The Complex (album)

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The Complex is the second full-length album by Blue Man Group, released in 2003. The album produced two singles, and debuted at #60 on the Billboard charts.

Track listing

1. "Above" (Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Pai, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 2:46
2. "Time to Start" (Dyas, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:43
3. "Sing Along" (Dyas, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:25
   • featuring Dave Matthews
4. "Up to the Roof" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Heinemann, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 3:51
   • featuring Tracy Bonham
5. "Your Attention" (Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Pai, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 4:09
6. "Persona" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 4:30
   • featuring Josh Haden
7. "Piano Smasher" (Dyas, Golden, Goldman, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 3:00
8. "White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) – 2:54
   • featuring Esthero
9. "The Current" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:48
   • featuring Gavin Rossdale
10. "Shadows, Pt. 2" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Perlmutter, Stanton, Wink) – 2:56
    • featuring Tracy Bonham and Rob Swift
11. "What Is Rock" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Stanton, Wink) – 3:11
    • featuring Arone Dyer and Peter Moore
12. "The Complex" (Dyas, Gleitsman, Goldman, Heinemann, Stanton, Wink) – 6:25
    • featuring Peter Moore
13. "I Feel Love" (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) – 5:13
    • featuring Annette Strean of Venus Hum
14. "Exhibit 13" (Banks, Dyas, Goldman, Heinemann, Parrulli, Stanton, Wink) – 8:51
    • Actual length is – 4:01
    • Includes a hidden track - ''Mandelbrot No.4'', length: – 4:19

Concept

The Complex is a concept album that takes place in two separate worlds, a world of rock as in the song "Time to Start," and the urban isolation world, as in the songs "Sing Along," "The Current", and "The Complex." Both worlds are then tied together in the song "What Is Rock," which combines the ideals of the rock concert with the ideals of urban isolation.

Personnel

• Dave Anania - percussion, drums
• Tracy Bonham - vocals
• Chris Bowen - drums, voiceover, tubulum
• Nels Cline - guitar
• Wendy Day - drums
• Christian Dyas - guitar, harpsichord, zither, e-bow, baritone guitar
• Arone Dyer - vocals
• Byron Estep - dobro
• Esthero - vocals
• Matt Goldman
• Spalding Gray - spoken word
• Josh Haden - vocals
• Larry Heinemann - bass, guitar, zither, Chapman Stick
• Dave Matthews - vocals
• Josh Matthews - drums
• Peter Moore - keyboards, vocals
• Ian Pai - percussion, drums
• Todd Perlmutter - percussion, drums, narrator
• Jeff Quay - percussion, drums
• Crag Rodriguez - drums
• Gavin Rossdale - vocals
• Brian Scott - tubulum
• Peter Simpson - drums
• Phil Stanton
• Dave Steele - guitar, zither
• Annette Strean - vocals
• Rob Swift - turntables
• Jeff Tortora - drums
• Chris Traynor - guitar
• Jeff Turlik - guitar, zither
• Chris Wink

Production

• Producers: Todd Perlmutter, Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink
• Executive producer: Jeff Skillen
• Engineers: Bill Bookheim, Joe Hogan, Joe O'Connell, Todd Perlmutter, Andrew Schneider
• Mixing: Rich Costey, Andrew Schneider
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Production supervisor: Jeff Levison
• Production coordination: Jaime Ramírez
• Product development: Michael Quinn, Jeni Ardizzone West
• Programming: Dan the Automator, Todd Perlmutter
• Computer engineering: Larry Heinemann
• Vocal producers: Kip Kubin, Tony Miracle, Venus Hum
• Sampling: Kid Koala
• Arrangers: Peter Moore, Ian Pai, Dave Steele, Jeff Turlik
• Studio assistant: Mike Napolitano
• Art consultant: Dan the Automator
• Technician: Mike Napolitano
• Drum technician: Carl Plaster
• Art direction: Marcus Miller, Charles Tyler Ensemble
• Design: Jen Graffam Wink
• Artwork: David Bell
• Cover image: Jen Graffam Wink

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2003	Billboard 200	60
2003	Top Internet Albums	60

Songs

Year	Song	Chart	Position
2003	"Sing Along"	Adult Top 40	37
2004	"I Feel Love"	Hot Dance Club Play	7

External links

• The Complex at MusicBrainz