''Londinium'' is the debut album by

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. The title is taken from the Roman name for London. Roya Arab is the principal vocalist throughout the album, and Rosko John provides rapping. "Skyscraper" uses a sample from " Mmm Skyscraper... I Love You" by

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. In addition,

Karl Hyde Karl Hyde (born 10 May 1957) is an English musician and artist. He is a founding member of British electronic group Underworld. Hyde has also released a solo album, made albums with Brian Eno and Matthew Herbert, and contributed towards the sco ...

, from Underworld, plays bass on the track "Headspace". "Londinium" was remixed by

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and released as a 12″.

Track listing

#"Old Artist" – 4:04 #"All Time" – 3:51 #"So Few Words" – 6:12 #"Headspace" * – 4:13 #"Darkroom" – 4:31 #"Londinium" – 5:19 #"Man Made" – 4:37 #"Nothing Else" – 4:37 #"Skyscraper" – 4:24 #"Parvaneh (Butterfly)" – 3:50 #"Beautiful World" – 6:36 #"Organ Song" – 2:23 #"Last Five" – 5:49 :: * ''Ubiquitous Wife Remix'' The album contains a hidden track, which begins about 39 seconds after the end of "Last Five"; it runs 1:24, while the actual song "Last Five" runs 3:47.

Personnel

*Artwork By d Design & Tray- Mat Cook Intro *Initial creative agent - Ady Lloyd *Bass - Karl Hyde (track 4) *Cello - Julia Palmer *Drums dditional Drums- Matheu Martin (tracks: 3) *Engineer - Pete Barraclough *Flute - Pete Barraclough (tracks: 2, 4, 13) *French Horn - Jane Hanna (tracks: 12) *Guitar - Karl Hyde (tracks 4, 5, 6, 13), Pete Barraclough (track 12), Steve Taylor (track 11) *Mixed By -

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*Mixed By ssistant- Pat McGovern *Photography - Andy Earl *Producer, Mixed By - Archive *Triangle uest Trianglist- Anita Hill *Violin - Ali Keeler (tracks 1, 6, 7, 12) *Vocals - Roya Arab *Vocals dditional- Jane Wall (tracks: 11), Siobhan Sian (track 11) *Vocals ap- Rosko John *Written-By - D. Keeler (music: all tracks), D. Griffiths (music: tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13), A. Keeler (music: tracks 1, 12), R. John (lyrics: tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13), R. Arab (lyrics: tracks 2 to 6, 8, 10, 13) Track 9 contains a sample from Underworld's "Mmm Skyscraper I Love You".

References

1996 debut albums Archive (band) albums Island Records albums {{1990s-album-stub