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Audio
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Studio album by Blue Man Group
Released December 1999
Genre Experimental/Rock
Length 57:29
Label Virgin Records
Producer Todd Perlmutter
Professional reviews
Blue Man Group chronology
Audio
(1999)		The Complex
(2003)


Audio is the debut album by Blue Man Group and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. It was released in 1999 by Virgin Records.

This album was released in two versions: The DVD had 5.1-channel versions of the music in both DVD-Video (using Dolby Digital) and DVD-Audio formats (one on each side) and a CD that had a 2-channel stereo mix of each track.

Track listing

  1. "TV Song" – 2:08
  2. "Opening Mandelbrot" – 3:13
  3. "Synaesthetic" – 5:31
  4. "Utne Wire Man" – 3:18
  5. "Rods and Cones" – 5:57
  6. "Tension 2" – 2:05
  7. "Mandelgroove" – 5:49
  8. "PVC IV" – 4:23
  9. "Club Nowhere" – 4:50
  10. "Drumbone" – 2:44
  11. "Shadows" – 2:06
  12. "Cat Video" – 2:20
  13. "Klein Mandelbrot" – 8:03
  14. "Endless Column" – 5:02

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Blue Man Group
Albums: Audio | The Complex | Live at the Venetian, Las Vegas | Last Train to Trancentral (EP)
Singles: "The Current" | "I Feel Love" | "Rods and Cones"
DVD Releases: The Complex Rock Tour Live
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Blue Man Group

Blue Man Group
Background information
Name: Blue Man Group
Date Formed: 1980s
Location(s): New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Berlin, Oberhausen, and Orlando

Official site: [1]
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Blue Man Group

Blue Man Group
Background information
Name: Blue Man Group
Date Formed: 1980s
Location(s): New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Berlin, Oberhausen, and Orlando

Official site: [1]
Genre(s):
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The Complex
(2003) Live at the Venetian, Las Vegas
(2006)

Singles from The Complex
# "The Current"
Released: July 28, 2003# "I Feel Love"
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Blue Man Group

Blue Man Group
Background information
Name: Blue Man Group
Date Formed: 1980s
Location(s): New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Berlin, Oberhausen, and Orlando

Official site: [1]
Genre(s):
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DVD

Media type: Optical disc
Capacity: 4.7 GB (single layer), 8.5 GB (dual layer)
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DVD-Audio

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Released July 11, 2006
Format Digital
Genre Rock
Length 4:37
Label Blue Man Group Records
Producer(s) Todd Perlmutter

Blue Man Group singles chronology

"I Feel Love"
(2004) "Rods and Cones"
(2006)
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Blue Man Group

Blue Man Group
Background information
Name: Blue Man Group
Date Formed: 1980s
Location(s): New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Berlin, Oberhausen, and Orlando

Official site: [1]
Genre(s):
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Audio
(1999) The Complex
(2003)

Audio is the debut album by Blue Man Group and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. It was released in 1999 by Virgin Records.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Complex
(2003) Live at the Venetian, Las Vegas
(2006)

Singles from The Complex
# "The Current"
Released: July 28, 2003# "I Feel Love"
..... Click the link for more information.
Live at the Venetian, Las Vegas
(2006) Last Train to Trancentral
(2006)

Live at the Venetian, Las Vegas is a digital album by Blue Man Group, released through the iTunes Store on July 25, 2006.
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Last Train to Trancentral
(2006)

Last Train to Trancentral is a digital EP by Blue Man Group, released on October 31, 2006 through the iTunes Store.
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Released July 28, 2003
Format CD, 12"
Genre Experimental, rock
Length 3:49
Label Lava / Atlantic
Producer(s) Todd Perlmutter, Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink

Blue Man Group chronology

N/A "The Current"
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Released July 11, 2006
Format Digital
Genre Rock
Length 4:37
Label Blue Man Group Records
Producer(s) Todd Perlmutter

Blue Man Group singles chronology

"I Feel Love"
(2004) "Rods and Cones"
(2006)
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The Complex Rock Tour Live is a live DVD by Blue Man Group in support of their album, The Complex with footage from their shows in Dallas, Texas. It features almost all of the songs off of that album as well as one ("Drumbone") from their older one, Audio
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