''Furious Angels'' is the debut and as of 2022, the only studio album by Australian music producer
Rob Dougan
Robert Don Hunter Dougan () is an Australian composer, known for his genre-blending music. Mixing elements of orchestral music, trip hop, and bluesy vocals, his work is tangentially relatable to electronic music. He is known primarily for his ...
. It was released on 1 July 2002 in the United Kingdom and in July 2003 in the United States. It was nominated for the 2004
Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.
Release
''Furious Angels'' was originally released as a single-disc album (14 tracks for its world edition, 15 for its home UK edition) dominated by vocal tracks. It was then rereleased as a two-disc album, disc one featuring all 15 songs and disc two featuring 10 instrumental versions of the vocal songs from the first disc, as well as two music videos; there's also been a special-edition set adding a booklet of lyrics and photographs. The album was written, produced and mainly financed by Rob Dougan himself, rather than a studio, with funds generally raised through the licensing of tracks from the album to film and television.
A 2003 article in ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'' noted:
Track listing
Disc one
Disc two (instrumental)
Influences
The introduction to "Clubbed to Death" is taken directly from the main theme of
Edward Elgar's "
Enigma Variations
Edward Elgar composed his ''Variations on an Original Theme'', Op. 36, popularly known as the ''Enigma Variations'', between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme.
Elgar ...
". The piano introduction to "I'm Not Driving Anymore" and the orchestral part of "Clubbed to Death 2" (only on the UK version of the album) is built around
Frédéric Chopin's "Prelude No. 4 in E-minor" (from ''
Preludes, opus 28''). The "Instrumental" and the orchestral part of "One And The Same" are variations of
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...
's "Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV1043".
Song usage
Some tracks from the album have been licensed for use in feature films, advertising, and television,
including
the ''Matrix'' film series and the ''
Top Gear
Top Gear may refer to:
* "Top gear", the highest gear available in a vehicle's manual transmission
Television
* ''Top Gear'' (1977 TV series), a British motoring magazine programme
* ''Top Gear'' (2002 TV series), a relaunched version of the or ...
'' television show. The song "Furious Angels" is used by the
Los Angeles Lakers to introduce visiting teams. The instrumental version of this song also appears in the opening sequence of the video game ''
Grand Prix 3
''Grand Prix 3'' is a computer racing simulator by MicroProse, released in 2000 by Hasbro Interactive.
Gameplay
The game is known for featuring the 1998 Formula One season (with all drivers except Jacques Villeneuve, who is instead replaced by ...
''. Several shows in the
''Law & Order'' franchise have used tracks from ''Furious Angels'' as an opening credits theme for UK airings: "I'm Not Driving Anymore" was used by ''
Law & Order'' and ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and "There's Only Me" was used by ''
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' is an American police procedural Drama (film and television), drama television series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and Executive producer#Motion pictures and television, p ...
''.
Charts
References
External links
*
{{Authority control
Rob Dougan albums
Furious Angels (1-disc original release)
Cheeky Records albums