Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise?

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Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? is the 1984 debut studio album by the avant-garde synth-pop group Art of Noise, noted for its pioneering use of sampling and experimental electronic production.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Art of Noise ⓘ
chronologyFollowedBy In Visible Silence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtFeatures abstract graphic design ⓘ
format cassette ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ
genre avant-garde ⓘ
electronic ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasCriticalReception acclaimed for innovation in sampling ⓘ
hasSingle Beat Box ⓘ
Close (to the Edit) ⓘ
Moments in Love ⓘ
hasTrack A Time for Fear (Who's Afraid) ⓘ
Beat Box ⓘ
Close (to the Edit) ⓘ
How to Kill ⓘ
Memento ⓘ
Moments in Love ⓘ
Realisation ⓘ
Snapshot ⓘ
The Army Now ⓘ
Who's Afraid (of the Art of Noise?) ⓘ
influenced later electronic music ⓘ
sample-based music ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber ZTT IQ 2 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 45 minutes ⓘ
notableFor experimental electronic production ⓘ
pioneering use of sampling ⓘ
partOf Art of Noise discography ⓘ
performer Art of Noise ⓘ
producer Art of Noise ⓘ
Trevor Horn ⓘ
recordedIn 1983 ⓘ
recordLabel ZTT Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1984 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic heavy use of cut-up samples ⓘ
minimalist melodic content ⓘ
rhythmic collage structures ⓘ
usesTechnique digital sampling ⓘ
found sounds ⓘ
studio experimentation ⓘ

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Moments in Love → originalAlbum → Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? ⓘ
Anne Dudley → hasPartInDiscography → Art of Noise – Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? ⓘ
linked to: Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise?
Gary Langan → notableWork → Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? ⓘ
In Visible Silence → precededBy → Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? ⓘ
Into Battle with the Art of Noise → followedBy → Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? ⓘ
Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? → hasTrack → Who's Afraid (of the Art of Noise?) ⓘ
linked to: Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise?
In Visible Silence → precededBy → Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? ⓘ