Preparations is a studio album by Prefuse 73 . It was released on Warp Records in 2007.
Unlike the 2006 EP Security Screenings , Preparations is considered the proper follow-up to the 2005 album Surrounded by Silence .
The album includes a 15-track bonus disc entitled Interregnums , which features "unheard explorations into orchestral soundtrack music", including compositions played by live musicians.
Preparations Title 1. "From the East Intro" 0:31 2. "Beaten Thursdays" 3:43 3. "Aborted Hugs" 1:29 4. "The Class of 73 Bells" (featuring School of Seven Bells ) 4:58 5. "Girlfriend Boyfriend" 3:22 6. "Smoking Red" (featuring John Stanier ) 2:55 7. "Prog Version Slowly Crushed" 3:32 8. "Noreaster Cheer" 2:30 9. "Let It Ring" 3:08 10. "17 Seconds Interlude" (featuring Tobias Lilja) 1:01 11. "I Knew You Were Gonna Go" 4:01 12. "Pomade Suite Version One" 5:46 13. "Spaced + Dissonant" 4:14 14. "Preparation Outro Version" 5:02 15. "Recycled Suite" (Japanese edition bonus track) 5:07
Interregnums Title 1. "For Her Non-Place" 5:30 2. "Preparation One" 0:45 3. "Thorough Light" 3:45 4. "Spacious and Dissonant Part 2" 6:50 5. "Pitu" 5:18 6. "Preparation Two" 0:49 7. "Over Ensembles" 4:28 8. "The Last" 4:40 9. "Sunbeamstress" 2:09 10. "Humidity Interlude" 1:35 11. "The Ground We Lift" 3:23 12. "Preparation Three" 0:56 13. "Let It Ring Ensembles" 4:21 14. "Out We Will Go" 2:15 15. "Prepared as It Was" 4:57
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