Micro-Phonies_(album)

<i>Micro-Phonies</i> (album)

Micro-Phonies (album)

1984 studio album by Cabaret Voltaire

Micro-Phonies is the sixth full-length studio album by British electronic band Cabaret Voltaire. Released 29 October 1984, the album was the group's most mainstream release to date, with the singles "Sensoria" and "James Brown" gaining popularity, especially the former, due to the music video finding MTV airplay. The album sees Cabaret Voltaire continuing to change, pursuing the more electro and synthpop-oriented direction they had started shifting towards on The Crackdown.

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Track listing

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All tracks are written by Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder

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Personnel

Video

The video for "Sensoria" was directed by Peter Care, and attracted airplay on MTV.[4] It was voted Best Video of the Year by the Los Angeles Times in 1985, and was later procured by the New York Museum of Modern Art.[5]

Poster

A poster for the album is visible on Ferris Bueller's wall in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

References

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    Smith, Robin, ed. (27 October 1984). "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 1984 (41). London, U.K.: Spotlight Publications Ltd.: 7. ISSN 0144-5804. Cabaret Voltaire release their eleventh album 'Micro-Phonies' on October 29. The album has nine new tracks including 'Blue Heat' and 'Sensoria'.
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    Raggett, Ned. "Micro-Phonies - Cabaret Voltaire". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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    "Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-Phonies (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. 1985. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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    New York Times, "At the Movies", 14 June 2002
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    "Cabaret Voltaire", The NME, 19 July 1985
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