Civilization is the twelfth full-length studio album by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly, released on January 20, 2004, through Metropolis.
Style and themes
Leeb considered the sound of the album "in some ways old-school", although produced with cutting-edge technology, saying, "I don't think we took any big leaps of faith as far as trying to do something that we never represented, so if you like the way Front Line ever sounded then I think you will really like the record a lot. [...] We just got together and did it the way we used to."
Album errors
Metropolis mislabeled the back cover track listing of Civilization on at least three separate occasions. The errors included swapped song titles, missing the song "Parasite" and excluding the "Dissident" page in the booklet. These numerous errors led to rumors that Metropolis was releasing special edition copies of the album, all of which were false. While the track listing found on the back cover was incorrect, the liner notes still presented all the songs in the correct order, excluding copies with the missing "Dissident" page.
Singles
Civilization was accompanied by two singles. "Maniacal" was released about three months before the album. "Stürm" is also featured on the soundtrack album from horror film Saw. Both singles reached high positions in international charts (see Chart positions).
Track listing
Personnel
Front Line Assembly
- Bill Leeb – production, vocals
- Rhys Fulber – production, programming
Additional musicians
- Jamie Muhoberac – vocals (6), keyboard (6, 9)
- Leah Randi – vocals (1, 3, 4), bass (6)
- Sean Ashby – electric guitar (4)
- Christian Olde Wolbers – electric guitar (6)
Technical personnel
- Greg Reely – mixing, special editing
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Carylann Loeppky – graphic design
- US Department Of Energy Photograph – photo
Chart positions
Album
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| German Alternative Albums (Deutsche Alternative Charts)
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Singles
"Maniacal"
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| German Alternative Singles (Deutsche Alternative Charts)
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| Billboard Hot Dance Singles
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"Vanished"
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! Chart (2004)
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| German Alternative Singles (Deutsche Alternative Charts)
| align="center" | 10
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