Emotional Technology

The album's intro consists of a backwards sample of "Satellite", the closing track of Movement, followed by reversed samples of "Somnambulist" and "Dark Heart Dawning" from Emotional Technology. Shortly after "Somnambulist", the album moves from its pop-oriented sound into a more experimental direction, containing introspective lyrics and song structures and samples not normally found in trance music at the time (the extended breakdown section of "P A R I S" features a galloping horse and a choir, while "Communicate"'s chorus drops the beat entirely). Emotional Technology also found Transeau writing several epic rock songs in the vein of "Satellite". Several of these songs would later be replaced on the Special Collector's Edition release.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 61/100{{cite web|title=Metacritic – Emotional Technology|website=Metacritic |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/emotional-technology}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r650767/review|pure_url=yes}}

| rev2 = About.com

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|title=BT - Emotional Technology|url=http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/reviews/fr/BTET.htm|last=Brassil|first=John|publisher=About.com|access-date=2012-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050918153114/http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/reviews/fr/BTET.htm|archive-date=2005-09-18|url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = C+He's too reserved as a solo performer to keep things interesting. [5 Sep 2003, p.77]

| rev4 = Music Emissions

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|title=BT - EMOTIONAL TECHNOLOGY|url=http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=2404|access-date=2007-07-18|archive-date=2011-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527124457/http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=2404|url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = Rolling Stone

| rev5Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|title=BT – Emotional Technology |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2047080&cf=2307 |last=Lash |first=Jolie |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 4, 2003 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030907051109/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2047080&cf=2307 |archive-date=2003-09-07 }}

| rev6 = Slant Magazine

| rev6Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|title=BT – Emotional Technology|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/bt-emotional-technology/309|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|work=Slant Magazine|date=August 30, 2003}}

| rev7 = URB

| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}At seventy-eight minutes, Emotional Technology gets a bit long in the tooth, but you get the feeling that the myriad streams of sound that pass between (and through) his ears have finally nestled together in a grandiose manner he envisioned. [Sep 2003, p.99]

}}

Emotional Technology received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 61 out of 100, based on 7 reviews. The album charted at 138 on the Billboard 200, making it BT's highest charting album to date.

Prior to the album's release, BT and BPM Magazine held a remix contest for the album. Inside an issue of BPM Magazine would be an EP containing the individual parts for "Somnambulist", "Communicate", "The Great Escape" and "Superfabulous", as well as a new, unreleased track titled "Kimosabe" (which would become part of the soundtrack for Electronic Arts' racing video game Need for Speed: Underground) and also featured in a Harmonix Music Rhythm game Amplitude.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} The four winners were announced in early 2004 and they won signed copies of Emotional Technology among other prizes. Two notable winners were Toksin (for his remix of "Communicate") and Burufunk (for their remix of "The Great Escape"). Burufunk had previously remixed "Somnambulist" for when the song was released as a single in May 2003. They later worked with BT on his remix of The Doors' classic, "Break on Through (To the Other Side)". Toksin has since released remixes of "Superfabulous" and "The Great Escape" on his website. He has also remixed "Shame" in his live shows.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}. The song "Tao of the Machine" was used in the 2005 video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

The album had only one official single, which was "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)". However, the Technology EP serves as a non-formal single release for "Superfabulous", "The Force of Gravity" and "The Great Escape".{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

All songs were written by BT, unless noted.

{{track listing

| headline = CD

| all_writing =

| title1 = The Meeting of a Hundred Yang

| length1 = 0:44

| note1 =

| title2 = Knowledge of Self

| length2 = 6:41

| note2 = featuring Guru

| title3 = Superfabulous

| length3 = 4:40

| note3 = featuring Rose McGowan

| title4 = Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)

| length4 = 4:20

| note4 = featuring JC Chasez

| title5 = Force of Gravity

| length5 = 8:19

| note5 = featuring JC Chasez

| title6 = Dark Heart Dawning

| length6 = 7:08

| note6 =

| title7 = The Great Escape

| length7 = 6:58

| note7 = featuring Caroline Lavelle

| title8 = P A R I S

| length8 = 7:51

| note8 = featuring Jody Wisternoff

| title9 = Circles

| length9 = 4:43

| note9 =

| title10 = Last Moment of Clarity

| length10 = 7:21

| note10 = featuring Karina Ware

| title11 = Communicate

| length11 = 5:48

| note11 = featuring Jan Johnston

| title12 = Animals

| length12 = 7:24

| note12 =

| title13 = The Only Constant Is Change

| length13 = 6:16

| note13 =

| total_length = 78:13

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Japanese bonus disc

| all_writing =

| title14 = Kimosabe

| length14 = 6:55

| note14 = feat. Wildchild

| title15 = Tao of the Machine

| length15 = 5:04

| note15 = feat. The Roots

| title16 = Love in the Time of Thieves

| length16 = 6:21

| note16 = feat. Tamra Keenan and Kevin Beber

| title17 = The Revolution

| length17 = 4:19

| note17 = feat. Rasco

| title18 = Somnambulist (Junkie XL Vocal Mix)

| length18 = 8:56

| note18 =

| title19 = Somnambulist (Sander Kleinenberg's Convertible Mix)

| length19 = 10:03

| note19 =

| title20 = Somnambulist (Burufunk Remix)

