Audio (album)

Audio
Studio album by Blue Man Group
Released December 7th, 1999
Genre Experimental rock, Alternative rock, Progressive rock
Length 57:29
Label Virgin Records
Producer Todd Perlmutter
Blue Man Group chronology
Audio
(1999)
The Complex
(2003)

Audio is the debut album by Blue Man Group, released in 1999 by Virgin Records. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.

This album was released in two versions: The DVD had 5.1-channel versions of the music in both DVD-Video (using Dolby Digital) and DVD-Audio formats (one on each side) and a CD that had a 2-channel stereo mix of each track.

A behind the scenes video of the album is viewable on a promotional 2000 VHS known as Audio Video. This video is also included as a bonus on the Audio 5.1 Surround Sound DVD.

Track listing

  1. "TV Song" – 2:08
  2. "Opening Mandelbrot" – 3:13
  3. "Synaesthetic" – 5:31
  4. "Utne Wire Man" – 3:18
  5. "Rods and Cones" – 5:57
  6. "Tension 2" – 2:05
  7. "Mandelgroove" – 5:49
  8. "PVC IV" – 4:23
  9. "Club Nowhere" – 4:50
  10. "Drumbone" – 2:44
  11. "Shadows" – 2:06
  12. "Cat Video" – 2:20
  13. "Klein Mandelbrot" – 8:03
  14. "Endless Column" – 5:02

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Heather Phares of Allmusic.com rated Audio three out of five stars. She explained that it "reflects over a decade's worth of musical and theatrical innovation." Although she stated that "the spectacle of the group playing its sculptural, surreal-looking instruments is absent from the album," she concluded her review by calling it "an album that proves the Blue Man Group is as innovative in the studio as it is onstage."[1]

Personnel

Blue Man Group

Additional musicians

References

  1. 1 2 Phares, Heather (2011). "Audio - Blue Man Group". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

External links

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