Broken Vessels (soundtrack)

1999 soundtrack album by Bill Laswell

Broken Vessels

Soundtrack album by Bill Laswell

Released

September 21, 1999 (1999-09-21)

Studio

Orange Music (West Orange, N.J.)

Genre

Ambient, drum and bass

Length

48:55

Label

Koch Records

Producer

Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell chronology

Imaginary Cuba
(1999)

Broken Vessels
(1999)

Permutation
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Broken Vessels is the soundtrack album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on September 21, 1999, by Koch Records. It comprises Laswell's original score for the medical drama Broken Vessels, a film directed by Scott Ziehl released to theaters on April 18, 1998. Critic Steven McDonald called it "an engaging and propulsive recording."

Track listing

All music is composed by Bill Laswell, except "Hands" co-written by Lori Carson

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Broken Vessel"	5:37
2.	"ER"	3:17
3.	"Dementia"	2:57
4.	"Light Speed"	3:46
5.	"Strained"	4:52
6.	"High Ride"	2:07
7.	"Needle Drop"	2:32
8.	"Graveyard"	1:49
9.	"Smoking Up"	5:13
10.	"Explosion"	1:16
11.	"First Call"	5:40
12.	"Falling Under"	2:16
13.	"Lost Control"	2:47
14.	"Hands"	4:46
Total length:		48:55

Personnel

Adapted from the Broken Vessels liner notes.

Musicians

Lori Carson – vocals (14)
Lance Carter – drums
Bill Laswell – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, sampler, percussion, musical arrangements, producer
Nicky Skopelitis – guitar

Technical personnel

Michael Fossenkemper – mastering
Robert Musso – engineering, mixing

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Albums Chart	40

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1999	Koch	CD	KOC-CD-8055
Australia	1999	Take One	CD	TAKE014CD

References

^ McDonald, Steven. "Broken Vessels". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
Broken Vessels (booklet). Bill Laswell. Port Washington, New York: Koch Records. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Comer, M. Tye (November 1, 1999). "RPM airplay reports". CMJ New Music Report. 60 (641). CMJ Network, Inc.: 27. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

External links

Broken Vessels at Bandcamp
Broken Vessels at Discogs (list of releases)

Bill Laswell

Solo

Studio albums	Baselines Hear No Evil Outer Dark Silent Recoil: Dub System One Oscillations City of Light Oscillations 2 Invisible Design Imaginary Cuba Permutation Dub Chamber 3 Lo. Def Pressure Filmtracks 2000 Points of Order Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission Invisible Design II Means of Deliverance Túwaqachi (The Fourth World)
As a pseudonym	Ambient Dub Volume I Ambient Dub Volume II: Dead Slow Doom Ride Dub Terror Exhaust Jihad (Points of Order) Lost in the Translation Akasha Funkcronomicon Off World One Distill Chapter One Mysteries of Creation Chapter Two Nagual Site Sacrifice The End of Law Serene Timeless Joy The Redesign Book of Exit: Dub Chamber 4
Remix albums	Russian Chants «Parastas» Oscillations Remixes Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting Trojan Dub Massive: Chapter One Trojan Dub Massive: Chapter Two
Cover albums	Jazzonia
Soundtrack albums	Broken Vessels
Compilations	Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings Light in Extension Ambient Compendium Final Oscillations ROIR Dub Sessions Aspiration

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