| length20 = 7:30

| note20 =

| title21 = The Great Escape (Attention Deficit Mix)

| length21 = 10:37

| note21 =

| title22 = Force of Gravity (Dylan Rhymes Push-up Mix)

| length22 = 8:37

| note22 =

| title23 = Force of Gravity (Tiësto Remix)

| length23 = 7:48

| note23 =

| total_length = 154:13

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side A

| all_writing =

| title1 = Knowledge of Self

| length1 = 8:14

| note1 =

| title2 = Superfabulous

| length2 = 5:27

| note2 =

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side B

| all_writing =

| title3 = Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)

| length3 = 5:06

| note3 =

| title4 = Force of Gravity

| length4 = 9:58

| note4 =

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side C

| all_writing =

| title5 = Dark Heart Dawning

| length5 = 7:43

| note5 =

| title6 = The Great Escape

| length6 = 7:19

| note6 =

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side D

| all_writing =

| title7 = P A R I S

| length7 = 9:31

| note7 =

| title8 = Last Moment of Clarity

| length8 = 9:35

| note8 =

| total_length = 62:53

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Disc 1

| all_writing =

| title1 = The Meeting of a Hundred Yang

| length1 = 0:44

| note1 =

| title2 = Knowledge of Self

| length2 = 6:40

| note2 = feat. Guru

| title3 = Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)

| length3 = 4:21

| note3 =

| title4 = Force of Gravity

| length4 = 8:19

| note4 = feat. JC Chasez

| title5 = Dark Heart Dawning

| length5 = 7:08

| note5 =

| title6 = The Great Escape

| length6 = 6:58

| note6 = feat. Caroline Lavelle

| title7 = P A R I S

| length7 = 7:48

| note7 = feat. Jody Wisternoff

| title8 = Kimosabe

| length8 = 5:34

| note8 =

| title9 = The Revolution

| length9 = 4:14

| note9 =

| title10 = Last Moment of Clarity

| length10 = 7:11

| note10 = feat. Karina Ware

| title11 = Communicate

| length11 = 5:57

| note11 = feat. Jan Johnston

| title12 = The Only Constant Is Change

| length12 = 6:04

| note12 =

| total_length = 70:58

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Disc 2

| all_writing =

| title13 = Somnambulist (Mark Norman Remix)

| length13 = 7:49

| note13 =

| title14 = Love in the Time of Thieves

| length14 = 6:18

| note14 = feat. Tamra Keenan

| title15 = Force of Gravity (Tiësto Remix)

| length15 = 8:18

| note15 =

| title16 = Somnambulist (Junkie XL Vocal Mix)

| length16 = 8:54

| note16 =

| title17 = Superfabulous (Toksin's Rawshaker Mix)

| length17 = 7:59

| note17 =

| title18 = Force of Gravity (Dylan Rhymes Push Up Mix)

| length18 = 8:38

| note18 =

| title19 = Kimosabe (Hyper Remix)

| length19 = 7:19

| note19 =

| title20 = Communicate (Toksin's Narcan Remix)

| length20 = 6:50

| note20 =

| title21 = Somnambulist (Sander Kleinenberg's Convertible Mix)

| length21 = 10:02

| note21 =

| total_length = 143:05

}}

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• Guru – raps on "Knowledge of Self"
• DJ Swamp – "cuts and scratches" on "Knowledge of Self"
• Rasco – raps on "Knowledge of Self", "Circles" and "The Revolution"
• Rose McGowan – vocals on "Superfabulous"
• Scott McCloud – vocals on "Superfabulous"
• Brain – live drums on "Superfabulous", "Dark Heart Dawning", "Circles", "Animals", "The Only Constant Is Change" and "Kimosabe"
• Tommy Stinson – bass on "Superfabulous", "Circles", "Animals", "The Only Constant Is Change" and "Kimosabe"
• Richard Fortus – guitars on "Superfabulous", "Circles", "Animals", "The Only Constant Is Change" and "Kimosabe"; cello on "The Great Escape"
• JC Chasez – background vocals on "Somnambulist"; vocals on "The Force of Gravity"
• Doug Wimbus – pedal steel guitar on "Dark Heart Dawning"
• Alan Vavarin – percussion on "Dark Heart Dawning"
• Kurt Wortman – percussion on "Dark Heart Dawning"
• Donna Taylor – background vocals on "Dark Heart Dawning"
• Jackie Smiley – background vocals on "Dark Heart Dawning"
• Valerie Pinkston – background vocals on "Dark Heart Dawning"
• Caroline Lavelle – vocals and cello on "The Great Escape"
• Hutchy – raps on "P A R I S"
• Jody Wisternoff – additional production on "P A R I S"
• Karina Ware – vocals on "Last Moment of Clarity"
• Bill Hamel – co-producer for "Last Moment of Clarity"
• Jan Johnston – vocals on "Communicate"
• Blackwatch – co-producer for "Communicate"
• Wildchild – vocals on "Kimosabe"
• The Roots – performance on "Tao of the Machine"
• Tamra Keenan – vocals on "Love in the Time of Thieves"
• Kevin Beber – co writer on "Love in the Time of Thieves"
• BT – all other vocals, instruments and programming

{{Div col end}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.m-audio.com/news/en_us-132.html "M-Audio and BPM Proudly Announce BT Remix Contest Winners"]

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