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Controlling Crowds

Controlling Crowds is the sixth studio album by British trip hop progressive and alternative rock group Archive. It was released worldwide on 30 March 2009.

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Controlling Crowds
Studio album by
Archive
Released30 March 2009
GenreTrip hop1
Length1:18:02
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Controlling Crowds (Parts I-III) is the sixth studio album by British trip hop progressive and alternative rock group Archive. It was released worldwide on 30 March 2009.2

Release

The album consists of three different parts:2

  1. Part I: Controlling Crowds; Bullets; Words on Signs; Dangervisit; Quiet Time
  2. Part II: Collapse / Collide; Clones; Bastardised Ink; Kings of Speed; Whore
  3. Part III: Chaos; Razed to the Ground; Funeral

In the beginning, the band wanted to include a fourth part. It was later released as Controlling Crowds – Part IV on 19 October 2009.3 Both albums were released on the same day as a double CD under the name Controlling Crowds - The Complete Edition Parts I–IV.4

The second song on the album, "Bullets", was used in the January 2013 teaser for CD Projekt Red's game titled Cyberpunk 2077.5

Track listing

CD 1 :

  1. "Controlling Crowds" (10:09)
  2. "Bullets" (5:54)
  3. "Words on Signs" (4:00)
  4. "Dangervisit" (7:37)
  5. "Quiet Time" (5:55)
  6. "Collapse/Collide" (9:12)
  7. "Clones" (5:00)
  8. "Bastardised Ink" (3:34)
  9. "Kings of Speed" (4:22)
  10. "Whore" (4:15)
  11. "Chaos" (5:28)
  12. "Razed to the Ground" (5:22)
  13. "Funeral" (7:19)

CD 2 (limited edition) :6

  1. "Killing All Movement" (6:22)
  2. "Children They Feed" (3:06)
  3. "Day That You Go" (3:49)
  4. "Neatly Folded" (3:18)
  5. "Bullets" (video)

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)7 10
French Albums (SNEP)8 7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)9 61
Polish Albums (ZPAV)10 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)11 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Controlling Crowds
French Albums (SNEP)12 160

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)13 Gold 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

References

  1. allmusic
  2. [1] Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. [2] Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071211/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000281-001-CD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Solórzano, Sergio (27 December 2020). "Gaming Detail: Cyberpunk 2077 Mission Shows The Fate Of Teaser Trailer Character". TheGamer. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071922/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000150-002-CD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Ultratop.be – Archive – Controlling Crowds" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  8. "Lescharts.com – Archive – Controlling Crowds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Archive – Controlling Crowds" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  10. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – Archive – Controlling Crowds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  12. "Top de l'année Top Albums 2009" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  13. "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2010 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2021.