Avant Hard

Avant Hard
Studio album by Add N To (X)
Released	April 20, 1999
Recorded	Unit 20, The Instrument, Eastcote
Genre	Experimental, electroclash, noise rock
Length	56:25
Label	Mute Records
Producer	Barry 7, Dean Honer, Add N To (X)
Add N To (X) chronology
On the Wires of Our Nerves (1998) Avant Hard (1999) Add Insult to Injury (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
NME	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]

Avant Hard is the third album by UK group Add N To (X). It was released in 1999 on Mute Records. The track "Metal Fingers In My Body" was used in an advertisement for a digital television service in the UK, played as the background music for skateboarder Danny Way for a montage of tricks. "Barry 7's Contraption" was used as the background music for a mobile phone company advert, and was used regularly as backing music on the TV series Banzai.

Track listing

1. "Barry 7's Contraption" – 4:09
2. "Robot New York" – 4:11
3. "Skills" – 3:51
4. "Steve's Going to Teach Himself Who's Boss" – 3:05
5. "Fyuz" – 4:32
6. "Buckminster Fuller" – 3:36
7. "Revenge of the Black Regent" – 6:12
8. "Metal Fingers in My Body" – 5:13
9. "Ann's Eveready Equestrian" – 4:07
10. "Oh Yeah, Oh No" – 7:00
11. "Machine is Bored With Love" – 3:54 based on samples from "Fugue In D Minor" from Egg's self-titled debut

Includes a hidden track – 5:55, after 0:33 of silence

Personnel

• Producers and arrangers – Barry 7, Dean Honer, Add N To (X)
• Engineers – Roger Johnson, Ebby Acquah, Steve D'Agostino
• Additional musicians – Rob Allum, Alison Goldfrapp
• Artwork – Add N To (X)
• Band photos – Joe Dilworth

References

1. Phares, Heather. Avant Hard at AllMusic
2. "NME Album Reviews - Avant Hard". NME. 13 May 1999. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
3. Robert Christgau review