Emotional Technology
Emotional Technology is the fourth studio album by electronica artist BT. Transitioning towards a more pop music oriented sound, the album features some of BT's more commercially successful releases, including "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)", "The Force of Gravity" and "Superfabulous". "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" holds the Guinness World Record for most vocal edits in a single track, with 6,178 in the album version. The album features vocal performances by JC Chasez, Rose McGowan, and BT himself, among others. Background. The album's intro consists of a backwards sample of "Satellite", the closing track of "Movement", followed by  reversed samples of "Somnambulist" and "Dark Heart Dawning" from "Emotional Technology". Shortly after "Somnambulist", the album moves from its pop-oriented sound into a more experimental direction, containing introspective lyrics and song structures and samples not normally found in trance music at the time (the extended breakdown section of "P A R I S" features a galloping horse and a choir, while "Communicate"'s chorus drops the beat entirely). "Emotional Technology" also found Transeau writing several epic rock songs in the vein of "Satellite". Several of these songs would later be replaced on the Special Collector's Edition release. Reception . "Emotional Technology" received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 61 out of 100, based on 7 reviews. The album charted at 138 on the Billboard 200, making it BT's highest charting album to date. Remix contest. Prior to the album's release, BT and BPM Magazine held a remix contest for the album. Inside an issue of "BPM Magazine" would be an EP containing the individual parts for "Somnambulist", "Communicate", "The Great Escape" and "Superfabulous", as well as a new, unreleased track titled "Kimosabe" (which would become part of the soundtrack for  Electronic Arts' racing video game "") and also featured in a Harmonix Music Rhythm game Amplitude. The four winners were announced in early 2004 and they won signed copies of "Emotional Technology" among other prizes. Two notable winners were Toksin (for his remix of "Communicate") and Burufunk (for their remix of "The Great Escape"). Burufunk had previously remixed "Somnambulist" for when the song was released as a single in May 2003. They later worked with BT on his remix of The Doors' classic, "Break on Through (To the Other Side)". Toksin has since released remixes of "Superfabulous" and "The Great Escape  on his website. He has also remixed Shame" in his live shows.. The song "Tao Of The Machine" was used in the 2005 video game "". Singles. The album had only one official single, which was "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)". However, the "Technology EP" serves as a non-formal single release for "Superfabulous", "The Force of Gravity" and "The Great Escape". Track listing. All songs were written by BT, unless noted.