Imperial Metric

Appliance | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 17, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B00005LOQ1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #521,486 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Separate Animals

2. Map Of The Territory

3. F.L.F. (Precious Bodily Fluids)

4. Land, Sea And Air

5. Comrades (In A Moscow Hotel)

6. H20

7. Skylight

8. AM/PM

9. A Little More Information

10. Navigating The Nursery Slopes

11. A Gentle Cycle Revolution

12. Where Has The Space Race Gone?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite original and inventive, May 4, 2005

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Garrett Holway (Tempe, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Imperial Metric (Audio CD)

Very few albums have impressed me as quickly and completely as Imperial Metric, the first Appliance work I ever heard and still my favorite. Hauntingly beautiful soundscapes with lusciously etherial intelligence- perfect for watching the cosmos or divining the mysteries of life. This work's sonic expanse will take you there.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Menacing Hues, September 24, 2001

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WrtnWrd "Hankman" (Northridge, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Imperial Metric (Audio CD)

Appliance's second full length release moves the Exeter trio into darker electronic territory, a shift in many ways mirrored in the CD title, Imperial Metric, and the global imperative of the song titles: "Land, Sea and Air", "Comrades (In a Moscow Hotel)", "Navigating the Nursery Slopes", and so on. The tone here is ominous; even the instrumentals are menacingly hued. Lyrically the feel is post-cold war intrigue, technology infiltrated by the messy sensuality of human emotion.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Space Rockers..., August 18, 2001

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DJ Rez (St Paul

St Paul) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Imperial Metric (Audio CD)

I heard this playing at my local record store and picked it up then and there.This is a rock record that features some major electronic touches...most of the beats are electronically driven,and there are lots of keyboards...I hear a little bit of Spiritualized,some Charlatans,maybe some Echo & the Bunnymen...definitely inspired by prog-rock.Alot of the tracks have vocals,but there are a few excellent instrumentals on here too.It's not all spacy slow jams either...there a a couple of great driving songs.In fact I reckon this would be an awesome roadtrip record...test drive it yourself!