Reviews (page 4 of 6)
I was familiar with the "3am" song. The style reminds me of Snap! ("The Power") and C&C Music Factory and that sound/era. The album was fine, but the particular collection I found (on YouTube) had many versions of "Justified and Ancient" so eventually it got old.
15-year-old me probably would have thought this album was pretty cool, before I discovered Grunge. As it is this feels more like a dated curio than anything else, now.
Nothing special, but not awful
I remember the 3am song when I was in the down end of my hip hop/dance phase. Not bad, good at a party type grooves and more lyrical content than most electronic stuff. The album is a 2.5 for me, but bumping to 3 for the weird vision.
I listened to the Director’s Cut version of this album, featuring alternate versions of the original songs. It was fine.
Another interesting album. I skimmed the wikipedia article on this group and it was interesting to read that they essentially deleted their work in 1992 and released their discography on streaming platforms in 2021. I will need to give this album a 2nd listen through as well.
Decent late night or early morning trance type shit is guess. More drugs could help but not terrible I gyess
Peak background music - and not even in a dismissive way. It's hypnotic, repetitive, and sort of endearing in many ways. And, given its early '90s acid house identity, I'm sure it'd work really great in any sort of ol' school party context. Wasn't even a huge fan of the rapping or vocals here, though the one on 'Build a Fire' I did enjoy, it may be the best song here given just how different it sounds.
Interesting at times but feels a bit dated to the early 90s. Just learned this was a movie soundtrack but haven’t watched it therefore I do not have that context. There are little glimpses of brilliance in here but due to the fact that this record was hard to find to listen to properly - it’s not like one can return to the tracks easily. Anyway it’s good - but not good enough for me to scour all music mediums to listen to it honestly.
This is like trip hop mixed with acid house? Not terrible, better than most other electronica albums I've listened to. One song on the album, Build a Fire, heavily featured a steel guitar which was kinda fucked to hear on this kind of album. Favourite songs: What Time Is Love? Least favourite songs: No More Tears 3/5
(Director's Cut)
Quite enjoyed
Smooth
Hasn‘t aged as well as xpected
It was good, I quite liked it, but probably won't be back for another listen
You know what? I've heard worse. That's right! I didn't hate a 90s British electronic album for once! Well, okay, it's definitely happened a few times. However, I feel like I complain a lot about obscure British electronic albums from the 90s, so to hear that the KLF's The White Room was actually solid was a surprise to me. I think the biggest thing that makes me not hate this album is that it's not pointlessly long. This album's a nice 44 minutes, which is a good album length. The songs themselves don't go on too long either, which is nice. The songs themselves, by the way, are good. As always, I must admit that this style of music isn't really my thing. However, I definitely respect this album enough to give it some praise. It's a solid electronic album with a style that I like well enough. It's also decently influential. Of course, it's not the most influential electronic album on the list, but it's certainly more influential than a lot of the albums I've gotten so far, so it has that going for it. Good job KLF. You're alright. Low 3/5.
Pretty good but that’s about it
Okay as background music. 3 stars or C-.
Not available on Spotify so did not listen.
Note: Not available on Spotify. I had this on cassette in 1991. One of those "hey, there's a cool song, let's hope the rest of the album rocks" purchases. Me in those days -- it didn't click at all. Since I'm much more into beats and trip hop than I was, I hoped I'd have a better reaction. It's fine. Not great. Some pretty interesting stylings in there, but it's still not really my cup of tea. Unexpected bangers: Build a Fire, No More Tears
Bit dated but not bad, I listened to the real version not whatever was on spotify. Probably would've enjoyed more if I heard on release.
Electronic music has never been my thing, aware of the 90s scene and KLF but only in passing. But to be honest I am glad that this is on the list because I enjoyed listening for 1st time to this today, though won’t be revisiting anytime soon. Essential? Guess in that it reps a genre yeah.
3.5
The dub influence is not for me, but the techno tracks here are pretty fun. I want some electronic music from anywhere but the UK. This list is so biased towards UK music scene it's embarrassing.
I know a bit about the history of this band thanks to pop culture (Doctorin' the Tarid is a pop and burning the million pounds). Still it feels.. very dated. I guess it made sense at the time? Still it's a little comical now. 2.5/5
Pretty good album overall. I thought the music had quality but did fall into the rut of early electronic music all using very similar drumbeats and relying on repetitive themes and kind of "aired out", echoey vocals if I can use those ill-defined terms. I'd listen again but no music made it into my playlists. A 3.5.
it's definitely got like an 80s influenced dance sound that feels like a mix between that synth pop era with also some precursor sound to modern electronic. it was nice.
Pioneering electronic music seems to be pretty prevalent on this list, and The White Room is no exception. There were plenty of decent songs on this record but I can't really think of much outstanding here. Best Songs: What Time is Love?, Last Train to Trancentral Worst Songs: 3 AM Eternal, No More Tears
Interesting but not my vibe
I don't like pounding beats and a number of tracks on this album uses them. I have mixed feelings about this album as I did enjoyed a few of the tracks. Overall, not too bad.
first listen classic sound but not enough variety or interesting vocals
I remember being pretty blown away when I first heard "3AM Eternal" in the early 90s so I was looking forward to hearing the rest of the album. Still pretty good, but didn't live up to my memory that well. A couple of cool hits and nothing too bad bringing the whole thing down, but nothing really stood out either. Still think it belongs on the list though.
