Avant Hard

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Avant Hard

| type = Album

| artist = Add N to (X)

| cover = Addntox-avanthard.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1999|04|20|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = {{hlist|Unit 20|The Instrument|Eastcote}}

| genre = Electronica{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19|title=Add N to (X): Avant Hard|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly|issue=70|date=June 1999|accessdate=9 March 2020|last=Cox|first=Christoph|page=19}}

| length = 56:25

| label = Mute

| producer = {{hlist|Add N to (X)|Barry 7|Dean Honer}}

| prev_title = On the Wires of Our Nerves

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Add Insult to Injury

| next_year = 2000

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/avant-hard-mw0000666153|title=Avant Hard – Add N to (X)|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=9 March 2020|last=Phares|first=Heather}}

| rev2 = The Independent

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/pop-album-reviews-1086400.html|title=Pop: Album Reviews|work=The Independent|date=10 April 1999|accessdate=9 March 2020|last=Perry|first=Tim}}

| rev3 = Melody Maker

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Add N to (X): Avant Hard|magazine=Melody Maker|date=17 April 1999|page=38}}

| rev4 = NME

| rev4Score = 9/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990313134553reviews.html|title=Add N To (X) – Avant Hard|magazine=NME|date=13 April 1999|accessdate=9 March 2020|last=Martin|first=Piers|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991112101532/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990313134553reviews.html|archivedate=12 November 1999|url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5Score = 7.3/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/add-n-to-x/avant-hard.shtml|title=Add N to (X): Avant Hard|work=Pitchfork|date=July 1999|accessdate=9 March 2020|last=Richard-San|first=Mark|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040807191905/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/add-n-to-x/avant-hard.shtml|archivedate=7 August 2004|url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Q

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Add N to (X): Avant Hard|magazine=Q|issue=153|date=June 1999|page=100}}

| rev7 = Select

| rev7Score = 4/5{{cite magazine|title=Add N to (X): Avant Hard|magazine=Select|issue=107|date=May 1999|last=Lynskey|first=Dorian|page=82}}

}}

Avant Hard is the third studio album by English electronic music band Add N to (X). It was released in 1999 on Mute Records.

The track "Metal Fingers in My Body" was used in an advertisement for a digital television service in the UK, played as the background music for skateboarder Danny Way for a montage of tricks. "Barry 7's Contraption" was used as the background music for a telecoms advert for Orange UK directed by Chris Cunningham, and was used regularly as backing music on the TV series Banzai.