Musique is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian metal band Theatre of Tragedy, released in 2000. The title on the album's cover, [ˈmjuːzɪk], is the pronunciation of the English word "music" transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

 

Musique is the album that marked for the band the change from gothic metal with Early Modern English lyrics to a more electronic style, using Modern English. The change in musical direction for Theatre of Tragedy was associated with a change from traditional gothic and supernatural themes to lyrics based on modern life, including technology ("Machine", "Radio"), nightlife ("Image", "The New Man") and streetfighting ("Crash/Concrete"). The song "Commute" has the line "It's more fun to commute" in its lyrics, possibly a reference to Kraftwerk's "It's more fun to compute" from their Computer World album, which in turn is a reference to "It's more fun to compete" found on old pinball machines.

MARKETING & PROMOTION / SELLING POINTS

• Reissue of the fourth full-length album "Musique" by Norwegian gothic metal band, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY! 

• Originally released in 2000, Musique is the album that marked the change from gothic metal with Early Modern English lyrics to a more electronic style, using Modern English. 

• Available on CD, and for the first time ever this album will also be available on vinyl! 

• Incl. a bonus album in a previously unreleased version with a revamped track list and 2 different tracks 

• Jacob Hansen has been bestowed with the re-mastering of this unique album, in which he outstandingly succeeded.

 

TRACKLIST

LP 1 

Side A: 

1. Machine 

2. City Of Light 

3. Fragment 

4. Musique 

5. Commute 

6. Image

Side B:

7. Radio 

8. Crash/Concrete 

9. Retrospect 

10. Reverie 

11. Space Age 

12. Image (French Version)

LP 2 

Side C: 

13. Fragment 

14. Machine 

15. City Of Light 

16. Reverie 

17. Radio

Side D:

18. Commute 

19. Retrospect

20. Quirk 

21. Crash/Concrete 

22. The New Man