''Clear'' is the third studio album by English

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act Bomb the Bass released on 3 April 1995 by

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Release

''Clear'' was released on 3 April 1995 by

. It peaked at number 22 on the

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. "

Bug Powder Dust "Bug Powder Dust" is a song by English musician Bomb the Bass featuring the vocals of Justin Warfield, released in September 1994 as the first single from Bomb the Bass's third album, '' Clear'' (1995). History "Bug Powder Dust" reached number ...

" was issued as the lead single from ''Clear'' on 19 September 1994, peaking at number 24 on the

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. "Dark Heart" followed later that year, reaching number 35 on the chart. A further two singles were released in 1995: "One to One Religion" on 20 March, and "Sandcastles" on 4 September. They charted in the UK at numbers 53 and 54 respectively.

Critical reception

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'' named ''Clear'' the 42nd best album of 1995. In 2015, '' Fact'' placed the record at number 49 on its list of the best

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albums of all time.

Track listing

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians * Tim Simenon – drum programming, sampling * Carlton – vocals (track 3) * Dave Clayton – keyboards (tracks 1, 3–11), keyboard effects (tracks 10, 11), sampling (track 8), additional sampling (tracks 3–7) * Danny Cummings – percussion (tracks 3, 4, 9–11) *

Bernard Fowler Bernard Fowler (born January 2, 1960) is an American musician. He is known for a long association with The Rolling Stones, providing backing vocals since 1989 and on their studio recordings and live tours. Fowler has been a featured guest vocali ...

– vocals (track 9) * Ivor Guest – drum programming (track 10), keyboard effects (track 10), sampling (track 10) * Adam Holden – bass (track 10), additional programming (track 6), additional sampling (track 6) * Kenji Jammer – guitar (tracks 2, 3) *

Keith LeBlanc Keith LeBlanc is an American drummer and record producer, and is a member of the bands Little Axe and Tackhead. His record " No Sell Out" was one of the first sample-based releases. The song was a success, charting at No. 60 on the UK Singles ...

– drum programming (tracks 2, 9), drums (track 4), sampling (tracks 2, 9) * Inder "Goldfinger" Matharu – percussion (track 2) *

Skip McDonald Skip McDonald (born Bernard Alexander, September 1949) Allmusic biography/ref> is an American musician who also performs under the stage name Little Axe. Career Early career Grounded in blues music learned from his father, a steel worker who ...

– guitar (tracks 2, 9, 11), backing vocals (track 2) * Sinéad O'Connor – vocals (track 11) *

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– vocals (track 10) *

Atticus Ross Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross (born 16 January 1968) is an English musician, record producer, composer, and audio engineer. Along with Trent Reznor, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for '' The Social Network'' in 2010. In 2013, th ...

– programming (tracks 1, 7), drum programming (track 10), sampling (track 10), additional programming (track 6), additional sampling (tracks 1, 6, 7) * Claudia Sarne – bass (track 6) * Jeff Scantlebury – percussion (track 2) *

Will Self William Woodard Self (born 26 September 1961) is an English author, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster. He has written 11 novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and nine collections of non-fiction writing. Sel ...

– vocals (track 7) *

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– vocals (track 2) * Sista Joy – backing vocals (track 4) * Spikey T – vocals (track 4) *

Justin Warfield Justin Evan Warfield (born April 20, 1973) is an American musician and hip hop MC. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist of the darkwave duo She Wants Revenge, which formed in 2004. In 1993, he released a hip-hop album titled '' My ...

– vocals (tracks 1, 6) *

Doug Wimbish Douglas Arthur Wimbish (born September 22, 1956) is an American bass player, primarily known for being a member of rock band Living Colour and funk/dub/hip hop collective Tackhead, and as a session musician with artists such as Sugarhill Gang ...

– bass (tracks 1, 9, 11), bass effects (track 11) * Leslie Winer – vocals (track 5) *

Jah Wobble John Joseph Wardle (born 11 August 1958), known by the stage name Jah Wobble, is an English bass guitarist and singer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) in the late 1970s and early 1980s; ...

– bass (track 7) *

Benjamin Zephaniah Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (born 15 April 1958)Gregory, Andy (2002), ''International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002'', Europa, p. 562. . is a British writer and dub poet. He was included in ''The Times'' list of Britain's top 50 post-wa ...

– vocals (track 11) Production * Tim Simenon –

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, mixing * Don Hozz – programming

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* Keith LeBlanc – production (track 2), mixing (track 2) * Lee Boy – assistance * Mike Marsh – mastering * Q – mix engineering, recording * Tom – assistance * Doug Wimbish – production (track 9), mixing (track 9) Design * Richard Baker – editing * The Baron von Kallstein – photography * Cally on U Art – artwork, design * Rob Crane –

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– photography

Charts

References

External links

* 1995 albums Bomb the Bass albums Albums produced by Tim Simenon Albums produced by Keith LeBlanc 4th & B'way Records albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub