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  <review>Dead Cities is a 1996 album by electronic music group The Future Sound of London.
Though almost without lyrics to speak of, most of the first half of the album (with the exception of "Her Face Forms in Summertime") is dark and full of well structured malevolence in that its songs combine synthetic sounds with samples to create an apocalyptic, dystopian atmosphere. The second half of the disc however is rather more relaxed and FSOL combine the darkness with more of their now familiar complex, ambient techniques to create an odd, peaceful yet intriguing atmosphere.</review>
  <outline>Dead Cities is a 1996 album by electronic music group The Future Sound of London.
Though almost without lyrics to speak of, most of the first half of the album (with the exception of "Her Face Forms in Summertime") is dark and full of well structured malevolence in that its songs combine synthetic sounds with samples to create an apocalyptic, dystopian atmosphere. The second half of the disc however is rather more relaxed and FSOL combine the darkness with more of their now familiar complex, ambient techniques to create an odd, peaceful yet intriguing atmosphere.</outline>
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  <dateadded>2025-11-08 08:21:30</dateadded>
  <title>Dead Cities</title>
  <year>1996</year>
  <premiered>1996-10-28</premiered>
  <releasedate>1996-10-28</releasedate>
  <runtime>70</runtime>
  <genre>Electronic</genre>
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  <audiodbartistid>111781</audiodbartistid>
  <audiodbalbumid>2114630</audiodbalbumid>
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  <artist>The Future Sound of London</artist>
  <albumartist>The Future Sound of London</albumartist>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>1</position>
    <title>Herd Killing</title>
    <duration>02:38</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>2</position>
    <title>Dead Cities</title>
    <duration>06:37</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>3</position>
    <title>Her Face Forms in Summertime</title>
    <duration>05:38</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>4</position>
    <title>We Have Explosive</title>
    <duration>06:19</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>5</position>
    <title>Everyone in the World Is Doing Something Without Me</title>
    <duration>04:10</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>6</position>
    <title>My Kingdom</title>
    <duration>05:47</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>7</position>
    <title>Max</title>
    <duration>02:48</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>8</position>
    <title>Antique Toy</title>
    <duration>05:44</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>9</position>
    <title>Quagmire / In a State of Permanent Abyss</title>
    <duration>06:57</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>10</position>
    <title>Glass</title>
    <duration>05:38</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>11</position>
    <title>Yage</title>
    <duration>07:32</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>12</position>
    <title>Vit Drowning / Through Your Gills I Breathe</title>
    <duration>05:32</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>13</position>
    <title>First Death in the Family / Headstone Lane - Dead Cities Reprise</title>
    <duration>04:46</duration>
  </track>
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