Pretty solid for a band I had never heard of before. 3.5/5
90s Blade Eurodance. I know for sure German vampires danced to this in warehouses. 3 stars.
I am not into electronic music, but this album was ok. Some tracks were good. It's mostly easy listening, but not my cup of tea to listen to at a club or in general.
Dance anni 90..
Better than I thought it would be :) Less Snap!
Like a good chunk of this project this was great in a sort of ‘never going to listen to it again’ kind of way. 3.0
fine. not really for me, but better than i'd initially thought
What Time Is Love? 3 a.m. Eternal Last Train to Transcentral Justified and Ancient
Good
The Merry Pranksters of British Pop. I'm still not sure what was more audacious – burning a million quid or writing.a manual on how to get a No 1. The original of this album, which is not available on streaming platforms, is superior to the Director's re-release – the latter feels vaguely like new wine in an old bottle (can't put my finger on what what exactly marks the difference. My original disc is in storage and I'll have to overcome multiple layers of inertia to compare the two...)
Album not available on Spotify, but a couple of radio hits: Justified & Ancient (with Tammy Wynette) 3am Eternal
This was huge when released.
Highlights: Madrugada, Justified and Ancient. In a nutshell: warehouse rave staple. The early 90s was when Eurodance, rave and acid house was ripe. Acts like Underworld, The Shamen and The KLF were popular with club DJs in the UK. This might take some repeat listens to get it. And I insist that you read up on the band. They were notorious for pissing off ABBA and their alternative art publicity stunts. Specifically, their dramatic break up at the 1992 BRIT Awards. Overall: 5/10
There's something nostalgic about listening to 90s drum machines. Back when CDs cost more than what I made in a month.
I couldn’t get the album to work.
I suppose this style needs to be represented. Isn’t necessarily for me, but I still respect it.
# Album Name: The white room # Artist: The KLF # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: FFS i started to listen to a copy of the directors cut. Then realised it was some remaster made of other tracks which were cut from the original album based on the Wiki info. Thankfully youtube saved me and it has the original 1991 album release in full. The album itself was interesting for me. Not something i would normally go for. It had some interesting beats and mixes with a twist of hip hop to it. I can see why people would enjoy this through the acid scene. Its crazy to think this is british because thats not the sound i associate with our shores. Theres a couple of catchy tracks. Decent i'd say but nothing great. Definitely nothing memorable. The album keeps at the same level throughout. This is one of those albums when you had to be there i think. # Top Tunes: What time is love / Make it rain / 3AM / Last train.. # Would I listen to it again? Meh, i wasnt offended. It was OK. But i dont think i would listen to it in its entirety. I might check out some more KLF tracks to see if they have anything decent though.
weird
Beep boop
I love the klf but this is not the album tk listen to. listen to chill out or solid state logik 1 and 2
In the opening seconds of the first track, my first thoughts were that this sounds like the soundtrack to a an indie game in a futuristic setting. Probably a 2D platformer or rogue-lite that pitches you against an evil corporation with a robot army. Most of the album is a bit mellower than the opening seconds, but the image of low-budget background music remains. Of course, the vocals don't really quite fit in with this image. But they never stand out enough to elevate the music above feeling like a soundtrack either. This is absolutely fine for background music, pleasant even. But listening to this as a real album, it just sounds too inconsequential.
Had to hunt it down on YouTube to get the original version. Not my typical style but I enjoyed it enough.
I'm not really a fan of this genre but i get this album's merits
Rave music coming at you
Kinda fun, but doesn't go quite all the way there for me. Is Chill Out on this list? I need to listen to that one.
What a first world problem it is to find the original album for some of these classic releases. This album in particular is difficult to pin down -- looking at the Wikipedia page, each release is only somewhat common to the previous. The latest offered on Spotify doesn't even contain some of the tracks in the originally released version. In light of this, I'm turning to Youtube and reviewing the 1991 original released version. Hard to imagine why they would cut What Time is Love from the so-called Director's Cut. This song is a classic electro/hip-hop jam. 3 am Eternal is another jam. Cool how they interleave the audience sound from the live mix as another instrumental effect. Kind of zoned out a bit through the back half. Definitely lighter in content than the first with some nodes to dub (No More Tears) and finishes on a bright, spacious note with Justified & Ancient. This was an enjoyable listen. Somewhere around the high 3, low 4 territory for me.
This is exactly what a 1991 electronic album would sound like if someone asked me to describe it. I feel like the 90's rave scene must have been absolutely wildin' to some very average music. Low 3 here
The first half of this album would have been much better if I took a fistful of ecstasy and was hanging out in a warehouse somewhere in Suffolk. The second half was actually pretty cool psychedelic tribal-ish music almost. Just had a little too much 90's drum and bass techno for my liking. But still was good enough for a low 3
Well, I don't hate it, and its shortness is a plus. It's quite dated but has its moments and I can see myself enjoying it in a club if I was born earlier and well, maybe white.
