L909
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 2Q9F
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 2U7G

Other Versions (5 of 15)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Improvised Electronic Device (CD, Album) Dependent (2) mind 167, Mind 167 2010
Improvised Electronic Device (12×File, MP3, Album, Deluxe Edition, 320 kbps) Dependent (2) mind 160 2010
Improvised Electronic Device (12×File, MP3, Album, Deluxe Edition, 320 kbps) Metropolis MET 9660D US 2010
Improvised Electronic Device (CD, Album) Союз MIND 167 Russia 2010
Improvised. Electronic. Device. (CDr, Album, Promo) Metropolis MET 660 US 2010

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Reviews

  • futuristlimited's avatar
    futuristlimited
    "Shifting Through The Lens", the album's first single released two weeks ago set the bar high and I will tell you that it was the perfect set up for what was to come. Each track on the single explored different concepts and styles very much like this album does. The opening title track is a mindblower! "I.E.D." starts subtle and breaks into a creepy textured smathering of loops and kicks and is just amazing! "Angriff" (also the second track on the single) is probably some of Bill's best writing in years, add a superbly vocalized german chorus with a pulse-pounding guitar thrum and...- oh and by the way the vocals on this album are brilliantly processed in FLA fashion - so many times I caught myself giddy with excitement and actually saying aloud, "wow, that's brilliant!" Now, "Hostage" will be every FLA fanboy's electro dream track - yeah it is. "Release" breaks in to familiar guitar gnashing "Hard-wired" territory. "Shifting Through The Lens" is one of the best and most danceable singles in many years - not unlike "Columbian Necktie" from "FLAvour of the Weak" circa 1997. "Laws of Deception" and "Pressure Wave" wreak more havoc with guitar hits and Leeb's mastery of neurotic vox. Then wack! upside the head come two obligatory and opposing tracks. "Afterlife" is an opus with gorgeous bass lines and omg might I say it beautiful vocals. Now the standout track and for many good reasons. Some fans will be either blatantly ecstatic or loathsome for the fact that Al "Alien" Jourgansen who needs no intro has lended his talents to the track "Stupidity". I for one am impressed with the track. It's pissed off and awesomely devoted to the creators of the defunct and sorely missed "Wax Trax" Label. It does capture the feeling of how industrial music back then really was arguous and honest, not pretentous and copious. It really sends a message to the ruiners of the world today that only Al could ala FLA collab. "Downfall" is like the soundtrack from another planet. Not quite as brilliant (in my opinion) as "Endless Void" the nine minute extravaganza from "Shifting Through The Lens" single, but stands on it's own as the physical cd's closer. The new line up is really strong. Live this will be an eventful show! Let's hope they make it a nice long tour and hit us all with their industrial glory. Thanks guys this album really made me fall in love with the genre all over again. FLA is back!!!

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