Avant Hard

Avant Hard is the third studio album by English electronic music band Add N to (X). It was released in 1999 on Mute Records.

Avant Hard
Studio album by
Add N to (X)
Released20 April 1999 (1999-04-20)
Studio
  • Unit 20
  • The Instrument
  • Eastcote
GenreElectronica[1]
Length56:25
LabelMute
Producer
Add N to (X) chronology
On the Wires of Our Nerves
(1998)		 Avant Hard
(1999)		 Add Insult to Injury
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Independent[3]
Melody Maker[4]
NME9/10[5]
Pitchfork7.3/10[6]
Q[7]
Select4/5[8]

The track "Metal Fingers in My Body" was used in an advertisement for a digital television service in the UK, 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 a telecoms advert for Orange UK directed by Chris Cunningham, and was used regularly as backing music on the TV series Banzai.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Add N to (X) (Steven Claydon, Ann Shenton and Barry Smith).

No.TitleLength
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" (song ends at 3:54; includes hidden track "Are Streets Antiques" (5:55) after 0:33 of silence)10:22

Sample credits

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1999) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[9] 100
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10] 18

References
  1. Cox, Christoph (June 1999). "Add N to (X): Avant Hard". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 70. p. 19. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. Phares, Heather. "Avant Hard – Add N to (X)". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  3. Perry, Tim (10 April 1999). "Pop: Album Reviews". The Independent. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. "Add N to (X): Avant Hard". Melody Maker. 17 April 1999. p. 38.
  5. Martin, Piers (13 April 1999). "Add N To (X) – Avant Hard". NME. Archived from the original on 12 November 1999. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  6. Richard-San, Mark (July 1999). "Add N to (X): Avant Hard". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  7. "Add N to (X): Avant Hard". Q. No. 153. June 1999. p. 100.
  8. Lynskey, Dorian (May 1999). "Add N to (X): Avant Hard". Select. No. 107. p. 82.
  9. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  10. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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