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Into Battle With the Art of Noise by Art of Noise
Into Battle With the Art of Noise is an EP by Art of Noise, released in 1983. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Moments In Love”, on 6 lists with a best position of #59.
Into Battle with the Art of Noise, a 1983 EP, was the first thing the Art of Noise ever released, and the first release on ZTT too, launching the label's Incidental Series. The group was a faceless conspiracy of studio minds: producer Trevor Horn, engineer Gary Langan, programmer J.J. Jeczalik, keyboardist and arranger Anne Dudley and music journalist Paul Morley.
The machine at the heart of it was the Fairlight CMI, then state-of-the-art, and the EP builds its tracks from early sampling, chopped-up sound collages that thump and clatter like nothing else around. "Beat Box" is all crashing drums and cut-up noise, hip-hop filtered through a British art school, while "Moments in Love" drifts the other way, a slow, lush, sensual swoon. Both were reworked for the debut LP, Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Into Battle With the Art of Noise on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moments In Love | 6 | #59 | – | 1988–2003 | |
| 2 | Beat Box | 3 | #480 | – | 1991–2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.