Entiendo que para el tiempo en que salió, este disco debió haber sonado como el futuro. Asimismo, siendo la última entrada de la discografía de The KLF, se debió haber sentido como la culminación de los esfuerzos de la agrupación por aportar algo nuevo al género de la electrónica House (y el acid). Siendo completamente sincero, no me desagradó tanto; sin embargo, hay algunas canciones que envejecieron como la leche y se escuchan más cursi incluso que algunas composiciones que he escuchado en esta misma lista provenientes de los '60 s o '70s. De todas formas, pistas como "Build a Fire" justifican la posición de este LP en la lista, en mi opinión al menos. No creo que sea un indispensable del catálogo musical mundial, pero entiendo porque podría estar en la lista de "los mejores discos" de alguien.
Det hjalp at jeg hørte den under optimale omstændigheder (træning), så det bliver en lille 3’er. Synes den lød helt ok, ikke for dated, kunne godt lide den der lød som om den samplede fra Twin Peaks temaet
Solid album. I dig the 90s British acid house, but it's not something I'm gonna listen to a whole lot. ***
After reading up on The KLF, I feel like listening to this album in a relative vacuum takes a lot of the punch out of it. Interesting and eclectic genre mix that, when it works, works well, but when it doesn’t, kinda sucks.
From a 2024 perspective, this album has some strengths but quite a few weaknesses. (And from a review perspective, its existence in several variants doesn't help!) I think KLF were key players in the acid house club scene, so naturally there are going to be some good tracks here, but quite a few duds, for example where the samples are better than the complete track. Good but not great.
Catchy EDM album. Gave me quintessential 90’s EDM vibes. It was catchy, but this genre of music continues to be something that I appreciate but won’t listen often to. 3/5.
It's ok. I liked the title song, some others tend to tedious.
Don't know what the original was like but the recent directors cut sounds v dated. Not impressed. You had to be there I guess.
The 90s party playlist, maybe a bit too hard for a school disco though
Meh
Early '80s, London. It's all good.
-on first listen, I thought this was a boring album -now, on second listen, the album got a bit more better, still not one I would spin quite often, considering I heard the version that is not on streaming, not the Director's Cut version -there are way more electronic albums I would rather listen to -still a pretty decent electronic album -favorite songs: What Time Is Love, Last Train To Trancentral, the title track -least favorite song: Church Of The KLF
Nice 90’s electronic, sometimes I appreciate when there are vocals with electronics but this also felt like the kind of album you’d hear in a 90’s casino elevator or found in the dollar bin for CDs and cassettes. I did notice the country of origin and that made things more clear.
Pretty cool album, nice electronica departure. We get such a mixed bag of these kinds of albums, but this one was cool. Interesting vocals mixed in, and some of the instrumentals are just weird, in a good way. I think "No More Tears" was the wackiest standout to me. A few I'll keep, nothing crazy but a good listen. Favorite tracks: Make it Rain, The White Room, No More Tears. Album art: Apple Music has some deluxe with a purple cover, text only, but the original is four speakers stacked into a T, set in what I imagine is not just "a" white room, but "the" white room. Not a bad cover, it's fairly distinct. 3.5/5
elektro pop techno?
Fun album. Standout songs: what time is love? Make it Rain Last train to trancentral
A bit of a quirky electronic journey
Started off great - amazing opening song that gives off Matrix vibes at the beginning, nice electronic vibes from 90s. Unfortunately, the rest of the record was very underwhelming and boring. Honestly, I'm not really sure how to rate it, so I will just go for the highest possible score for average records.
I'll give The White Room a solid 3, it's got that more epic and trance style to it, which is right up my street in what I want from the genre. Not such a fan of the very 90s rap-style lyrical delivery but I could definitely chuck this onto a good set of headphones and zone out to this, good stuff. Last Train to Trancentral is great.
Doesn't break the flow of mediocre albums that we've been on, really. Probably would've been fun live, in a big group, but sitting alone at my desk it didn't really hit. Does well (in comparison to others from the genre) to keep the tracks and the album as a whole tight, the beats are decent enough, but it's wrong time wrong place. Squeaks a 3.
nice moments but overall boring and at times felt like i was in a commercial for Something.
Why do I always get electronica the day after a 5-star classic eternally excellent album? But I liked this one best of all electronica that I’ve heard.
Now, this is not normally my kind of thing, but I did enjoy it! I think mainly due to taking me back to the time I was at university and this sound was big at the time. Not too shabby.
I expected something more significant given joe’s much I’ve heard this bands name, however, it seemed to have not quite tapped into anything special.
"3am Eternal" is such a great song. All of the album (whether the original or the 2021 Director's cut) sounds like early Mortal Kombat soundtrack music punctuated by chillout moments, which I enjoyed. The KLF is key in the acid house subgenre and clearly of its time. Fun throwback music.
слишком весёлая электроника
Eh, not as good as some of the other electronic bands or albums from this era
Not really my style, but alright.
Some solid synth stuff.
Not available on Spotify.
