2017 EP by William Control
Revelations: The Black EP Released February 17, 2017 (2017-02-17 ) Studio Hell's Half Acre Genre Length 13 :38 Label Control Producer Kenneth Fletcher
"Analog Flesh In A Digital World" Released: February 10, 2017
"Knife Play" Released: April 1, 2017
"All I Need" Released: May 13, 2017
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Revelations: The Black EP is the third EP by American group William Control . It is the second in a series of four EPs that make up the fifth studio album, Revelations , the other three being The Pale , The Red and The White , after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse .[ 3] [ 4] It was released by Control Records on February 17, 2017, and peaked at number six on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart[ 5] and number one on the Heatseekers chart.[ 6] [ 7]
The first single was Analog Flesh In A Digital World , released on February 10, 2017. It was accompanied by a music video shot and directed by Jacob Johnston in Los Angeles in January 2017.[ 8] Johnston also directed the Knife Play video, released on April 1.
All I Need was once again filmed in LA, at a later date, by Stephanie Carrasco and Spenser Leeds,[ 9] and released on May 13.
The EP was recorded at Control's Hell's Half Acre studio and was produced and engineered by Kenneth Fletcher, and engineered and mixed by Axel Otero of the band Lay Your Ghost. It was mastered by John Troxell. Fans were invited down to the Control Merch shop to record gang vocals.[ 10]
Track listing
Title 1. "Analog Flesh In A Digital World " 3:04 2. "All I Need " 3:56 3. "Knife Play " 3:35 4. "Velvet Rose " 3:13 Total length: 13:48
Charts
Personnel
All credits adapted from liner notes.[ 13]
Kenneth Fletcher – producer, engineer, artwork, layout
Axel Otero – engineer, mixing
John Troxell – mastering
References
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^ Harvey, Amelia (October 6, 2016). "William Control – Revelations: The Pale (EP Review)" . VultureHound . Retrieved August 3, 2017 .
^ Birkbeck, Tim (January 2, 2017). "Interview: William Control" . VultureHound . Retrieved August 3, 2017 .
^ "William Control Chart History | Billboard" . www.billboard.com . Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2022 .
^ "William Control Chart History | Billboard" . Billboard . Archived from the original on 2018-05-18.
^ a b "William Control – Chart history: Top Dance/Electronic Albums" . Billboard . Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
^ "Instagram post by William Control" . Instagram. January 29, 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
^ Carrasco, Stephanie (April 9, 2017). " 'All I Need' Coming Soon!" . Stephanie Carrasco.
^ "Instagram post by William Control" . Instagram. August 12, 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
^ "William Control – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums" . Billboard . Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
^ "William Control – Chart history: Independent Albums" . Billboard . Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
^ The Black EP (Liner notes). William Control. Control Records. 2017. CR011.{{cite AV media notes }}
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