''Morning Sci-Fi'' is the second

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by British

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producers

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. The album includes a hidden track titled "Lights Go Down, Knives Come Out," which is hidden before the first indexed track and can be accessed by rewinding.

Track listing

CD: ''Morning Sci-Fi''

DVD: ''Morning Sci-Fi Bonus DVD''

The bonus DVD includes the 40-minute 'Dishing Pump' documentary about their 2000 tour with

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, interviews, and live concert footage from their performance at

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, Ireland in May 2003. The DVD includes a few

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. One of these Easter Eggs is the symphonic instrumental of their song "Finished Symphony" from their first studio album ''

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'', which can be heard by accessing the Info menu. Another one, an unreleased mix of "Higher Than a Skyscraper", can be accessed by selecting the Interviews menu and selecting the tree branch.

Personnel

* Mike Truman – producing, programming, engineering, mixing (all tracks) * Chris Healings – producing, programming, engineering, mixing (all tracks) * Adam Taylor – guitar (tracks 1, 2), vocals (tracks 2, 5, 9, 11) *

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– bass guitar (tracks 2, 8) *

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– vocals (track 12)

Trivia

*"Blackout" is also featured in

's second album ''Meta-Message''. *A 9:46 version of "Blackout" is included on Hybrid Present Y4K. It is listed as "Blackout (Hybrid Y4K edit)" and features Kirsty Hawkshaw's vocals over the backing music/beats that Hybrid previously made for their unofficial remix of

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's song "

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". *"Higher Than a Skyscraper" is featured in the video game ''

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''. *On Hybrid's website, unreleased mixes of "True to Form" and "Higher Than a Skyscraper" as well as the album version of "Lights Go Down, Knives Come Out" can be heard.

Charts

References

External links

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