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{{other uses|Fait Accompli (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Faît Accompli
| name = Faît Accompli
| Cover = Curve-Fait Accompli.jpg
| cover = Curve-Fait Accompli.jpg
| Artist = [[Curve (band)|Curve]]
| alt =
| type = single
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| from Album = [[Doppelgänger (Curve album)|Doppelgänger]]
| B-side = "Arms Out", "Sigh"
| artist = [[Curve (band)|Curve]]
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| album = [[Doppelgänger (Curve album)|Doppelgänger]]
| Released = 24 February 1992
| Recorded = England
| B-side = "Arms Out", "Sigh"
| Format = 12", CD, MC
| released = 24 February 1992
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[shoegazing]]
| format = 12", CD, MC
| recorded = England
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| Length = 4:10 (only the A-side)<br/>12:44 (the whole single)
| studio =
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| Label = [[Anxious Records]] (UK)<br/>Anxious/BMG (Europe)<br/>Anxious/BMG Arista (AUS)
| venue =
| Writer = [[Dean Garcia]], [[Toni Halliday]]
| Producer = Curve, [[Flood (producer)|Flood]]
| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[shoegazing]]
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| length = 4:10 (only the A-side)<br/>12:44 (the whole single)
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| Last single = ''[[Cherry (EP)|Cherry]]''<br />(1991)
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| label = [[Anxious Records]] (UK)<br/>Anxious/BMG (Europe)<br/>Anxious/BMG Arista (AUS)
| This single = '''''Faît Accompli'''''<br />(1992)
| Next single = ''[[Horror Head]]''<br />(1992)
| writer = [[Dean Garcia]], [[Toni Halliday]]
| producer = Curve, [[Flood (producer)|Flood]]
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| prev_title = '[[Cherry (EP)|Cherry]]'
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = '[[Horror Head]]'
| next_year = 1992
}}
}}


Revision as of 00:10, 10 December 2018

For other uses, see Fait Accompli (disambiguation).
"Faît Accompli"
Single by Curve
from the album Doppelgänger
B-side"Arms Out", "Sigh"
Released24 February 1992
RecordedEngland
GenreAlternative rock, shoegazing
Length4:10 (only the A-side)
12:44 (the whole single)
LabelAnxious Records (UK)
Anxious/BMG (Europe)
Anxious/BMG Arista (AUS)
Songwriter(s)Dean Garcia, Toni Halliday
Producer(s)Curve, Flood
Curve singles chronology
"'Cherry'"
(1991) 		"Faît Accompli"
(1992) 		"'Horror Head'"
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Melody Maker(positive)[1]

"Faît Accompli" is the first single from the album Doppelgänger by alternative rock band Curve. It was released on 24 February 1992;[2] it reached #22 in the UK singles chart, becoming their highest charting single in the UK.[3] It was one of the first singles in the UK to reach the Top 40 without a release on 7" vinyl. "Faît Accompli" (extended extended extended) was included in the compilation Pubic Fruit, issued in 1992.

"Faît Accompli" was selected as Single of the Week by Melody Maker.[1]

Track listing Faît Accompli

12" & CD

  1. "Faît Accompli" – 4:10
  2. "Arms Out" – 4:45
  3. "Sigh" – 3:49

MC

  1. "Faît Accompli" – 4:10
  2. "Arms Out" – 4:45

Track listing Faît Accompli (Extended mix)

12"

  1. "Faît Accompli" (extended extended extended) – 6:24
  2. "Coast Is Clear" (live Manchester '91) – 4:34
  3. "Die Like a Dog" (live London '91) – 4:39

Music video

The video for "Faît Accompli" features the official and the touring members of the band performing this song in a room. It was filmed in black and white.

Credits

[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Curve : Fait Accompli review – Melody Maker".
  2. ^ a b "Curve : Fait Accompli".
  3. ^ "Official Charts".
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