The first few tracks turned my shower into a late 80s European dance club. But I was much less taken with the last half of the album and was very ready for it to end.
oop, gotta head to YouTube for the real album again Legends, they're responsible for "Doctorin' the Tardis" according to the 1001 book Listened twice, once really early in the morning/late at night when I was unable to fall asleep, and then again later that evening. I haven't heard a lot of trance or house music, so combine that with the feverish, semi-conscious state I was initially in & you get an especially strange listen, particularly by the jungly noises in "No More Tears". I didn't fully warm to it on the 2nd listen, even after a proper rest, but I'm glad it retained a level of mystique even through all the corny raps. The 2nd half is like a warm blanket compared to the first couple songs, which sound a lot more geared towards a rave. HL: "Church of the KLF/Last Train to Trancentral", "No More Tears", "Justified And Ancient (Reprise)" May 15, 2024
It's ok
3/5. A solid electronic house album with a lack of uniqueness of some of the songs but a good runtime throughout. Thought I would get annoyed once I saw the runtime of No More Tears but that might be the best one on here, super chill and relaxed. I wouldn't say a great club album but a good vibing album. Best Song: Last Train to Trancentral, No More Tears, Justified and Ancient
It's a fine electronic/eurodance album. Has some good songs and some blah ones. Nothing special
Just like the band, I almost threw a dead sheep when I heard this album. JK - it's alright, if a little annoying. 2.5/5.0: Mixed
I had never heard of The KLF, perhaps because I was 5 years old when they retired. The White Room was enjoyable, and while I wasn’t explicitly familiar with any of the songs it felt like I had probably heard some of them before. There’s a fun vibe throughout the record. It faded to the background pretty easily for me at times, at other times I couldn’t help but dance a bit. I don’t fell overly compelled to revisit this, so I’m only giving three stars, but it’s an enjoyable three stars.
Interesting to hear an early 90s house group making a (somewhat tongue in cheek?) concept album with a story. It's enduring enough to work as a a narrative or in a club. There are clear influences from acid house, punk rock and reggae. Strange though that there are so many variations of this album. It's hard to pin down what is the "correct" version.
Fine. More energy and hooks than say - leftfield or similarly ignorant english electronics. Rapping is a bit dated. Singing dated too, but in the good sense. Interesting back story and art ambitions on these guys. Still pretentious ass move taking down the original for some remix. Ok George Lucas.
unexpected but really good. the beginning has a completely different feel than the end. worth going to youtube to listen.
It was alright. Not something I could listen to regularly though
It's fine. Was expecting a bit more but I guess it's exactly what it should
Wanted to like more, but too many boring songs.
Enjoyed the kind of rapping electronic 90's style
Not on Spotify
Some good tunes 7/10
2.75
Some great moments
Meh electronic album, I think The KLF really shone as a singles type of group instead of albums.
Not the worst...thump,thump,thump...90's electronic...thump,thump,thump...house music...thump,thump,thump...I've had to endure...thump,thump,thump...on this list. And I actually kind of dug Build a Fire and No More Tears.
I really like that it played me bijork after this album finished. And I liked a few songs but its too intesne to listen to at work.
Weird
Not bad, but nothing I'll be returning to. The samples were almost a self-parody, but maybe it just feels dated in 2024.
not the most mindless house or big beat album I've been saddled with by this list, so there's that. I'll throw it a +1 for the KLF also being very bonkers and interesting
it was fun. 6/10
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Justified & ancient
Thought for sure I would find this annoying, but it really wasn't bad. Oddly enjoyable. Seems like it would work well in Scotland or some other cold, grey climate.
Very weird album for sure. The remix of Justified and Ancient wasn't as good as the original, but it was funny to hear the actual words to the song.
Not my style of music but some ok songs
Top shelf dance/house music. The production is immaculate. I'm listening to the 2021 "Director's Cut" so I'm sure it's been remixed and remastered but it sounds great on nice speakers.
This was a trippy listen. I felt like I was watching a movie from the late 80s that was turning into a movie from the 90s but at the same time the movie never arrived. This was like the hype up intro music that gives you a little bit of the setting and plot but never pauses to breathe and start the meat of the movie. That's not to say that it's bad. In fact, I really enjoyed this. "Build a Fire" is literally the theme from Twin Peaks, right? Or maybe slightly different and with a touch of Ennio Morricone in there? It's really jam packed. Every 30 seconds I feel like I'm smacked by some new sound or idea or production change that I can't really sit and take it in. I like that, but at times it's a bit much. It feels like it hurts the cohesion of the album. The switch from "Build a Fire" to "The White Room" is such a drastic change. Language change, vocalist tone change, instrumental changes, tempo and feel change, oh here's some spoken word but only for 30 seconds. It's cool but definitely too eclectic for what I'm feeling. It might look like I'm hating but I'm not, and I think this could be a sleeper pick for an album that I end up really loving and listening to throughout my life. With that being said, I don't feel right giving this a 4, and I definitely don't feel right giving it a 2.
Klang interessant
I think I did more than only understand that they're justified and ancient
lul vibe i guess
Not a big fan of electronic music. With that said, obviously it is a great album to play on the background while working, cleaning or anything else. Will be listened again.
Ça fait 1049 jours que Robert nous prive de nos goûts musicaux pour nous générer ses âneries.
La coupe du directeur était un peu légère, il aurait fallu couper l'album de la liste des 1001 pour que le travail soit bien fait.
Quintessential 90s dance. I accidentally listened to much of it at 1.5x speed.
