Movement in Still Life is the third studio album by American electronica artist BT. It was released in the United Kingdom on October 8, 1999, and a different version released in the United States in 2000. A transition towards hip hop, it includes the singles "Godspeed", "Dreaming", and in the US, "Never Gonna Come Back Down". The original cover art is a photogram, Invocation, by Adam Fuss.[6]
Movement in Still Life was completely redesigned in the US for an American audience. This version has several minutes cut from each track and is presented in an unmixed manner with breaks in between songs. The tracks were also rearranged: The original closer, "Satellite", was moved to the middle and replaced by the hip hop track "Love on Haight Street", while the opening song was also moved to the centre of the record and replaced by "Madskills Mic-Chekka" and the US single "Never Gonna Come Back Down", featuring Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing on vocals. "Ride", "The Hip Hop Phenomenon", "Giving Up the Ghost" and "Namistai" were replaced with "Shame" and "Smartbomb"; the latter of which was later sampled for *NSYNC's international hit "Pop", also produced by BT. The album's Australian version uses the UK track listing, but replaces "The Hip Hop Phenomenon" with "Never Gonna Come Back Down", mixing it into its surrounding tracks with transitions.
A song called "Far From Goodbye (Later My Love)" was released in a sampler of the album in 1999, but never released officially.[7]
There are two versions of the album on vinyl: a double LP, with a variant of the UK track listing; and a four-LP version with eight tracks, with one song per side, featuring extended mixes. Several of these extended mixes were later added to a Special Edition double-CD set from Hong Kong, which also included other extended mixes.
Singlesedit
Movement in Still Life ties These Hopeful Machines with the most singles BT ever released from one album, largely due to the differences between the UK and US versions. Tracks like "Godspeed" and "Mercury and Solace" did well in the UK, but would not fare well on US radio, where "Never Gonna Come Back Down" and "Shame" performed well on American alternative rock stations. "Smartbomb" was used in several films, most notably in 3000 Miles to Graceland, and was used in the video game FreQuency. The Plump DJs remix of "Smartbomb" and "Hip Hop Phenomenon" were featured in the video game SSX Tricky. The Plump DJs remix also appears in Wipeout Fusion. A remix of "Never Gonna Come Back Down" was featured in FIFA Football 2002. "Ride" was originally released in 1998 as a single by 2 Phat Cunts, a group comprising BT and Sasha.
The track "Satellite" contains excerpts from the crew of NASA space shuttle mission STS-51-A during their post-mission press conference.[8]
^ abcdThis track was renamed "Namasté" on the UK Limited Edition release. However, the original name, "Namistai", is considered to be the official title by fans.[citation needed]
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Movement in Still Life is the third studio album by American electronica artist BT It was released in the United Kingdom on October 8 1999 and a different version released in the United States in 2000 A transition towards hip hop it includes the singles Godspeed Dreaming and in the US Never Gonna Come Back Down The original cover art is a photogram Invocation by Adam Fuss 6 Movement in Still LifeStudio album by BTReleasedOctober 8 1999GenreElectronicabreakbeatprogressive trancetechnoLength73 52 UK 56 35 US 74 04 4xLP LabelHeadspacePioneerBlack HoleNettwerkEMI US ProducerBrian Transeau also exec SashaAndy GrayAdam FreelandKevin BeberPaul van DykHybridBT chronologyESCM 1997 Movement in Still Life 1999 Movement 2000 Alternative coversUS coverSingles from Movement in Still Life Godspeed Released 1998 Mercury and Solace Released 1999 Hip Hop Phenomenon Released 1999 Smartbomb Released 2000 Fibonacci Sequence Released 2000 Shame Released 2000 Never Gonna Come Back Down Released 2000 Dreaming Released 2000Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic73 100 1 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 Entertainment WeeklyA 3 Pitchfork7 6 10 4 Q 4 Slant Magazine 5 Contents 1 Background 2 Singles 3 Track listing 3 1 2x vinyl version 4 Personnel 4 1 Musicians 4 2 Production 5 Charts 6 Notes 7 ReferencesBackground editMovement in Still Life was completely redesigned in the US for an American audience This version has several minutes cut from each track and is presented in an unmixed manner with breaks in between songs The tracks were also rearranged The original closer Satellite was moved to the middle and replaced by the hip hop track Love on Haight Street while the opening song was also moved to the centre of the record and replaced by Madskills Mic Chekka and the US single Never Gonna Come Back Down featuring Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing on vocals Ride The Hip Hop Phenomenon Giving Up the Ghost and Namistai were replaced with Shame and Smartbomb the latter of which was later sampled for NSYNC s international hit Pop also produced by BT The album s Australian version uses the UK track listing but replaces The Hip Hop Phenomenon with Never Gonna Come Back Down mixing it into its surrounding tracks with transitions A song called Far From Goodbye Later My Love was released in a sampler of the album in 1999 but never released officially 7 There are two versions of the album on vinyl a double LP with a variant of the UK track listing and a