Annotation
Sub-Optimal Credits
Larry Heinemann plays Bass, Chapman Stick, Guitar, Pressaphonic, Tubulum and Zither
The Blue Man Group play Airpoles, Anvil, Backpack Tubulum, Big Drum, Cuíca, Dogulum, Drumulum, Dulcimer, Dumpster, Mandeldrums, Mellotron Cello, Paddle Tubulum, Percussion, Piano Smasher, PVC Instrument, Tubulum and 1981 Casiotone
Esthero appears courtesy of Reprise Records
Josh Haden appears courtesy of Dreamworks Records
Dave Matthews appears courtesy of RCA Records
Gavin Rossdale appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation
Venus Hum appears courtesy of MCA Records for the territories of US and Canada and BMG UK & Ireland Limited for the rest of the world
Kid Koala appears courtesy of Ninja Tune
Chris Bowen and Jeffrey Doornbos perform Tubulum on track 13 (currently credited as tuned percussion)
Brooke Ferris performs Start Voice on track 2 and "Words on the Left" on track 5
Spalding Gray performs "Words on the Right" on track 5
Jeff Quay performs Double Drum Kit on tracks 5, 6, 12 and 15
Jordan Cohen, Matthew Kriemelman, Jeff Tortora, Vince Verderame, Todd Waetzig and Nick White perform as the Vegas Drum Army on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 13
Dave Anania, Chris Bowen, Wes Day, Jeffrey Doornbos, Randall Jaynes, Josh Matthews, Ian Pai, Cräg Rodriguez, Pete Simpson, Pete Starrett and Clem Waldmann perform as the New York Drum Army on tracks 2, 5 and 15
Artistic coordination: Dan the Automator
Label director at Blue Man Records: Seth Freed
Artist Coordinator: Shannon Brunette
Business Affairs Manager: Lydia Cheuk
Additional Artist Relations & Collaboration Consultation: Toni Isabella, Rachel Matthews
Vocal Production on track 13: Kip Kubin, Tony Miracle (Venus Hum)
Recorded at Blue Man 3rd Street Studio, New York, New York
Tracks 1, 2, 4-7 and 9-15 mixed at Chung King Studio, New York, New York
Tracks 3 and 8 mixed at Cello Studios, Los Angeles, California
Mastered at Gateway Studios, Maine
Computer engineering: Larry Heinemann
Drum technician: Carl Plaster
Studio Assistant / Instrument technician: Michael Napolitano
Special Engineering: Bill Bookheim, Joe O'Connell
Blue Man production development: Patrick Willingham, Caryl Glaab, Michael Quinn, Jeni Ardizzone-West, Jennie Willink, Harriet Yellin
Cover Image: Jen Wink (Utility Design)
Art Direction Process Coordinator: Chase Tyler
CGI artwork on CD, back cover, pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 13: Yuri Saniko
Artwork pages 1 and 11: David Bell
Icons page 13: Haru Furuya
Counsel to Blue Man Group: Elliot Groffman (Codikow, Carroll, Guido & Groffman LLP), John Silberman, Don Zaretsky (John Silberman Associates, PC)
Special thanks: Jason Flom, Everyone at Lava Records
Tracklist
Enhanced CD 1 | |||||
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# | Title | Rating | Length | ||
1 | Above
| 2:46 | |||
2 | Time to Start
| 3:44 | |||
3 | Sing Along
| 3:26 | |||
4 | Up to the Roof
| 3:51 | |||
5 | Your Attention
| 4:10 | |||
6 | Persona
| 4:30 | |||
7 | Piano Smasher
| 3:01 | |||
8 | White Rabbit
| 2:54 | |||
9 | The Current
| 3:50 | |||
10 | Shadows, Part 2
| 2:56 | |||
11 | What Is Rock
| 3:12 | |||
12 | The Complex
| 6:26 | |||
13 | I Feel Love
| 5:14 | |||
14 | Exhibit 13 / Mandelbrot, No. 4
| 8:50 | |||
Data tracks | |||||
15 | Sing Along
| 3:39 | |||
16 | The Making of the Complex: Instruments & Collaborations (EPK) | 9:20 |
Credits
Release
additional art direction: | Marcus Miller (art director) Michael "Puck" Quinn |
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art direction: | CMP (Chris Wink) Caryl Glaab |
design/illustration: | David Bell (Illustrator and Animator) Haru Furuya Yuri Saniko Jen Wink |
legal representation: | Elliot Groffman John Silberman Donn Zaretsky |
graphic design: | Jen Wink |
additional engineer: | Bill Bookheim Larry Heinemann Joe O'Connell (Engineer) Todd Perlmutter Andrew Schneider (recording engineer) |
engineer: | Joe Hogan |
executive producer: | Jennie Willink |
programming: | Todd Perlmutter |
mastering: | Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer) |
anvil, cimbalom [cimbalom], cuíca [cuica], hammered dulcimer [dulcimer], keyboard [1981 casiotone], mellotron [mellotron cello], membranophone [big drum], other instruments [dogulum], percussion, piano [piano smasher] and tubulum, membranophone [drumulum], membranophone [mandeldrums], other instruments [airpoles], percussion [dumpster], percussion [PVC instrument], tubulum [backpack tubulum] and tubulum [paddle tubulum]: | Blue Man Group |
baritone guitar, ebow [e-bow], guitar, harpsichord and zither: | Chris Dyas |
bass, Chapman stick, guitar, tubulum and zither and zither [Pressaphonic]: | Larry Heinemann |
membranophone and percussion and other vocals [narration]: | Todd Perlmutter |
additional arranger: | Ian Pai Peter Moore (Boston composer, producer, engineer, member of Count Zero) Dave Steele Jeff Turlik |
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Blue Man Group Records, LLC (from 2003 to present) |
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licensed to: | Lava Records LLC (holding company behind the Lava imprint while affiliated with Warner Music Group) |
Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/1959589 [info] |
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ASIN: | US: B00008OWZD [info] |
Release group
Wikipedia: | en: The Complex (album) [info] |
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Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/24147 [info] |
other databases: | http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/B/Blue_Man_Group/Discography/Complex,_The/ [info] |
Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000595174 [info] |
Wikidata: | Q7727215 [info] |