Suspicious Activity?

Suspicious Activity?

Infobox Album |
Name = Suspicious Activity?
Type = Album
Artist = The Bad Plus


Released = Sep 20, 2005
Recorded = Real World Studios, May 2005
Genre = Jazz
Length = 62:22
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Tchad Blake, The Bad Plus|
Last album = "Give"
(2004)
This album = "Suspicious Activity?"
(2005)
Next album = "Prog"
(2007)
Reviews = *"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebadplus/albums/album/7665189/review/7702867/suspicious_activity link]
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fjfrxqlsldse link]

"Suspicious Activity?" is the fourth studio album by the jazz band The Bad Plus. The band had previously garnered attention for covering well-known rock songs in an "acoustic power trio" style, but "Suspicious Activity?" includes only one cover version: the theme to the 1981 movie "Chariots of Fire". Instead, the album focuses on the band's original music, including the track "O.G. (Original Gentleman)," which is a tribute to the legendary jazz drummer Elvin Jones.

This would be The Bad Plus' final album for Columbia Records, as the band and the label parted ways in 2006.

Track listing

# "Prehensile Dream" (Anderson) – 8:12
# "Anthem for the Earnest" (King) – 6:38
# "Let Our Garden Grow" (Iverson) – 6:57
# "The Empire Strikes Backwards" (King) – 5:38
# "Knows the Difference" (Anderson) – 6:58
# "Lost of Love" (Anderson) – 8:38
# "Rhinoceros Is My Profession" (Anderson) – 5:44
# "O.G. (Original Gentleman)" (Iverson) – 6:37
# "(Theme From) Chariots of Fire" (Vangelis)– 4:57
# "Forces" (Anderson) – 7:43

Personnel

*Ethan Iverson — piano
*Reid Anderson — bass
*David King — drums
*Tchad Blake — producer

Outtakes

Several cover versions from the "Suspicious Activity?" recording sessions are available on iTunes and other major online services, including Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," Queen's "We Are the Champions," and Björk's "Human Behaviour."

Extended Copy Protection

In November 2005, it was revealed that Sony was distributing albums with Extended Copy Protection, a controversial feature that automatically installed rootkit software on any Microsoft Windows machine upon insertion of the disc. In addition to preventing the CDs contents from being copied, it was also revealed that the software reported the users' listening habits back to Sony and also exposed the computer to malicious attacks that exploited insecure features of the rootkit software. Though Sony refused to release a list of the affected CDs, the Electronic Frontier Foundation identified "Suspicious Activity" as one of the discs with the invasive software.

External links

* [http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004144.php "Are You Affected By Sony-BMG's Rootkit?"] (November 9, 2005) from Electronic Frontier Foundation


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