Controlling Crowds

Controlling Crowds
Controlling Crowds
Studio album by Archive
Released	30 March 2009
Genre	Trip hop
Length	1:18:02
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Allmusic	^[1]

Controlling Crowds (Parts I-III) is the sixth studio album by British trip hop progressive and alternative rock group Archive. It was released worldwide on 30 March 2009.^[2]

Release

The album consists of three different parts:^[2]

Part I: Controlling Crowds; Bullets; Words on Signs; Dangervisit; Quiet Time
Part II: Collapse / Collide; Clones; Bastardised Ink; Kings of Speed; Whore
Part III: Chaos; Razed to the Ground; Funeral

In the beginning, the band wanted to include a fourth part. It was later released as Controlling Crowds – Part IV on 19 October 2009.^[3] Both albums were released on the same day as a double CD under the name Controlling Crowds - The Complete Edition Parts I–IV.^[4]

In popular culture

The second song on the album, "Bullets", was used in the January 2013 teaser for CD Projekt Red's game titled Cyberpunk 2077.^[5]

Track listing

CD 1 :

"Controlling Crowds" (10:09)
"Bullets" (5:54)
"Words on Signs" (4:00)
"Dangervisit" (7:37)
"Quiet Time" (5:55)
"Collapse/Collide" (9:12)
"Clones" (5:00)
"Bastardised Ink" (3:34)
"Kings of Speed" (4:22)
"Whore" (4:15)
"Chaos" (5:28)
"Razed to the Ground" (5:22)
"Funeral" (7:19)

CD 2 (limited edition) :^[6]

"Killing All Movement" (6:22)
"Children They Feed" (3:06)
"Day That You Go" (3:49)
"Neatly Folded" (3:18)
"Bullets" (video)

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[7]	10
French Albums (SNEP)^[8]	7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	61
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[10]	16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Controlling Crowds
French Albums (SNEP)^[12]	160

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)^[13]	Gold	10,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b allmusic
^ ^a ^b [1] Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ [2] Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071211/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000281-001-CD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Solórzano, Sergio (27 December 2020). "Gaming Detail: Cyberpunk 2077 Mission Shows The Fate Of Teaser Trailer Character". TheGamer. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071922/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000150-002-CD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Ultratop.be – Archive – Controlling Crowds" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
^ "Lescharts.com – Archive – Controlling Crowds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
^ "Officialcharts.de – Archive – Controlling Crowds". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Archive – Controlling Crowds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
^ "Top de l'année Top Albums 2009" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2010 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

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[official_page-2] [1] Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[3] [2] Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101202071211/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000281-001-CD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[5] Solórzano, Sergio (27 December 2020). "Gaming Detail: Cyberpunk 2077 Mission Shows The Fate Of Teaser Trailer Character". TheGamer. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101202071922/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000150-002-CD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[ac_Wallonia_Archive-7] "Ultratop.be – Archive – Controlling Crowds" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[ac_France_Archive-8] "Lescharts.com – Archive – Controlling Crowds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[ac_Germany3_Archive-9] "Officialcharts.de – Archive – Controlling Crowds". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[ac_Poland_-10] "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[ac_Switzerland_Archive-11] "Swisscharts.com – Archive – Controlling Crowds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[12] "Top de l'année Top Albums 2009" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 11 July 2025.

[PolandArchiveControlling_CrowdsalbumCertRef-13] "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2010 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

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