Avant Hard

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Avant Hard
Avant Hard cover
Studio album by Add N To (X)
Released April 20, 1999
Recorded Unit 20, The Instrument, Eastcote
Genre Electroclash
Length 56:25
Label Mute
Producer Barry 7, Dean Honer, Add N To (X)
Professional reviews
Add N To (X) chronology
On the Wires of Our Nerves
(1998)		 Avant Hard
(1999)		 Add Insult to Injury
(2000)

Avant Hard is the third album by UK group Add N To (X). It was released in 1999 on Mute Records. The track "Metal Fingers In My Body" was used on an advertisement for Sky Digital, 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 an Orange Mobile advert, and was used regularly as backing music on the TV series Banzai.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Barry 7's Contraption" – 4:09
  2. "Robot New York" – 4:11
  3. "Skills" – 3:51
  4. "Steve's Going to Teach Himself Who's Boss" – 3:05
  5. "Fyuz" – 4:32
  6. "Buckminster Fuller" – 3:36
  7. "Revenge of the Black Regent" – 6:12
  8. "Metal Fingers in My Body" – 5:13
  9. "Ann's Eveready Equestrian" – 4:07
  10. "Oh Yeah, Oh No" – 7:00
  11. "Machine is Bored With Love" – 3:54
    • Samples: "Fugue In D Minor" by Egg
    • Hidden track – 5:55, after 0:33 of silence

[edit] Credits

  • Producers and arrangers – Barry 7, Dean Honer, Add N To (X)
  • Engineers – Roger Johnson, Ebby Acquah, Steve D'Agostino
  • Additional musicians – Rob Allum, Alison Goldfrapp
  • Artwork – Add N To (X)
  • Band photos – Joe Dilworth