Technicolour is the third and final studio album by Disco Inferno, released posthumously on 22 July 1996 by Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom. After releasing the EP It's a Kid's World in September 1994, Disco Inferno found themselves "burnt out and in debt; attracting little commercial success; beset by live failures; struggling against frustration, depression, internal bitterness and against the prevailing musical tide; helplessly caught in Rough Trade's ownership battles; [and] still barely into their twenties"; the trio imploded and called it quits as a band.[7] Technicolour was shelved for nearly two years after the band had dissolved. A projected EP release of "Sleight of Hand" (backed by the unreleased tracks "Keep It Together" and "Drowned Out") was canceled, and an entire album's worth of songs already recorded by singer/guitarist Ian Crause remains unreleased.[7]
| Technicolour | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 22 July 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
| Genre | Experimental pop[1] | |||
| Length | 33:05 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
| Producer | Disco Inferno | |||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| NME | 8/10[2] |
| Pitchfork | 7.0/10[3] |
| Q | [4] |
| Record Collector | [5] |
| Uncut | 8/10[6] |
Technicolour was followed years later by The 5 EPs, a compilation of various EPs the band had released throughout the early 1990s. One additional EP was also released by the band after Technicolour, 1999's The Mixing It Session, a release of a BBC Radio 3 session recorded in 1994. In 2004, One Little Indian reissued Technicolour in the United States, and the album was released on vinyl for the first time in April 2018.[8]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Ian Crause, Paul Wilmott, and Rob Whatley
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Technicolour" | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Things Move Fast" | 3:02 |
| 3. | "I'm Still in Love" | 2:10 |
| 4. | "Sleight of Hand" | 3:59 |
| 5. | "Don't You Know" | 4:48 |
| 6. | "It's a Kid's World" (Samples "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop) | 4:30 |
| 7. | "When the Story Breaks" | 3:11 |
| 8. | "Can't See Through It" | 3:53 |
| 9. | "Over and Over" | 3:51 |
| Total length: | 33:05 | |
Personnel
edit- Ian Crause – vocals, guitar, samples
- Paul Wilmott – bass guitar
- Rob Whatley – drums, samples
- John Coxon – engineer
- Mads Bjerke – engineer, mixing
- Clifton Hepburn – illustration
- Fuel – design
- Michael Collins – management
References
edit- ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "Technicolour – Disco Inferno". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ Goldsmith, Mike (3 August 1996). "Disco Inferno – Technicolour". NME. Archived from the original on 16 October 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Plagenhoef, Scott (2 June 2004). "Disco Inferno: D. I. Go Pop / Technicolour". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ Oldham, James (May 2018). "Disco Inferno: Technicolour". Q. No. 384. p. 117.
- ^ Smith, Phil (April 2018). "Disco Inferno – Technicolour". Record Collector. No. 478. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Mueller, Andrew (May 2018). "Disco Inferno: Technicolour". Uncut. No. 252. pp. 44–45.
- ^ a b From the liner notes of The 5 EPs, written by David Howell. Dated March 2011, released in September 2011.
- ^ "Disco Inferno – Technicolour: Releases". Discogs. 3 October 1996. Retrieved 28 February 2019.