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Future Sound Of London, The - Accelerator

Label:
Catalog#:
CLP 9707-2
Format:
CD, Album, Reissue
Country:
US
Released:
19 Mar 1996
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Techno, Ambient

Tracklist

1   Expander 5:38 X
    Producer - Mental Cube
2   Stolen Documents 5:10 X
    Producer - Luco
3   While Others Cry 4:14 X
4   Calcium 6:47 X
    Producer - Luco
  Written-By - Yage
5   It's Not My Problem 3:45 X
6   Papua New Guinea 6:46 X
7   Moscow 3:34 X
8   1 In 8 4:36 X
9   Pulse State 7:18 X
10   Central Industrial 4:19 X
11   Expander (Remix) 4:49 X
    Producer - Mental Cube
12   Moscow (Remix) 4:52 X
13   Papua New Guinea (Graham Massey Mix) 3:45
    Remix - Graham Massey

Credits

Artwork By [Graphic Design] - Eunah Lee
Executive Producer - Tim Jones
Producer - Future Sound Of London, The (tracks: 3, 5 to 10, 12, 13)
Written-By - Brian Dougans (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 13) , Garry Cobain (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 13)

Notes

The front of the CD jewel case is grilled/ridged so that when you tilt the case up and down, the blocks/icons on the cover spin around in an optical illusion.

All tracks recorded and engineered at EarthBeat Studios, London 1991. Last track is a bonus.

(P)1992 Passion Music / Scratch Music Publishing
(C)1996 Hypnotic, a division of Cleopatra
Made in U.S.A.
Code: 7 41157 97072 2

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Rated 3/5
Review by kentandrew Jul 26, 2007 (edited over 2 years ago)
Calcium begs to be heard by everyone on the planet. Papua New Guinea became the worldwide underground hit. Generation Y'ers can probably recollect hearing this song at least once, although they may not know the title or author. FSOL are unlike trance or house which tends to sound spooky, angry, or happy. The sadness and precise placements of certain sounds gives the overall album a professional, timeless feel to it without the effect of cheesy and over-edited others. In future LP's FSOL become adventurous, leaving behind less interesting tunes in their wake. This is not to say that they still concoct some magnificent tracks per album. They just don't pack the levels of concentration that this one does. As with Orbital, Daft Punk, Leftfield, and Armand van Helden, it is a little disappointing that these musicians didn't attain the fame that they could have. With the mere injection of an unknown diva, these "underground" artists could have become pop icons. I feel that this album is the pinnacle of that era of underrated pop. Oh well...