Micro-Phonies (album)

Micro-Phonies
Studio album by Cabaret Voltaire
Released	November 1984
Recorded	Western Works
Genre	Electro, industrial, synthpop, EBM
Label	Some Bizarre/Virgin
Producer	Cabaret Voltaire and Flood
Cabaret Voltaire chronology
The Crackdown (1983)The Crackdown1983 Micro-Phonies (1984) Drinking Gasoline (1985)Drinking Gasoline1985

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Micro-Phonies is the sixth full-length studio album by British electronic band Cabaret Voltaire. Released in November 1984, the album was the group's most mainstream hit to date, with the singles "Sensoria" and "James Brown" gaining popularity, especially the former, due to the music video finding MTV airplay. The album sees Cabaret Voltaire continuing to change, pursuing the more synthpop-oriented direction they had started shifting towards on The Crackdown.

Tracks

All tracks written by Kirk/Mallinder.

1. "Do Right" – 6:43
2. "The Operative" – 3:13
3. "Digital Rasta" – 5:39
4. "Spies in the Wires" – 3:19
5. "Theme from Earthshaker" – 2:48
6. "James Brown" – 4:58
7. "Slammer" – 5:38
8. "Blue Heat" – 4:02
9. "Sensoria" – 3:58

"Sensoria" and "James Brown" were released as singles, with both entering the UK indie chart.

Musicians

• Richard H. Kirk - Synthesizers, programming & guitars
• Stephen Mallinder - Vocals, bass
• Roger Quail - Drums
• Mark Tattersall - Percussion
• Eric Random - Tablas

Video

The video for "Sensoria" was directed by Peter Care, and attracted airplay on MTV. It was voted Best Video of the Year by the Los Angeles Times in 1985, and was later procured by the New York Museum of Modern Art.

Poster

A poster for the album is visible on Ferris Bueller's wall in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.