Assembly (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Assembly
Type = studio
Artist = Theatre of Tragedy


Released = April 16, 2002
Recorded = Karillo and MD Studios
Genre = Industrial rock Futurepop
Length = 42:27
Label = Nuclear Blast
Producer = Hiili Hiilesmaa
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1lfqoayaqijz link]
Last album = "Musique" (2000)
This album = "Assembly" (2002)
Next album = "Storm" (2006)|

"Assembly" is the fifth music album of Norwegian metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and continued the group's departure from gothic to a more electronic style of metal. This method was described as similar to "Siouxsie & the Banshees jamming with Ace of Base" [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1lfqoayaqijz] .

The album was the last Theatre of Tragedy album to feature the vocals of Liv Kristine; the band fired her (according to Liv, via email [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?Mode=Archive&Date=8/27/2003] ) due to musical differences.

While "Musique" namechecked radios, streetfighting and nightlife, the songs on "Assembly" generally focus more on people than technology, such as in "Play" and "Let You Down". The album's modern setting is still emphasised by "Automatic Lover", which refers to modern nightlife, and "Universal Race", which uses space travel as a metaphor for sexual intercourse.

An exclusive version of the album contains a bonus track, a cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On," originally by The Supremes, and also made famous by Kim Wilde.

Track listing

#"Automatic Lover" 4:26
#"Universal Race" 3:29
#"Episode" 3:35
#"Play" 3:24
#"Superdrive" 3:48
#"Let You Down" 2:55
#"Starlit" 4:07
#"Envision" 3:51
#"Flickerlight" 3:45
#"Liquid Man" 4:17
#"Motion" 4:42