Back in the day... at 3am Eternal, I felt all Justified and Ancient.... And then I saw the KLF released this album... so enthused with the soft rave/acid sound they had going on back in 1991, I went out and bought the CD... came home, loaded her up and cranked the volume up to 11... and after 45 minutes of disappointment of other than the 2 tracks I already knew, the album was crap, so it was quickly re-packed and then back to the record store and exchanged for something else. So only for 3am eternal & justified and ancient, I'll give this a 3.
Cool dance and techno music with some other stuff thrown in
Really enjoyed this one.
The enigmatic KLF fall into that strange category of being more interesting to read about than listen to. The music never quite matches the strangeness or provocation of their peckish, artsy pranksterism. That said, I own this album and do like it, without loving it. The KLF's penchant for remixing tracks means that you're rarely left with what you may consider to be their best material in one format. For example, from my perspective the best version of 'What Time Is Love?' is the one with Glenn Hughes hollering all over the place. It's an exhilarating mix of dance, rock and a few more bits 'n' pieces for good measure. That said, with their Muu-Muu mythos and constant rearranging of musical puzzle pieces, perhaps we shouldn't be interpreting KLF's music as fixed points; rather, it's an ongoing conversation, and sometimes subversion, of pop. And, occasionally, the results are a lot of fun. All aboard the last train to Transcentral!
Why is Tammy Wynette on this album (and what is that last song in general?). This is a low 3 because it’s just OK, although I’m starting to feel like there’s way too much late ‘80s and ‘90s rap that has aged strangely (although this album isn’t primarily rap).
Some of it feels a bit dated - particularly a few tinny synthesiser beats - but overall this is still a fun album. Both derivative and influential, it is full of catchy tunes and driving rhythms. The JAMM joke wears a bit thin but you could still safely put this on at a party and expect most to dance.
Groovy 90's British electronic music.
In the 2021 cuts, the tracks are split with the hits placed in "Solid State Logik 1" so I'll be reviewing them separately. Their music embodies early rave house music. It's synth-based, borrowing heavily from old school hip hop and skate punk, with high-pitched cybernetic techno buzzes, basses, and beats, funky in structure and ambient in the background for an otherworldly atmosphere, and featuring instrumental solos (guitar, sax, synths) that lead your attention. The soulful vocals add to the energy of the music and the ethereal landscape. With such short track lengths, they're essentially pop songs, often ending too soon. "Church of the KLF" for example sounds like a sneak preview into an unfinished track. Solid State Logik 1 is much more intense and energetic. They're louder, fuller, and accompany a large space, whereas The White Room is more low-key and ambient. This is most evident comparing "Last Train to Transcentral" on both records. Solid State Logik 1 is a bit of clustered mess, with the 4 hits being the best parts, the others feeling awkwardly placed and unnecessary (especially that spoofy metal cover), and they hardly work being placed all together like that. The White Room release is very consistent but doesn't have any defining tracks besides "Madrugada Eterna". They're all nice and I'd love to see these guys at an actual rave, and it's also good for having on in the background for passive listening, but hardly anything stands out to me at all. I'd still say it's better than their contemporaries.
electronica in the rain
This was a big deal in the early 90s.
Some good tracks that don’t last long enough
Hard album to make sense of out of context - made for a party and a parody of the party, it's an artifact of a multi-national european dance scene and chaotic 80s postmodernist dada, it's hard to imagine this was ever intended to be listened to off youtube sitting on a sofa. Though it works unexpectedly well for a sunny Scottish winter weekend afternoon. The first half is hedonistic trance: big beats house music full with a hip hop flair from the samples and the odd rap verse. The second half is the hang over: ambiently melancholy and reflexive with slower tracks, strings and churchy lap steel sounding synths, and a reggae dub feel. Favorites: The White Room, Build a Fire, 3am eternal
1991 va ser el seu any. I a partir dels singles que van marcar aquell moment van donar forma a bona part de la música electrònica de la década: trance, house, chill out... ho van fer tot i amb un gust més exquisit i una capacitat melòdica molt més desenvolupada que la gran majoria d'acòlits. El misteri i les accions antisistema que els envoltaven han fet que el seu nom sobrevisqui amb aura des d'aleshores
Dance
I like dance music so I liked this, but it was kind of forgettable overall. I barely remember what it sounded like outside of “early 90s dance.”
It's probably the better of all of the ambient music I've heard. Probably because of the crossover with the hip hop. The songs vary, which is always good for this type of music. If the songs start to blend together and sound too much the same, it starts to sound like one drone. I like how the opening bit comes back at the end. Made the songs one cohesive whole. "No More Tears" started to sound a little bit like "Cruisin' " but with a "hey, we're going to make this sound reggae look at us!" feel. The contrasting styles really helped me get into the groove of the songs. I can say I liked this probably more than most other techno that have been on the list so far. Still, I don't know if it's something I would grab for a relisten. But if someone put it on I'm not going to walk out of the room.
So are we going to see C&C Music Factory on this list too? I can see this album spawned several hits but 3am Eternal is the only one I recognized. And yeah, that one is a classic - or at least the first 30-45 seconds. After that I can only stand so many repeats of "KLF, uh huh uh, uh huh uh huh". What Time is Love? is also a cool song (and maybe jogs my memory of KLF) as is the closer Justified and Ancient (part of which is also used as the opener in the North American album version). Their other hit Last Train to Trancentral is decent too - a bit of old school Kraftwerk with new age house thrown in. I can see a crowd of ravers or Ibiza partygoers going crazy for some of these songs, but I'm not sure altogether it's a stellar album.
