''360°'', also known as ''Dread Zone... ...360°'' is the first album by the British band

Dreadzone Dreadzone are a British electronic music group formed in 1993 in London by ex-Big Audio Dynamite drummer Greg Roberts and musician Tim Bran. They have released nine studio albums, two live albums, and two compilations. They gained a reputatio ...

. It was released in 1993 on

Creation Records Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...

and set forth the combination of dub, trance, and reggae for which Dreadzone was to become well known. Although unsuccessful in the charts, the album attracted the attention of

John Peel John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from ...

, who gave it significant airplay. The album cover is highly similar to the early covers in '' The Best Dance Album in the World... Ever!'' series.

Track listing

Samples and influences

*"L.O.V.E." begins with a sample of dialogue from '' Night of the Hunter'' (1955), spoken by

Robert Mitchum Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. He is known for his antihero roles and film noir appearances. He received nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. He received a star on the Holl ...

:"''L-O-V-E! You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul of man. The right hand, friends, the hand of love. Now watch, and I'll show you the story of life''".

The dialogue "''We're going to have an orgasm that you can't even comprehend''" is an extract from

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's documentary

Heaven Heaven, or the Heavens, is a common Religious cosmology, religious cosmological or supernatural place where beings such as deity, deities, angels, souls, saints, or Veneration of the dead, venerated ancestors are said to originate, be throne, ...

. Piano fragments are sampled from "Moments in Love" by

Art of Noise Art of Noise (also the Art of Noise) were a British avant-garde synth-rock group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and ...

. The closing words "''And what is love? ....Love is the inspiration of poets and philosophers. Love is the voice of music''" are spoken by Burt Lancaster in the 1960 film

Elmer Gantry ''Elmer Gantry'' is a 1927 satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis that presents aspects of the religious activity of the United States in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. Reverend Dr. ...

. *"The Good, The Bad And The Dread" "''When you hear a strange sound, drop to the ground''" is spoken by

Charles Bronson Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in ...

in the 1968 film ''

Once Upon a Time in the West ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' ( is a 1968 epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone, who co-wrote it with Sergio Donati, based on a story by Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci and Leone. It stars Henry Fonda, playing against t ...

''. Musical samples are taken from

Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone ( , ; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, Orchestration, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 film score, scores for cinema and televisi ...

's score for ''

For a Few Dollars More ''For a Few Dollars More'' () is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. Klaus Kinski plays a supporting role as a se ...

'' (1965). *"The Warning" The opening dialogue section

:''Don't move.'' :''That's what you get for messin' with the police'' :''Hands behind your heads, interlock your fingers, down on your knees. Let's go''

is taken from the 1988 film ''

Colors Color (or colour in Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though color is not an inherent property of matter, color perception is related to an object's light absorpt ...

''. A snatch of dialogue from ''

Rocky ''Rocky'' is a 1976 American independent film, independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky (film series), ''Rocky'' franchise and also star ...

'' ("''Ooh! Ahh! Come on!''") is used as a rhythmic trope. *"Dream On" samples a cry "Marijuana!" from the 1970 film ''

Woodstock The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. Billed as "a ...

''. *"Skeleton At The Feast": "Like a little grain of gold glittering in sand" and other snatches of dialogue are from the 1936 film '' The Man Who Could Work Miracles''.

Personnel

* Greg Roberts – keyboards, synthesizer, programming * Tim Bran – keyboards, synthesizer, programming, mixing, engineering * Melanie Guillaume – vocals * Deborah Irie – vocals * Dan Donovan – keyboards *

Alison Goldfrapp Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp (born 13 May 1966) is an English musician and record producer, known as the vocalist of English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. Early life and education Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp was born on 13 Ma ...

– vocals (tracks 4, 7) * Ted Hayton – editing

References

External links

Discography
at Discogs
Dreadzone band website

1993 debut albums Dreadzone albums Creation Records albums {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub