The White Room

had to find the Director's cut to listen. Was so worth it

Didn't realize everyone can see the notes. Hi everyone, if you're reading this. ok this one is 44 minutes; not bad. What is this techno? it's ok so far. It's good to throw on and focus on work. Kind of just alright. Wouldn't listen to it again, but nothing terrible. Not memorable.

Another album I had to piece together outside Spotify trying to keep it as close to the original release as I could. Bummer because I enjoyed this one quite a bit and I wont be able to add it to my highlights playlist. Fun time with some electronics mixed with a kind of hip hop-ish energy that encourages hitting a dance floor. Its got funky vibes, its got slow tempo emotional downturns and its got head bopping beats.

Cheesy and outdated. Dimery truly cannot get enough of these British house albums that no one else gives a shit about. The last track on this album genuinely might be the worst song I’ve ever heard. It sounds like the theme song for a bad British kid’s cartoon. I’m actively mad I had to hear it.

This actually comes at a weirdly coincidental time, as Josh Widdicombe is currently covering the band's history on his "Museum of Pop Culture" podcast. Admittedly, the only track I knew before this was "Doctorin' the TARDIS", which thankfully wasn't on this album. I've no idea what's so bad about these guys, because I had a blast here. Though it was initially a challenge to even find the original version of the album, once I did, it was smooth sailing. The beats are infectious, the mixing is immersive, and you feel as if you're at an actual rave with hundreds of sweaty 90s dancers. Definitely checking out more from these guys, if I can find more full albums out there.

Previously unknown. Corny.

Nicht mein Fall elektronischer Musik

This was fun and gave me great recs when it went into autoplay after it was done on youtube. *Fav tracks: Build A Fire*

Wasn't on Spotify, liked the single though.

sick album, i think ive heard it before but its such a piece of art

Fascinating performance artists, but also some really good 90s Eurodance. The unhinged goofy songs (‘Justified and Ancient’) and the moody heartfelt ones (‘Build a Fire’) are both strong.

Ohhh it's these guys. I was about to complain about the electronic albums on this list - which is still a valid complaint - but these guys at least have an interesting story. I never know how to handle albums like this, where the original pressing is hard to find. Tracklists matter, y'know? I'm listening to a different album than what the book authors intended. Gah. I listened to the Director's Cut, which I figure is as least what the band would prefer for me to listen to. Favorite tracks: Build A Fire, Justified & Ancient

Not as good as what I remember!

What Time Is Love? - 4/5 Make It Rain - 3/5 3 A.M. Eternal - 4/5 Church of the KLF - 3/5 Last Train to Trancentral - 3/5 Build a Fire - 3/5 The White Room - 3/5 No More Tears - 3/5 Justified and Ancient - 3.5/5 This is some pretty decent club music. They have a few good tracks on here, and confirmed to me that 3 A.M. Eternal is a defining club tracks. Also didn't know that these guys were also up Doctorin' they Tardis before they made this. If that doesn't constitute as range, than I don't know what does. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: What Time Is Love?, 3 A.M. Eternal

Curti. Bem drogadinho e inglês. Dá pra tirar uma pira, com instrumentais divertidos, animados, e acompanhados de vocais variados, com vários sotaques e temas diversos. Eu gostei, mas não consigo me imaginar ouvindo isso novamente. Por mais legal que seja, acho que não sou drogado o suficiente pra tirar o proveito máximo. 3/5

This is VERY of its time and genre. Nothing really stands out other than the big single everyone that was alive at that time has heard a million times. I dont see why this is on this list, but everyone has different taste. This isnt bad, I wish 2.5 was available to rank as that would mean its average without being good or bad. It just is.

Cool album that I enjoyed until the quality tapered off by the end, I had to venture to YouTube for this one but I'm glad I did

Meh.

yet another group ive heard of but never listened to before. tbh i'd kind of expected a harder sound than this, somehow. instead, what i got was uh.... some kind of midpoint between 2 unlimited and primal scream? to be fair, that's not necessarily a bad thing. i do enjoy the cheesy eurohouse feel of tracks like "what time is love" and "3am eternal", especially with the very of-their-time rap verses, and the acid flavour on it is much stronger than on the stuff primal scream were making around this time, so between the two it'd be stupid to call this derivative. but like, idk.... its a fun spread of sounds but they kinda got power crept in every single direction almost immediately? idk.......! having said all this tho, i can't deny that i did still really enjoy it. ive had this on loop all morning, and "last train to trancentral" and "justified and ancient" are absolute bangers. so it's still a 4. i don't gotta justify shittt !!

Fun album that brings me back to such a specific time. Even then though, I preferred so much other stuff to this. Fun. Catchy. Still not my favorite

am i in a nightclub?!

Удачный альбом электронной музыки, в котором танцевальная ритмика сочетается с романтической меланхолией и некоторой отстранённостью.

2/5

Allright album, at least it's something else. 3/5

3,0 Highlights: What Time Is Love?, Justified & Ancient

Hum... je crois que c'est le premier album de house que j'ai depuis le début de la liste ? Bon ben c'est plutôt sympathique. Pas de quoi se relever la nuit, mais c'est bien dans son jus, c'est agréable à écouter et puis ça change des sempiternels albums de rock pas franchement indispensables dont Robert Dimery est si fan.

First track: BANGER. Rest: not my cup of tea…

Sort of ok, but not really my thing. I'll give it a high 2.

It was ok, but all just passed me by and there was not a lot to demand my attention.

Finding a copy of the 1991 version of this is not as easy as it was in their heyday. It isn't helped by Cauty and Drummond deleting their entire back catalogue after the burning of the £1m stunt. What a waste, there is a limit to art and that was over the line for me. I could have done with some of it ffs. Luckily I am well aquainted with this album, so it isnt too difficult to write a review, after finding the correct version on YouTube we kick off with the familiar version of 'What Time is Love?' With the sample of 'Kick out the Jamms motherfucker' probably used to highlight yet another name change for the duo. The mellow moments like 'Light a Fire' and 'Make it Rain' remind me of their contemporary William Orbit, but with the remixes, you have proper stadium rave, '3am Eternal' is another good example of this brand new genre which they managed to invent singlehandedly. Luckily no Tammy Winnett on the closing track, we have to be thankful for small mercies. Its great!

I had low expectations going into this but I liked it more than I thought I would. I'm a sucker for house stuff anyway. I'm not going to say its a super important album but I feel like it is a part of my life.

Not my jam. Less repetitive and bit more melodic than a few others in the extended house genre, but ultimately a better dance club than album listening experience. The three singles are all generally strong. The album tracks don't hold up.

That was some of the corniest electronic music I've listened to. 2/5 Favorite Song: Build A Fire

Electronic crap

4/5

perfect 90s trance

Thought this was pretty cool actually. Early nineties as fuck but got a bit of joy out of this listen

The first few songs really locked me in a groove, but it just became passable as the album went on.

Interesting listen, not really for me but was different and enjoyed. However, the song "No More Tears" dragged on. 3/5

This was pretty good, albeit a little repetitive sounding from track to track. Also, we get it. Your name is KLF. Favourite Track(s): Justified and Ancient Least Favourite Track(s): No More Tears

A challenge finding this on line! Of its time

It’s very of its time but it’s a solid album all around

Extra star for the story 4/5

Cornier than a field in Nebraska. Just relentlessly boring. I think I might hate house.

you know what is really awesome? being recommended an album that isn't available on spotify.

"Over and out, Lost in the Mu Mu land!" Hooks a plenty. Great fun. 1 "Justified and Ancient" (Excerpt) (4/5) 2 "What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)" (Album Version) (5/5) 3 "Make It Rain" (4/5) 4 "3 a.m. Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.)" (Radio Edit) (5/5) 5 "Church of the KLF" (3/5) 6 "Last Train to Trancentral (Live from the Lost Continent)" (Album Version) (5/5) 7 "Build a Fire" (4/5) 8 "The White Room" (4/5) 9 "No More Tears" (3/5) 10 "Justified and Ancient" (4/5) Total - 41 Average - 4.1 446/1001 236/446 albums reviewed were new to me.

Good grief, what a terrible little album. Bland techno pop junk.

I remember that one song by The KLF....it wasn't on this album. Interesting, not much to get excited about on this album.

Boring and completely uninteresting. Not sure why this is on the list.

Fun time.

I still can't get my head around the fact that these guys burned a million quid...

I have no idea if I listened to the right version of this or not. The version of Last Train to Transcentral on it was not the version I know, and not as good. I listened to the directors cut, as that was all I could find. I think I'd prefer the originals, but apart from the last two tracks (on my version, No More Tears and Justified and Ancient) this was the kind of bold electronica I'd expect from the KLF.

i’ve had a very long week at work and this was my last straw.

would have enjoyed accompanied with drugs probably. can see how in the 90's this was a banger, but not for me

I liked it

It is kind of crazy the same group that made Chill Out also made this very unapologetically early 90s House project. They operate on two polar ends of the same spectrum but this time the music is a lot more engaging and groovy rather than Ambient. With that being said this is a very early House project before the genre became so fleshed out into so many different subgenres, so unfortunately it does come off quite dated. With that being said though this album is very enjoyable, while also being incredible simple and straightforward. It is a nice break from some of the more sophisticated and extreme albums on this list, but isn't one I will remember after this.

What a wild story there is behind this band and a really interesting album to match. We go through a few different genres, with the whole “jock jams” sound being the predominant one for most of the album. It’s like being at an NBA game in the 90s, until they start throwing hints of rock, synth, and even twangy country into the mix. Not always my cup of tea but I can respect what they were going for.

Kind of nothing really. Not painful though. So not 1 star.

Я так и не понял какая версия является оригинальной, поэтому послушал ту, что была на YouTube. Как я понял, такая неразбериха очень в духе этой группы, и мне это нравится. Первая половина альбома была обалденной, кислотной, вторая немного помягче и скучнее. Не думаю, что смог бы это слушать постоянно, но ознакомиться с этим было интересно. А ещё более интересно было ознакомиться с лором коллектива. Лучшая песня: What Time Is Live?

Some groovy dance beats and kinda nonsense lyrics. Certainly not bad, and even got my feet moving here and there. Probably won't go looking for it again.

Didn’t rate

Listened to the original version off of Youtube, obviously. It's weird how I have no recollection of ever hearing about this group before, but that just might be due to their thoroughly forgettable name that I've just never registered them being discussed. Anyway, this is actually quite nice. Very nostalgic, despite, as far as I know, my first time listening to this. Reading about the background of the group and their publicity stunts or whatever you want to call them, I'd say they seem pretty interesting. Really the kind of stuff that could only happen in the 90s. I might have to read more about them. The album itself, well, can't give it a full five stars just yet, but I'll probably give it another listen later on.

I am not even sure I listened to the right album honestly, due to the Spotify/Youtube variations. The YouTube version (one of them anyway) was quite good, blending Reggae, electronica, R&B and other genres into a beautiful cacophony of music. I didn’t think that I heard this album but Jusitied and Ancient, and the opening track What a Time Is It I had heard before. Now, is it a “classic?” I am not sure. I enjoyed listening to it. I definitely hear the influence in later House/EDM artists. However, it felt like the album lost its momentum half way through. It was a good listen once, and I would buffet songs but overall, this not something I would put on repeatedly, and I even like EDM.

Random thoughts: * I'm not sure I've seen a messier discography on Spotify than The KLF. Clearly there are lots of the songs but none of them seem to match the track list exactly of the album we are supposed to listen to. * I found a playlist that is close to the 1991 album release. * Who could forget the bangers of 3am Eternal and Justified and Ancient?!? "KLF is gonna rock you!" * There is a direct line from from Tammy Wynette on Justified and Ancient to "Old Town Road". Genius collaboration and breakthrough. * I'm not sure how to properly place this music into the history of music and whether it was a fun popular one off or a defining pioneering moment. * Fun fact: KLF stand for Kopyright Liberation Front - The name was deliberately spelled with a K as a nod to the idea of “copyright liberation”—the duo's philosophy of sampling, remixing, appropriating, and reworking existing music. * Regardless, fun early EDM and nostalgia blast.

This pleases me. 3.5 stars which I shall round up

This doesn't do much for me, but it was fine to have on in the background during chores. Rating: 2.5

I think the reason British dance music had aged so much worse than euro dance is it’s not even ironically funny.

This reminds me a lot of being about 10 years old when I'd listen to my older brother's dance/rave music that he taped off the radio or his friends' cassettes. It's clearly a bit dated to its time and place, and a bit all over the place. 3 AM Eternal is still a banger, but Last Train to Trancentral not the same as the single version? Anyway, I can't give this less than 3.

gibt mir irgendwie gaar nichts, musik nicht half as interessant wie deren spotify bio

This is #day781 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here's to some more drugged-out acid electronica from the heyday of rave. The sucky part is the album isn't available on Spotify, so I had to look it up on YouTube, and that's always annoying. I guess I listened to the original version, at least the artwork matched. Why are there different versions of it anyway? Can I remember anything after hearing this record? I'm not sure. It was kind of all and nothing at the same time. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day782.

Dear The KLF, do I listen to the one authorized track on Spotify (Build a Fire, not too bad but honestly a little slow to build...it left me sort of cold), or do I listen to The Director's Cut version on Apple Music which is shorter (but revised and not at all the album that earned its place in the book)? Do I hunt down the longer version that you are (one could assume) less interested in people having access to than your own revisionist history or, more cynically, you're not licensed to advantage? I don't know anything about the approach to cultural production in the scene from which it came but the original version I've hunted down has so far proved to be injected with more fire than either the remixed version or the single song on Spotify. It seems like both of those doors into this room are more sedate and want me to feel the chill. But track one of the original record is aggressively late 80s/early 90s in production and sound. There's that slightly cringe bombastic rap over the track that lets me know I'm meant to get hype (even if I'm typing these words into a little box while sitting in a darkened room at 5:35 AM) and it works. Yet again, this is an example of the entry in the book being connected to the artifact of its time. None of these remixes or dipping in to a single track to stream reveals the merits of the music, or gives you something to adequately index on. The original album is the right kind of rollercoaster; its a ride of mixed emotion and adrenaline. Ultimately nothing I'm going to slot into my personal pantheon but I can respect The White Room for what it is more than what it has become.

