{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album| | name = 76:14 | type = Album | artist = Global Communication | cover = GC_7614.jpg | released = 1 June 1994 | recorded = 1991–1994 | studio = Evolution (Crewkerne) | genre = *Ambient<ref>The following label the album as "ambient." *{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/sep/16/popandrock.shopping1|title=Global Communication, 76:14|work=The Guardian|date=16 September 2005|access-date=29 January 2018|last=Burgess|first=John}} *{{cite web |last1=Rix |first1=Donna |title=Global Communication's Metamorphosis |url=https://www.factmag.com/2012/06/23/global-communication-metamorphosis/ |website=Fact Magazine |date=23 June 2012 |access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref> *electronica<ref name="Slant"/> *chillout<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fact |title=FACT mix 278: Global Communication |url=https://www.factmag.com/2011/08/29/fact-mix-278-global-communication/ |website=Fact |date=29 August 2011 |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> *ambient house<ref>The following label the album as "ambient house": *{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r206398|title=76:14 – Global Communication|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=6 April 2015|last=Bush|first=John}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/global-communication-7614|title=Global Communication: 76:14|work=Slant Magazine|date=20 August 2002|access-date=6 April 2015|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal}}</ref> *downtempo<ref name=rating_01 /> | length = 76:12 | label = Dedicated | producer = * Tom Middleton * Mark Pritchard | prev_title = Pentamerous Metamorphosis | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Remotion: The Global Communication Remix Album | next_year = 1995 }} '''''76:14''''' is the debut studio album by Global Communication, an English electronic music duo consisting of Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard. Initially released via Dedicated Records on 1 June 1994, the album has been re-issued a number of times, most recently in 2020.<ref name=release_01>{{cite web|url=http://audiopuzzle.com/discovery/global-communication/7614/9-39/#overview|title=4 02 by Global Communication from the album 74:14...|work=Audio Puzzle|access-date=6 April 2015}}</ref>
==Overview== {{more citations needed section|date=June 2016}} The title of the album was intended to correspond to the record's total running time in minutes and seconds, though the actual runtime is shorter by only a few seconds. Likewise, each track on the album is correspondingly titled after its respective length. The duo has stated in the sleeve notes that this was intended to avoid implying any specific meaning to the music, thus leaving the listener completely free to interpret the music according to their own imagination. The song "14:31" was originally released on ''The Cyberdon EP'' by Mystic Institute (Paul Kent and Mark Pritchard) under the title of "Ob-Selon Mi-Nos (Re-Painted by Global Communication)"; in the liner notes, "ob - selon mi - nos" is printed in small letters overtop of "14:31". On vinyl, "0:54" appeared after "5:23".
In 2005, the album was reissued with a bonus disc featuring singles released before and after the album, as well as enhanced packaging and new liner notes from the group and notable fans of the album. Notably, the bonus tracks are more in the vein of house and jazz-influenced techno than the more ambient, mostly beatless album. The songs "Incidental Harmony" and "Sublime Creation", included on this re-issue, originally appeared as a bonus 12" single given away with original pressings of ''76:14'' on vinyl.
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=rating_01>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/7614-mw0000118739|title=76:14 – Global Communication|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=6 April 2015|last=Bush|first=John}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Guardian'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/sep/16/popandrock.shopping1|title=Global Communication, 76:14|work=The Guardian|date=16 September 2005|access-date=29 January 2018|last=Burgess|first=John}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Mojo'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Global Communication: 76:14|magazine=Mojo|date=2005|page=120|quote=[A]nchored by between-song sampled voices and other familiar sound effects, it's a meditative gem of Radox-bath warmth and vast inter-stellar expanse.}}</ref> | rev4 = ''NME'' | rev4Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Global Communication: 76:14|magazine=NME|date=16 July 1994|page=38}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Q'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Global Communication: 76:14|magazine=Q|date=2005|page=120|quote=Early 90s ambient bliss, handcrafted in Somerset...}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Slant Magazine'' | rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Slant">{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/global-communication-7614|title=Global Communication: 76:14|work=Slant Magazine|date=20 August 2002|access-date=6 April 2015|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Uncut'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Global Communication: 76:14|magazine=Uncut|date=2005|page=128|quote=A genre landmark, there's a timelessness about much that's here...}}</ref> }} ''76:14'' is featured in ''The Guardian'''s ''1,000 Albums to Hear Before You Die'' list, where it is described as an "unfathomably beautiful out-of-time masterpiece."<ref name=TG>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/19/1000tohearbeforeyoudie4|title=The Guardian's 1000 albums to hear before you die|work=The Guardian|date=19 November 2007|access-date=6 April 2015}}</ref> In 1996, ''Mixmag'' ranked the album at number 11 in its list of the "Best Dance Albums of All Time".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/MixmagBestdance.htm|title=Mixmag - Best dance albums of all time (1996)}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Original release | all_writing = Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard | total_length = 76:12 | title1 = 4:02 | length1 = 4:02 | title2 = 14:31 | length2 = 14:31 | title3 = 9:25 | length3 = 9:25 | title4 = 9:39 | length4 = 9:39 | title5 = 7:39 | length5 = 7:39 | title6 = 0:54 | length6 = 0:54 | title7 = 8:07 | length7 = 8:07 | title8 = 5:23 | note8 = alternatively titled "Maiden Voyage" | length8 = 5:23 | title9 = 4:14 | length9 = 4:14 | title10 = 12:18 | length10 = 12:18 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Current digital release<ref>{{Cite web |title=76:14 by Global Communication |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/76-14/367569091 |access-date=26 July 2020 |website=Apple Music|date=June 1994 }}</ref> | total_length = 76:53 | title1 = 4:02 | length1 = 4:02 | title2 = 14:31 | length2 = 14:38 | title3 = 9:25 | length3 = 9:34 | title4 = 9:39 | length4 = 9:44 | title5 = 7:39 | length5 = 7:39 | title6 = 0:54 | length6 = 1:12 | title7 = 8:07 | length7 = 8:10 | title8 = 5:23 | note8 = alternatively titled "Maiden Voyage" | length8 = 5:22 | title9 = 4:14 | length9 = 4:15 | title10 = 12:18 | length10 = 12:17 }}
===2005 reissue bonus disc=== #"The Groove (Instrumental)" – 8:10 #"The Way (Secret Ingredients Mix)" – 11:51 #"The Deep (Original Mix)" – 11:10 #"The Biosphere (Global Communication Remix)" – Reload – 9:05 #"Incidental Harmony" – 8:33 #"Sublime Creation" – 11:49 #"Aspirin (Global Communication Remix)" – Sensorama – 12:56
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (1994) ! Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|UK2|83|date=19940806|rowheader=true|access-date=3 May 2025}} |}
==Notes== *The track "14:31" was performed live in 2007 with a vocal chorus, and Tom Middleton on piano, and released as "Lament" on Tom Middleton's ''Excursions EP'' (2009). *The track "5:23" is included in the 2008 video game ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' and appears on the soundtrack album ''The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV''. In the digital release it is listed as "Maiden Voyage". This track is very similar to, but does not credit, the song "Love on a Real Train" by Tangerine Dream from the ''Risky Business'' soundtrack. They had remixed the song for a then upcoming Tangerine Dream remix album but had their effort rejected so released it as 5'23 instead. *The track "9:39" uses a sound clip from the movie ''THX-1138'' by George Lucas, and is referred to as both "9:37" and "9:39" on the CD packaging.
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==External links== *{{Discogs release|id=3300|title=76:14}}
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