These Humble Machines is a compilation album by American electronic musician BT, composed of edited versions of songs from his album These Hopeful Machines. Released on April 26, 2011,[1] the album was released with the intention of making the album more accessible for newer listeners while still displaying the same technical prowess found in its predecessor.[2] The album features some radio edits ("Suddenly", "Always") while also liberally using splice editing and fade-outs to edit down songs ("The Emergency", "Every Other Way", "Le nocturne de lumière").

These Humble Machines
Compilation album by
ReleasedApril 26, 2011
GenreTrance, electronica, glitch, breakbeat
Length57:49
LabelNettwerk
405 Recordings
Black Hole Recordings
New State Recordings
ProducerBT
BT chronology
These Hopeful Machines
(2010)
These Humble Machines
(2011)
These Re-Imagined Machines
(2011)
Singles from These Humble Machines
  1. "Always"
    Released: April 25, 2011
  2. "A Million Stars"
    Released: July 19, 2011

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Suddenly"BT, Christian Burns4:28
2."The Emergency"BT, Christian Burns, Andrew Bayer4:27
3."Every Other Way"BT, JES4:03
4."The Light in Things"BT, JES5:47
5."The Rose of Jericho"BT4:06
6."Forget Me"BT, Christian Burns5:10
7."A Million Stars"BT, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Ulrich Schnauss6:38
8."Love Can Kill You"BT4:07
9."Always"BT, Rob Dickinson4:29
10."Le Nocturne de Lumière"BT4:42
11."The Unbreakable"BT, Rob Dickinson6:51
12."The Ghost in You"The Psychedelic Furs4:51
Total length:59:39

Personnel

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  • Track 1: Vocals by BT and Christian Burns
  • Track 2: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Christian Burns.
  • Track 3: Vocals by JES. Background vocals by BT and Christian Burns.
  • Track 4: Vocals by JES.
  • Track 6: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Christian Burns.
  • Track 7: Vocals by Kirsty Hawkshaw. Background vocals by BT.
  • Track 8: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Christian Burns.
  • Track 9, 11: Vocals by Rob Dickinson.
  • Track 12: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Amelia June.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "BT - These Humble Machines (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  2. ^ "BT Releases Two New Versions Of His Grammy-Nominated These Hopeful Machines". Nettwerk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
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