Environments 3 is the third in

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's ''"Environments"'' series of albums, released on 7 June 2010. Unlike previous FSOLDigital releases, the album was not made available as a download several months before the CD release. Because of this, the record was heard several weeks in advance due to early shipping from the website Juno. The record sleeve announced a fourth album in the series.

The album

Continuing from the previous volumes in the series, Environments 3 begins in a neoclassical, ambient vein, but instead of the epic sound of ''

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'', takes the music in a darker, more insular direction, reflecting the sounds of the band's 1996 album ''

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'', from which elements of some tracks are derived. However, the album remains somber and ambient for the most part.

Track listing

# "Viewed from an Obscure Angle" (3:10) # "Summer's Dream" (4:16) # "Sunken Ships" (3:40) # "The Empty Land" (5:40) # "A Glitch in Cellular Memory" (3:21) # "Recollection" (3:22) # "Accompaniment for Melodious Expression" (3:05) # "Absolution" (3:39) # "The Oldest Lady" (1:19) # "A Diversionary Tactic" (3:07) # "The Silent Place" (2:52) # "Out of Sync Child" (2:00) # "Hall of Mirrors" (1:34) # "End of the World" (4:35) # "Sense of Being" (1:50) # "Surface Water" (3:42) # "Heart Sick Chord" (8:10) # "Repetition is a Form of Change" (1:45)

Crew

* Producer - Future Sound Of London, The * Written - By Brian Dougans, Garry Cobain * 1, 9, 14 written - By Brian Dougans, Garry Cobain, Daniel Pemberton * Engineered by Yage

References

{{Authority control 2010 albums The Future Sound of London albums