Eh, wasn't bad, wasn't great. I'm sure it was great in a club, but was mostly background music to me. Rather than "favorite tracks" I'll just say tracks that caught my attention: What Time Is Love, 3am Eternal, Last Train to Trancentral, The White Room.
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I'm not the biggest fan of this kind of electronic music, but overall I'd say it wasn't too bad.
I like the whole absurdist anarchy vibe of the KLF but this music is honestly pretty dated.
Really good working music to have in the background.
3.2 - I like “3 a.m Eternal” and the “urban” sounding hard house beats of this era. But I’m not a fan of the fake patois, and Rasta-inspired world consciousness blah blah.
Okay, let's go. Okay, it went.
Fourth studio album? Again? I wonder how many times you have to listen to an album to really get the meaning of it. Admittedly, the majority of my knowledge comes from radio or tv. If I was independently forced to find my own music to listen to, I'd probably listen to the same 3 albums my whole life.
I like the general vibe of smooth electronic beats, but it doesn't do enough for me. The lyrical content doesn't really lift it up enough even though it is very polished. An interesting listen, but certainly blends together.
Lots of versions of this one, I opted to go on YouTube and find the original 1991 release. It's definitely classic electronica/dance music. It's definitely a thing and fine for what it is, but I don't wanna hear it unless I'd be transported to a 90s rave.
One of the better bleepy-bloopy albums I've listened to. Kind of sounds like the soundtrack for an old racing game at times. Not very exciting, but I've had so much fucking garbage from this genre that it's nice to remember that not all 90s British electronica sounds like a toddler playing with FL Studio presets. Also thank you for not being 2 hours long. Still recovering from that 140 minutes long Roni Size album.
- This album was fun and had some funky sounds - Lots of electronic albums recently - Appreciated that it wasn't 2 hours long
The trance was fun and unusual but other than a few songs it was nit so interesting
I’m disappointed that this made the cut instead of their 1990 Chill Out record which is one of my all-time favourite “found sound” and electronic/ambient albums. I can listen to Chill out over and over and never tire of it for some reason. The music on this album OTOH is pretty typical of the era, just bog standard Acid House music. I would give this two stars but Chill out would get four, so I’ll split the difference here.
Kinda didn't mind it.
It's fine.
Heard of them and I know the a couple of the songs. But first time hearing the album. Standouts: 3 a.m. Eternal, What Time if Love? Justified and Ancient, Last Train to Trancentral 3/5
Always good for me to listen to some electronic music because I pretty much never listen to it on my own. This has some interesting and well-executed elements to it. Some lovely instrumental work and really good vocals, too. Nice stuff.
This is a fun album with a diverse sound that is in many ways very much of its time. Stylistically a bit of a hodgepodge, but that pedal steel in "Build a Fire" was a nice surprise. In fact, the album has a number of lovely little surprises like that. As someone whose main awareness of KLF was by way of "3 a.m. Eternal," this was not at all what I expected, and really enjoyable. Fave Songs: Build a Fire, Last Train to Trancentral, The White Room, No More Tears, 3 a.m. Eternal
Ni una sola canción disponible en Spotify. No se puede opinar.
Again, Apple are unable to give me the original album and I must listen to the Director's Cut whatever that is. Regardless, I do understand the cultural significance KLF have made and for sure they are more creative and less basic than 80% of the music industry. That said, I never really bought into their music as something to take seriously, because for me, frivolity has no place in music for some reason. So maybe I'm still reeling from the novelty abomination that is 'Doctorin' The Tardis' and probably have completely missed a point somewhere but even a relisten just now, has not further endeared their music to me
Yet another mid album. I’m not sure if I listened to the right one because there a sixty different track lists for this album. I listened to the Director’s Cut. I liked “No More Tears” and “Justified and Ancient”
why isn’t it online (penisville)
Surprisingly decent
The beginning of this kind of made me feel like I was having a panic attack, but I kind of liked it anyway? Then it got less chaotic and more chill and became a bit boring in comparison to how it started.
It’s fine. That’s about it.
not on Spotify
Feels like Prodigy, but worse. All the siren loops, too much cowbell, like if the Matrix was made 10 years earlier. Shitty 90s electronica. If I had some speed or E maybe. Gets better further in but only made it through half.
oontz PLUS/ 3 stars.
Listening to this at 9 AM probably isn't the ideal why to do so. I'll retry at 3 AM in a crowded club some years from now. 3/5
Scentless optimism is par for the course. There's something else to the White Room experience, not discordant nor even unsettling but uncentering. Sound thrown outward, without frills but with some level of interior. The palette's easily harvested; The original remains nourishing.
It’s never a great sign when there are multiple conflicting tracklists for an album… Anyway. I tried out what seemed to be the two main singles from the Solid State Logik 1 live recording (What Time is Love? and 3am Eternal) - didn’t care for the first one so much but the latter was pretty fun I then listened through to the directors cut of The White Room and, while it’s not really my thing, I cannot deny the production was incredible throughout. I also enjoyed the spoken-word passages in a lovely Scottish accent, though I also feel I have to call out the shameless appropriation of the Twin Peaks theme on the otherwise quite nice Build a Fire
Electronic music is the genre I know the least about as far as the history of it, so I can't really tell if this was ahead of it's time or anything like that. There's some fun songs on here overall, kind of falls off towards the end though especially with the 10 minute song that didn't need to be half that length. Was pleasant enough of a listen, but I doubt i'll be going back to it anytime soon.