four LP version with eight tracks with one song per side featuring extended mixes Several of these extended mixes were later added to a Special Edition double CD set from Hong Kong which also included other extended mixes Singles editMovement in Still Life ties These Hopeful Machines with the most singles BT ever released from one album largely due to the differences between the UK and US versions Tracks like Godspeed and Mercury and Solace did well in the UK but would not fare well on US radio where Never Gonna Come Back Down and Shame performed well on American alternative rock stations Smartbomb was used in several films most notably in 3000 Miles to Graceland and was used in the video game FreQuency The Plump DJs remix of Smartbomb and Hip Hop Phenomenon were featured in the video game SSX Tricky The Plump DJs remix also appears in Wipeout Fusion A remix of Never Gonna Come Back Down was featured in FIFA Football 2002 Ride was originally released in 1998 as a single by 2 Phat Cunts a group comprising BT and Sasha The track Satellite contains excerpts from the crew of NASA space shuttle mission STS 51 A during their post mission press conference 8 Track listing editUKNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Movement in Still Life Brian TranseauClifton Jiggs ChaseEd FletcherMelvin GloverSylvia RobinsonTranseauAndy Gray6 322 Ride TranseauSashaTranseauSasha4 563 Madskillz Mic Chekka TranseauPlanet AsiaRascoeTranseau5 364 The Hip Hop Phenomenon with Tsunami One TranseauAdam FreelandKevin BeberTranseauFreelandBeber5 175 Mercury and Solace TranseauJan JohnstonTranseauAndy Page7 426 Dreaming TranseauJudie TzukeMike PaxmanPaul MuggletonTranseauPageGaetan Schurrer9 157 Giving Up the Ghost TranseauTranseau6 438 Godspeed TranseauTranseauHybrid6 449 Namistai a TranseauPaul van DykTranseauvan Dyk6 5110 Running Down the Way Up TranseauKirsty HawkshawMike TrumanTranseauHybrid8 3611 Satellite TranseauTranseauGray5 40Total length 73 52 UK limited edition bonus discNo TitleLength12 Never Gonna Come Back Down 5 4713 Fibonacci Sequence 9 2814 Godspeed Hybrid Mix 7 0315 Mercury and Solace Reach Out Mark Shimmon Remix 6 4316 Dreaming Evolution Mix 10 1117 Dreaming Libra Mix 9 1918 Namistai a Extended Version 9 28Total length 131 52 USNo TitleLength1 Madskillz Mic Chekka 4 522 Never Gonna Come Back Down 5 473 Dreaming 5 194 Shame 3 215 Movement in Still Life 4 306 Satellite 5 117 Godspeed 5 108 Running Down the Way Up 5 519 Mercury and Solace 5 0710 Smartbomb 5 1011 Love on Haight Street 6 17Total length 51 35 Japan Disc One No TitleLength1 Movement in Still Life 6 322 Ride 4 563 Madskillz Mic Chekka 5 364 Hip Hop Phenomenon 5 175 Mercury and Solace Reach Out 7 426 Dreaming 9 157 Give Up the Ghost 6 438 Godspeed 6 449 Namistai a 6 5110 Running Down the Way Up 8 3611 Satellite 5 40Total length 73 52 Japan Disc Two No TitleLength12 The Fibonacci Sequence 9 2813 Sunblind 10 18Total length 93 38 2x vinyl version edit Side ANo TitleLength1 Movement in Still Life 6 322 Ride 4 563 Madskillz Mic Chekka 5 36 Side BNo TitleLength4 The Hip Hop Phenomenon 5 175 Mercury and Solace 7 426 Godspeed 6 44 Side CNo TitleLength7 Dreaming 9 158 Giving Up the Ghost 6 43 Side DNo TitleLength9 Namistai a 6 5110 Running Down the Way Up 8 3611 Satellite 5 40Total length 73 52Personnel editBT all other vocals instruments and programmingMusicians edit Peanut Butter Wolf record scratching on Movement in Still Life and Love on Haight Street Planet Asia vocals on Madskillz Mic Chekka Hutchi vocals on Madskillz Mic Chekka Rasco vocals on Madskillz Mic Chekka Smartbomb and Love on Haight Street DJ Davey Dave cuts and scratching on Madskillz Mic Chekka and Smartbomb Jan Johnston vocals on Mercury and Solace and Sunblind backing vocals on Dreaming DJ Rap vocals on Giving Up the Ghost Kirsty Hawkshaw vocals on Dreaming and Running Down the Way Up Scott Frassetto live drums on Satellite Richard Fortus guitars on Shame Running Down the Way Up and Smartbomb Mike Doughty vocals on Never Gonna Come Back Down Fifty Grand vocals on Love on Haight Street Production edit Sasha co production on Ride Adam Freeland co production on Madskillz Mic Chekka Kevin Beber co production on Madskillz Mic Chekka Tsunami One Adam Freeland amp Kevin Beber co production on The Hip Hop Phenomenon dubious discuss citation needed Paul van Dyk co production on Namaste Hybrid co production on Running Down the Way Up and co credited with Godspeed Charts editChart Peak positionUK Albums Chart OCC 9 87US Billboard 200 10 166US Heatseekers Albums Billboard 10 8US Top Album Sales Billboard 10 166Notes edit a b c d This track was renamed Namaste on the UK Limited Edition release However the original name Namistai is considered to be the official title by fans citation needed References edit Movement in Still Life Metacritic BT Movement in Still Life Album Reviews Songs amp More AllMusic retrieved 2023 12 05 Movement in Still Life Genre Electronic Lead Performer BT Entertainment Weekly June 30 2000 Retrieved March 22 2016 a b Critic Reviews Movement in Still Life Metacritic Cinquemani Sal November 1 2002 BT Movement in Still Life Slant Magazine Retrieved March 22 2016 Invocation Archived 2010 11 23 at the Wayback Machine BT Movement In Still Life Album Sampler Discogs Post Mission Press Conference Space Shuttle Discovery STS 51A STS 14 Complete 1984 BT Chart history Official Charts Company Retrieved 13 July 2018 a b c BT Chart history Billboard charts Retrieved 13 July 2018 Retrieved from https en 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