Good until the drugs wear off (middle aged version). I was jamming out to this as my pre-workout was kicking in on the way to the gym, but it just didn't hit the same on the way home.

The antics of the KLF are far more interesting than this album. I can't tell, based on the stories of what thy've done for promotion or rebellion, if there should be some kind of joke or underlying meaning to this record that I'm not in on. Or if leaving me wondering is the joke. I like that. The actual listening experience was mid. I'm not into house and I didn't find many hooks to sounds that excited me. Sadly, the only song of KLF that I know is Doctorin' The Tardis. I just learned that it was intended to be a "lowest common denominator" "deliberate effort to write a number one hit single." I wasn't in on the joke then either, but I like that song.

Пісня - клубний бенгер, пісня - флоп. І так +- весь альбом. Загалом враження скоріше приємні.

Знов мені важко оцінити важливість цього конкретного альбому і його місце в цьому списку. Я не знаю як автор підходив до електронної музики і часто його вибір здається мені дефолтним. White Room загалом доволі приємний, але деякі пісні сильно гірші за інші, та і в цілому мені здалось що це радше альбом на один раз.

I love pretty much everything about the KLF. They were transformative and utterly batshit. I was just a bit too young to get the album the first time round but I remember the singles very fondly. I didn't realise how different they were to the album versions but that shouldn't surprise me really. I found a nice youtube of the vinyl here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC4NLyblkHY&list=RDgC4NLyblkHY&start_radio=1 Great stuff.

I had to seek this album on Youtube, that was more effort than it was worth. I don't know if it's dance or electronic, but neither genre works for me.

fantastic and dance-y. immediately put me in a great mood!

nice background music

Me parece un buen album de electronica para su epoca, me gusto mucho the lovers side

Fine EDM, not anything to write home about.

Liked What Time Is Love?, and The White Room.

Entirely outdated, but if you can move past that, you'll have a really good time. Favourite track: What Time Is Love?

Guess you had to be there

Album #203: The KLF – The White Room ⭐⭐⭐⭐ If I was off my face at the afters, I’d be all over this. As it stands, I’m sober, doing monotonous work here in the morning, and I still really enjoyed it. It kept me totally tuned into what I was doing, and I bopped along throughout. I don’t know a huge amount about the nomenclature of electronic music like this, but this is acid house and Eurodance or something like that, and it’s just really great. It’s got a kind of lovely ambient flow underneath it, which keeps it quite relaxing, but you could definitely dance your arse off to it in places as well. I just kind of wish I was of age during this rave culture. I think I would have been all over this personally at the time. But for the few experiences I’ve had with this type of music in the right settings, I’ve loved it, and I really, really enjoyed this one. Mad story as well about the dude burning a million quid on Wikipedia. Well worth a read if anyone comes across this album.

not for me but didn't hate it

Probably as good as a British electronic band is going to be. Two stars.

This album rules, and the incredible history of the band only makes it better. Truly an album that needs to be listened to at length rather than just the singles. You can almost picture the early 90's UK club scene here. I can hear so many things here that influenced what came after. This is a hidden gem for sure.

6.5/10

It's alright. Not sure why it's on the list like most of the albums but it's harmless

Boring. Time listening to this is wasted time.

This kind of electronic does not age well

Like being in a techno club minus all the fun parts

I made the minor effort to find the original album on YouTube. 5 stars for that. An amazing pisstake of the industry and very listenable, too! The director's cut is a completely different album really. Still not too bad.

Only one song is available on Spotify and I didn't particularly enjoy it that much.

3.3/5 - Grew up with relatives playing a lot of "electronic beats + talking at random intervals in the song" kind of music very similar to this album's first track. Not exactly my kind of vibe, and nor was this album. Somewhat repetitive for some songs, and although the electronic sounds were interesting I wasn't a fan of the vocal samples.

Only one song was available on Spotify and it was decent so I'll go with that for now.

Kann ich leider nicht anhören. Es gibt aber diverse Playlisten mit der Musik. Ist aber nicht mein Geschmack.

Not very interesting

Excellent.