Londinium (album)

Londinium
Studio album by Archive
Released	23 September 1996
Genre	Trip hop, alternative hip hop, electronica
Length	60:38
Label	Island
Producer	Archive, Pete Barraclough
Archive chronology
Londinium (1996) Take My Head (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Independent	(Mixed)[2]

Londinium is the debut album by London-based trip hop band Archive. The title is taken from the Roman name for London. Roya Arab is the principal vocalist throughout the album, and provides rapping. "Skyscraper" uses a sample from "Mmm Skyscraper... I Love You" by Underworld. In addition, Karl Hyde, from Underworld, plays bass on the track "Headspace". "Londinium" was remixed by Kevin Shields and released as a 12″.

Track listing[]

1. "Old Artist" – 4:04
2. "All Time" – 3:51
3. "So Few Words" – 6:12
4. "Headspace" * – 4:13
5. "Darkroom" – 4:31
6. "Londinium" – 5:19
7. "Man Made" – 4:37
8. "Nothing Else" – 4:37
9. "Skyscraper" – 4:24
10. "Parvaneh (Butterfly)" – 3:50
11. "Beautiful World" – 6:36
12. "Organ Song" – 2:23
13. "Last Five" – 5:49

* Ubiquitous Wife Remix

The album contains a hidden track, which begins about 39 seconds after the end of "Last Five"; it runs 1:24, while the actual song "Last Five" runs 3:47.

Personnel[]

• Artwork By [Cd Design & Tray] - Mat Cook Intro
• Initial creative agent - Ady Lloyd
• Bass - Karl Hyde (track 4)
• Cello - Julia Palmer
• Drums [Additional Drums] - Matheu Martin (tracks: 3)
• Engineer - Pete Barraclough
• Flute - Pete Barraclough (tracks: 2, 4, 13)
• French Horn - Jane Hanna (tracks: 12)
• Guitar - Karl Hyde (tracks 4, 5, 6, 13), Pete Barraclough (track 12), Steve Taylor (track 11)
• Mixed By - Neil McLellan
• Mixed By [Assistant] - Pat McGovern
• Photography -
• Producer, Mixed By - Archive
• Triangle [Guest Trianglist] - Anita Hill
• Violin - Ali Keeler (tracks 1, 6, 7, 12)
• Vocals - Roya Arab
• Vocals [Additional] - Jane Wall (tracks: 11), Siobhan Sian (track 11)
• Vocals [Rap] - Rosko John
• Written-By - D. Keeler (music: all tracks), D. Griffiths (music: tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13), A. Keeler (music: tracks 1, 12), R. John (lyrics: tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13), R. Arab (lyrics: tracks 2 to 6, 8, 10, 13)

Track 9 contains a sample from Underworld's "Mmm Skyscraper I Love You".

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