Teringvet! Heb een paar nummers opgeslagen ook. Echt heel lekker en zijn accent is echt top
Not on Spotify so listened on YouTube, enjoyed this good dance album
surprisingly melodic
Truth be told, I like the artist's story more than the music. It's good, it just all sounds dated in that way that anyone who even looked at a keyboard between 1988-1992 does. Has lulls, and also that dated way of "rapping" a lot of artists in this genre would use, but it's fine overall. Favorite track: "Last Train to Trancentral"
About as good as electronic music got. Unfortunately, this spawned way too many imitators who sound watered down in comparison. But hey, if you can cut and paste from various streaming platforms, you can listen to most of this. I ended up enjoying most of it, but I can't swear to the fact that all of the songs I listened to were from the album in question. Seems appropriate.
Rating is for Director’s Cut
I bought this album when it came out - only because of Justified & The Ancient which was a massive hit being played everywhere. I never made it through the whole album then, and this listen through some 20+ years later was no different. Once again, the author(s) put region over importance with this list and it feels like every new day is a 50/50 gamble over whether I'll hit with another 90s UK pop or electronic album that barely registered on its release. 2.5/5.
Very fine and not terrible and not remarkable at all
Build a Fire!
Un album très intéressant. J'ai trouvé que c'est vraiment parti en force mais vers la fin c'était un peu trop doux à mon goût. Mais généralement un album electronic très bien construit et rafraichissant. 7/10
I was reluctantly preparing for another terrible British electronica album but I actually enjoyed this one quite a bit. Disclaimer: I listened to the director's cut version of it because it was the only version available on spotify, so I'm assuming it's the version the KLF wanted everyone to hear. I was wondering what made this one so different from all the other Eurotrash that I've heard (even though this is still pretty eurotrashy) and I realized that this is basically the unironic version of the Planet of the Bass song that took over twitter for like a week. The best tracks like build a fire and no more tears have boring whatever male vocals and a standard dance sound until some female comes in (Biljiana Electronica) and makes it really catchy and fun by belting out some vague thing about unity. "they're gonna build a fire" might as well be "all of the dream, how does it mean?" and it completely justified this album being good for me.
Solid
An earthquake of chill.
Okay, so this album feels very dated. It's still great and all, but the KLF always felt like five star ideas with less than five star execution. I could read the Manual or Illuminati MuMu craziness forever, but the albums are almost a side concern!
considering how much the guardian bum these as if they're some forward thinking enigmas i expected more from this album.
Not my type of music.
Moest er wat moeite voor doen om dit te luisteren en ik vond het boven verwachting. Hier zit toch wel meer in dan het top 40 imago wat ze voor mij hadden.
Jeugdsentiment.
Listened to about half of it. Never heard of this band or album before seeing it here. Not exactly my thing but not bad.
Cool electronic album, but not something I find myself coming back to
I dunno. This is just not for me
Woof... this is exactly the type of Electronic music that I absolutely cannot get on board with. Ok I actually kinda did enjoy Madrugada Eterna quite a bit, seems they used a Pink Floyd sample that worked quite well here. The recurring problem that arises on The White Room is when these two Scots decide that we need to hear them sing, we absolutely DO NOT need to hear their lame lyrics or terrible "singing voices". They also tagged in a generic ass robot lady to chime in with some equally lame vocals. So I'll give them Madrugada Eterna but otherwise this album aged like milk on a dock in July. 2 stars
Not even sure if I listened to the right album. But definitely not good. I had the urge to skip many songs
i mean, it was an early 90's electronic album...
The most boring EDM album I've ever listened to.
Meh
This one feels like you really had to be there. Not my cuppa.
Interesting. I had to go to YouTube to listen to this album. Not bad.
at least enjoyable
а чо мені доступна тільки одна пісня
I don't really know what this is, but I guess house music. I think this is border line euro electronica at times (this is a bad thing) but probably avoids that title for the most part. That's the problem though any whiff of what many in the UK might call euro trash isn't an ideal connection, and these early 90s hippy beats just further push it into dated chaff territory. I can't find a benefit to this music or really enjoy it. The "Atmosphere" is repetitive and corny, so any potential dynamic is snuffed out.
This review will be quick, because KLF - and especially “The White Room” - was constantly playing at parties in the very early ’90s. I didn’t like the music back then - and after giving it a quick listen, I can confirm that hasn’t changed. Admittedly, “Justified and Ancient” is pretty catchy - though in a children’s song kind of way, as was typical of the ’90s dance floor. At least KLF can boast that they helped shape that sound.
I didn’t hate it as much as I first thought when I headed the techno
Eh. Not really my jam and I doubt the intention of the artists was for the music to be enjoyed whilst pottering around on Excel
Pretty boring.
I lost interest over the course of the album
мне было неинтересно
Vähä tylsähköä, ei oikein mitään koukkua sisältävää. Siinähän tuo meni taustamusana, mieleenjäämättömänä.
