Controlling Crowds
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{{Infobox album
| name = Controlling Crowds
| type = Album
| artist = Archive
| cover = Controlling_Crowds.jpg
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| released = 30 March 2009
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| genre = Trip hop
| length = 1:18:02
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| prev_title = Lights
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Controlling Crowds - Part IV
| next_year = 2009
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[https://www.allmusic.com/album/controlling-crowds-mw0001736414 allmusic]
}}
Controlling Crowds (Parts I-III) is the sixth studio album by British trip hop progressive and alternative rock group Archive. It was released worldwide on 30 March 2009.[http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000150-001-CD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071447/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000150-001-CD|date=December 2, 2010}}
Release
The album consists of three different parts:
- Part I: Controlling Crowds; Bullets; Words on Signs; Dangervisit; Quiet Time
- Part II: Collapse / Collide; Clones; Bastardised Ink; Kings of Speed; Whore
- Part III: Chaos; Razed to the Ground; Funeral
In the beginning, the band wanted to include a fourth part. It was later released as Controlling Crowds – Part IV on 19 October 2009.[http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000280-001-CD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202073153/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000280-001-CD|date=December 2, 2010}} Both albums were released on the same day as a double CD under the name Controlling Crowds - The Complete Edition Parts I–IV.{{cite web|url=http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000281-001-CD |accessdate=November 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071211/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000281-001-CD |archivedate=December 2, 2010 }}
In popular culture
The second song on the album, "Bullets", was used in the January 2013 teaser for CD Projekt Red's game titled Cyberpunk 2077.{{cite news |last1=Solórzano |first1=Sergio |title=Gaming Detail: Cyberpunk 2077 Mission Shows The Fate Of Teaser Trailer Character |url=https://www.thegamer.com/gaming-detail-cyberpunk-2077-bullets-mantis-arms-cyberpsycho-teaser/ |access-date=18 January 2021 |work=TheGamer |date=27 December 2020}}
Track listing
CD 1 :
- "Controlling Crowds" (10:09)
- "Bullets" (5:54)
- "Words on Signs" (4:00)
- "Dangervisit" (7:37)
- "Quiet Time" (5:55)
- "Collapse/Collide" (9:12)
- "Clones" (5:00)
- "Bastardised Ink" (3:34)
- "Kings of Speed" (4:22)
- "Whore" (4:15)
- "Chaos" (5:28)
- "Razed to the Ground" (5:22)
- "Funeral" (7:19)
- "Killing All Movement" (6:22)
- "Children They Feed" (3:06)
- "Day That You Go" (3:49)
- "Neatly Folded" (3:18)
- "Bullets" (video)
Charts
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! scope="col"| Chart (2009) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|10|artist=Archive|album=Controlling Crowds|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 June 2014}} |
| {{album chart|France|7|artist=Archive|album=Controlling Crowds|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 June 2014}} |
| {{album chart|Germany3|61|artist=Archive|album=Controlling Crowds|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 June 2014}} |
| {{album chart|Poland|16|id=506|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 June 2014}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|7|artist=Archive|album=Controlling Crowds|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 June 2014}} |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|type=album|artist=Archive|title=Controlling Crowds|award=Gold|relyear=2009|certyear=2010|accessdate=March 27, 2021}}
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