The Future Sound Of London ‎– Accelerator

Regarding the vinyl itself, my copy has some inconsistency in sound quality between tracks. Some sound muddy and harsh, and others have stunning clarity, B2 in particular. Various quieter spots are also a bit noisy. Compared to sound quality of the CD, a few tracks are better, but most are equal or worse. Nothing here I found worth spending $40+ on.

Agreed, terrible pressing. Surface noise throughout the entirety of a brand new / sealed disc straight from the label. Seems there was no quality control on this pressing.

I think I first bought this in 1994. I only listen to it on rare occasions to keep it special. Pulse State and Calcium are my favourites. Two absolute gems.

I was just listening to this and I was moved to post a comment. This album to me is easily in my list of top 10 electronic music albums. It's really meant to be listened to as a CD, straight through, as an experience. Foresee myself in my 60-70s if I live that long playing this. Thank you guys for making this. PNG single-highhandedly changed my life by opening me to the world of techno (even though I'd long been an EBM/industrial guy) in 1991. I used to think it was just about PNG but there's so much more here. Every track incredible. On a lovely spring day, I'll have another.

There is no higher praise than that due of F.S.O.L., and furthermore.
the importance of this LP in the evolution of electronic dance music, cannot be overstated.
It's the equivalent to dance music, what "Dark Side Of The Moon" was to rock, or prog rock
when it was first released. Both have had a profound effect on their respective styles of music.
Jumpin' & Pumpin' was already firmly established as one of the most cutting edge and
forward thinking dance labels in the entire UK by '91, and "Accelerator" by F.S.O.L. was
more or less their crowning glory, being a sort of mish mash of some of their other
alias releases on that label such as Yage, Mental Cube, Luco. From start to finish,
every track on this album is pure brilliance, and the production quality is stunning.
multidimensional and compelling in a way that very few full length LP's can ever
achieve. A "Future Sound " indeed then and now. It easily qualifies as one of
the most epic electronic dance LP's of the 1990's. Everyone who enjoys this
type of music needs to listen to this at least a 100 times in their lifetime.

A 5 star LP and a very important LP in the evolution of techno. 'Pulse State' rates as one of my favourite tracks ever committed to vinyl. I can easily loose myself in that 303 bass line and those 808 claps intertwined with some heavenly chords. I wish it lasted for 60 mins..... For me the highlight on a exemplary LP.

For those looking to source the sample on 'Central Industrial' take a dive into Throbbing Gristle's '20 Jazz Funk Greats' from 1979. The track 'What A Day' has the riff you are familiar with over all these years

Just snagged a copy of this at my favorite local record store here in Oklahoma (Guestroom Records) and it sounds terrific! I'm going to need to get a vinyl sleeve for it though because the disc is simply put inside the thin cardboard sleeve and I don't like my records being stored that way. Otherwise I'm totally stoked to have this and the rarity is going to cause it to get into much higher prices probably. Snag this now if you can.

There is also reissue without the extra 7 inch on Jumpin Pumpin, got mine from Juno.co.uk for 15 GBP.