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==Summary==
Cold Clockwork Doll is the confirmed working title of Babylon Zoo's third album. It was supposed to be released in 2005, according to Jas Mann. Mann was the band's main and possibly only official member during the majority of the band's existence and he revealed more about the album and the plans he had for it during Q&A sessions and a few announcements on the Babylon Zoo fan forum, which is now archived.<ref>[http://www.babylonzoo.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=10 The discussion of the album and some speculation on the fan forum thread about it] Retrieved 12 January '21</ref>
Cold Clockwork Doll is the confirmed working title of Babylon Zoo's third album. It was supposed to be released in 2005, according to Jas Mann. Mann was the band's main and possibly only official member during the majority of the band's existence and he revealed more about the album and the plans he had for it during Q&A sessions and a few announcements on the Babylon Zoo fan forum, which is now archived.<ref>[http://www.babylonzoo.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=10 The discussion of the album and some speculation on the fan forum thread about it] Retrieved 12 January '21</ref>



Revision as of 16:57, 12 January 2022

Jas Mann From Babylon Zoo.jpeg

Babylon Zoo's main member, Jas Mann

Status: Unknown

Comment: Album's working title and release year confirmed, but no updates since


Cold Clockwork Doll is the confirmed working title of Babylon Zoo's third album. It was supposed to be released in 2005, according to Jas Mann. Mann was the band's main and possibly only official member during the majority of the band's existence and he revealed more about the album and the plans he had for it during Q&A sessions and a few announcements on the Babylon Zoo fan forum, which is now archived.[1]

During one of these Q&A's or announcements, Mann alledgedly invited fans to send over random words, which he, as form of a challenge, was supposed to all include on the album.

Babylon Zoo's main claim to fame was the single Spaceman, which got used in the 90s for a Levi's ad and because of it got hugely popular, even entering the UK Singles Top 40 at number 1 and staying there for 5 weeks.[2] The song was mainly (in)famous for having a heavily sped up intro and outro, leaving a real debate whether the original version, which didn't have this, was better. Other releases by the band kept charting lower and lower, with other singles from their first album not being remembered much either. Because of this and the fact they never had a second top 40 single anywhere but the UK, Babylon Zoo are seen as one hit wonders.

The single cover for Babylon Zoo's hit Spaceman

Availability

A lack of updates has lead fans to assume the album eventually had gotten cancelled or failed to find a distributor label. Mann reportedly had a label of his own, Hub Records, which got mentioned on the fan forum. Only one official release ever appeared through it though, a 3 track album/EP, by an act called Mariachi Static, which featured Jas Mann too. These tracks are still available for free streaming and downloading on the Babylon Zoo website.[3]

Hub Records was at one point reported to have gone bankrupt, without an official statement on this situation being able to be found though. In addition, no songs have surfaced since then, causing fans to give up all hope on a new record getting released. Mann has since then focused on other projects, which include a film (called The Whisperers) which never got released and possible never got fully into production and some other movie related projects, sometimes under the name of Jasbinder Singh.

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