''In Visible Silence'' is the second full-length release by

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pop group

Art of Noise Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were an English avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and mus ...

in April 1986, and the first created by members

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J. J. Jeczalik Jonathan Edward Stephen "J. J." Jeczalik () is an English electronic musician/record producer, co-founder of the electronic music group the Art of Noise. He taught Information technology, IT at Oxford High School, Oxford, Oxford High School unt ...

and

Gary Langan Gary Michael Langan (born 19 April 1956) is an English engineer, record producer, mixer and musician. Biography His career started at age 18 when he worked as an assistant engineer at Sarm East Studios, learning the craft from Gary Lyons and M ...

in the wake of their departure from the

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record label that had been the home of the group's genesis. The first single, "Legs", was released in late 1985, followed by two major hits on the UK chart in 1986: "

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", that featured guitar legend

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; and " Paranoimia" with television personality

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, where actor

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performed two different monologues for each of the 7" and 12" versions. "Legacy", a re-worked version of ''Legs'' released as a single in late 1986, was taken from a special limited edition bonus album, ''Re-works of Art of Noise''. A live version of the album was recorded in Hammersmith, London and released on VHS and 12-inch

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in 1987.

LP and cassette (version 1)

Side one

# "Opus 4" – 1:59 # " Paranoimia" – 4:46 # "Eye of a Needle" – 4:25 # "Legs" – 4:06 # "Slip of the Tongue" – 1:30 # "Backbeat" – 4:12

Side two

# "Instruments of Darkness" – 7:12 # "

" (featuring

) – 3:55 # "Camilla: The Old, Old Story" – 7:23 # "The Chameleon's Dish" – 4:17 # "Beatback" – 1:19

Compact Disc (version 2)

Catalogue CCD 1528 (UK) # "Opus 4" – 1:59 # " Paranoimia" – 4:46 # "Eye of a Needle" – 4:25 # "Legs" – 4:06 # "Slip of the Tongue" – 1:30 # "Backbeat" – 4:12 # "Instruments of Darkness" – 7:12 # "

" (featuring

) – 3:55 # "Camilla: The Old, Old Story" – 7:23 # "The Chameleon's Dish" – 4:17 # "Beatback" – 1:19 # "Peter Gunn" (Extended Version) (featuring

) – 6:01

Limited edition cassette (version 3)

Side one

# "Opus 4" – 1:59 # " Paranoimia" – 4:46 # "Eye of a Needle" – 4:25 # "Legs" – 4:06 # "Slip of the Tongue" – 1:30 # "Backbeat" – 4:12 # " Paranoimia" (with

) – 3:18 unlisted

Side two

# "Instruments of Darkness" – 7:12 # "

" (featuring

) – 3:55 # "Camilla: The Old, Old Story" – 7:23 # "The Chameleon's Dish" – 4:17 # "Beatback" – 1:19

US Revised edition (version 4)

Side one

# "Opus 4" – 1:59 # " Paranoimia" (Extended Version) (with

) – 6:40 # "Eye of a Needle" – 4:25 # "Legs" – 4:06 # "Slip of the Tongue" – 1:30 # "Backbeat" – 4:12

Side two

# "Instruments of Darkness" – 7:12 # "

" (featuring

) – 3:55 # "Camilla: The Old, Old Story" – 7:23 # "The Chameleon's Dish" – 4:17 # "Beatback" – 1:19

Limited edition with special free bonus album "Re-works of Art of Noise" (version 5)

Record one, side one

# "Opus 4" – 1:59 # " Paranoimia" – 4:46 # "Eye of a Needle" – 4:25 # "Legs" – 4:06 # "Slip of the Tongue" – 1:30 # "Backbeat" – 4:12

Record one, side two

# "Instruments of Darkness" – 7:12 # "

" (featuring

) – 3:55 # "Camilla: The Old, Old Story" – 7:23 # "The Chameleon's Dish" – 4:17 # "Beatback" – 1:19

Record two "Re-works of Art of Noise", side one

# " Paranoimia" (7" Version) (with

) – 3:18 # "Legacy" (Extended Version) – 8:20 # "Peter Gunn" (Extended Version) (featuring

) – 6:01

Record two "Re-works of Art of Noise", side two

# "Legs (Live)" – 4:03 # "Paranoimia" (Live) – 4:58 # "Hammersmith To Tokyo and Back" (Live) – 9:58

1988 UK and European CD re-issue (version 6)

# "Opus 4" – 1:59 # " Paranoimia" – 4:46 # "Eye of a Needle" – 4:25 # "Legs" – 4:06 # "Slip of the Tongue" – 1:30 # "Backbeat" – 4:12 # "Instruments of Darkness" – 7:12 # "

" (featuring

) – 3:55 # "Camilla: The Old, Old Story" – 7:23 # "The Chameleon's Dish" – 4:17 # "Beatback" – 1:19 # "

" (The Twang Mix) (featuring

) – 7:28

2017 Deluxe Edition (version 7 - Release date 19 May 2017)

CD 1

CD 2

# World War II # The First Leg # Happy Harry's High Club # Chameleon 4 # Beddoo-Bedoo # Panic # Camel # Second Legs # Trumpton Boogie # Chameleon 1 # A Nation Regrets # Legs (Inside Leg Mix) 017 Remastered Version# Legs (Last Leg Mix) 017 Remastered Version# Peter Gunn (feat. Duane Eddy) xtended Version 017 Remastered Version# Peter Gunn (feat. Duane Eddy) he Twang Mix 017 Remastered Version# Paranoimia (feat. Max Headroom) xtended Version 017 Remastered Version# Paranoimia (feat. Max Headroom) he Paranoid Mix 017 Remastered Version The original UK CD edition added the 6:01 Extended Version of ''Peter Gunn'' as a bonus track; the first and second US CD editions did not include it and the revised second edition replaced the original version of "Paranoimia" with the Extended Version featuring

. Later 1988 UK & European reissues featured The Twang Mix of "Peter Gunn" replacing the Extended Version as a bonus track.

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Art of Noise albums 1986 albums China Records albums Chrysalis Records albums