''Noir'' is the second studio album by

William Control William Control is an American electronic music project founded in 2008 in Seattle, Washington. It was the side project of Aiden's William Francis before Aiden's hiatus, and he later operated as William Control full-time. 'William Control' th ...

. It was released on June 8, 2010, and the only single, released a day after the album, was ''I'm Only Human Sometimes'' (which live performances have been ended with for some years now). This was accompanied by a music video, with bot
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Track listing

Trivia

* The title of track 1 is French for 'an announcement' while the title of track 2 is German for 'prelude'. * Track 4 contains references to the novel and film ''Let The Right One In''. * Track 9 is about '' The Picture of Dorian Gray'' and is told from the perspective of its lead character. * Track 5 is a cover of ''Can't Help Falling In Love'' by

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. * Album pre-order packages contained a pair of unisex briefs branded with the William Control logo. * Scylla and Charybdis are monsters from

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, representing having to choose between 2 equally dangerous situations.

Credits

* Photography: Lisa Johnson * Art direction: DoubleJ * Assistant engineers: Bob Bicknell, John Troxell, Jason Weiner and Brian San Marco

References

{{Authority control 2010 albums William Control albums Victory Records albums Albums recorded at Robert Lang Studios