International Language (album)

International Language is the twelfth studio album by English electronic band Cabaret Voltaire, released in October 1993 on the band's own label, Plastex.

International Language
Studio album by
Cabaret Voltaire
Released8 October 1993
RecordedWestern Works Studios, Sheffield
GenreIDM, ambient techno
Length75:06
LabelPlastex
ProducerCabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire chronology
Plasticity
(1992)		 International Language
(1993)		 The Conversation
(1994)

Content

AllMusic wrote that the album "tones down the Chicago house elements which had creeped into [Cabaret Voltaire's previous album] Plasticity, replacing them with sublime acid-electro, tribal elements on several tracks".[1]

Release

International Language was released on 8 October 1993 on the band's own label, Plastex.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

AllMusic wrote that, while "the melodies and chord progressions sometimes verge on the obvious", and "the same emphasis on samples [...] occasionally distorts the value of the underlying music", the album is "a worthy addition to CV's mammoth discography".[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder.

  1. "Everything Is True" - 10:50
  2. "Radical Chic" - 6:50
  3. "Taxi Mutant" - 10:06
  4. "Let It Come Down" - 9:27
  5. "Afterglow" - 8:00
  6. "The Root" - 9:17
  7. "Millennium" - 6:22
  8. "Belly of the Beast (Back in Babylon)" - 8:15
  9. "Other World" - 5:37
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References
  1. Bush, John. "International Language – Cabaret Voltaire | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  2. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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