Ei jotenki lähteny ollenkaan tähän hetkeen. Tämmönen jumputes ysärisämpylöillä ja vokaaleilla ei jotenki koskaan oo kolahtanu vaikka jumputesta kuuntelenki jossain määrin. Eikai siinä suoranaisesti mitään vikaa, ei vaan toiminu ja kyllästyin kuuntelemiseen hyvinkin äkkiä.
This hasn't aged all that well.
2.5/5. For the sake of clarification, I listened to the directors cut version of this album. It is very of-it’s-time, an album I can appreciate in a historical sense but don’t really care for musically all that much. There’s just a lot of 90’s electronic that I prefer over this KLF record.
Maybe good on the dancefloor for the retro minded. Musically, it's everything I dislike. I found it commercial crap when it came out and still do, except it's now also dated. I'll be generous because they wrote their own music (I think) and some songs are catchy.
Dosta neobičan album, zapravo me čudi da nisam prije to čula obzirom da su 90s moj đir. Ne mogu reći ni da mi je dobar, ali ni da je smeće, na trenutke je imao moju pažnju. 2/5, 4/10
Not for me. I know that this kind of production is a skill that requires a finely tuned ear. I just find the style wholly unappealing.
didnt do much for me! early 90s club
Fine? Kind of boring. Fairly monotonous but I can appreciate the British House vibe of it. Certainly no Fat Boy Slim but also I feel these two groups don't play the same game
Not without merit, but I can’t hang. Still love Doctorin’ the Tardis, though.
I didn't like them in the 90s and I don't like them now. Justified and Ancient lifts them to 2 stars.
I dunno, it’s EDM (shoulders shrug)
I bet this would be really cool and really exciting if I was into the euro-house scene 30 years ago. Reading about these blokes, there's definitely something fascinating going on there. As for me, and this music, it's a deflated "meh." Maybe in theory I like this a little more than some other electronica on this list. But that's as generous as I can be. Fave tracks: - Madrugada Eterna - Last Train to Trancentral (da Force, Over & Out) - Build A Fire
It was the kind of album where each song threatens to get annoying, and then consistently makes good on its threat. I kind of liked the "choral" part in "Go to Sleep," but this rare joy failed to repeat itself for the remaining 41 minutes. I like the album cover though.
80er Jahre Synthisound. Geht so.
Not for me
Maximalist electronic pop and house built from pounding dance beats, ambient textures, sampled voices, and detached vocals feels like speeding through a collapsing amusement park lit entirely by strobe lights—absurd, euphoric, and constantly on the verge of self-destruction. The album swings wildly between stadium-sized dance anthems, ambient drift, and deliberate nonsense without ever fully settling into coherence. Its chaos can feel either exhilarating or exhausting depending on how much patience one has for its provocations.
Dated with a capital D, these beats and arrangements should never be played in any modern setting. I will never understand the neverending glut of bad electronica albums on this list. Is it really that popular or important a genre to justify all this? This album is nowhere near as bad as Deee-lite or The Shamen, but I still only liked one song; the rest of the tracks were a parade of awful late 80s techno beats and nonsensical lyrics. Very low 2/5
Disco/electronic like.
Honestly, this is everything that turned me off of electronic music in the 90s. Cheesy vocals, glassy production, generic beats, honestly just nothing enjoyable..
I think I wish this were just an all instrumental album.
I was hoping for something with an electro -dance-hiphop vibe, but this ended up being a little too ambient-chill for my tastes
I’ve got another year of this project. I don’t know if I can make it. Lately, it has been one clunker after another. Maybe next time I’ll do the 1,001 “greatest” albums.
90s funky electronic jams.
Not a bad listen but I feel like I got nothing out of it.
I feel like I don't see enough people complaining about how much Goddamn 90s electronic and techno bullshit this list has. Time and time again I find myself sitting through something like this, with each one being more generic and still somehow just as annoying as the last. At least this one isn't absurdly long like majority of the others are, but that's not to say it's by any means good. Still just a completely indistinguishable and generic pile of rubbish. Just one that at least knows when to end.
It wasn't bad, just really boring and background music. Music I feel like would have been playing at Express back in the day. Thinking it was edgy and different but in retrospect just kind of there.
This was ok, just kind of there dance style.
favs: go to sleep madrugada eterna (club mix) build a fire no more tears rating 2/5
Stupid electronic music
I had the Justified and Ancient remix cassette single when I was 15 in 1991. That's the optimal way to listen to the KLF.
I forget this album already so I guess that tells you something
Not my type of thing, but not bad I understand why people like this
Only one song available on Spotify. Not my vibe.
A mix of camp, boring and shite. Not complaining about the campness but I do have a problem with being bored and subjecting my ears to shitty music.
I wasn't there at the time. I was not born. But there's plenty of other music I was born too late for. In my mind it's a millimeter away from confessing it's all smoke and mirrors for nostalgia for your youth.
1.5
1.5
I remember "3AM Eternal" getting some play on MTV back in the day. Overall, this wasn't for me. I thought "Church of the KLF" and "Build a Fire" were okay, but mostly it's really dated electronica. 2.5 stars.
It wasn't until I was reading the listener reviews here that I was made aware the album on Tidal is not the album on the list; it is a "director's cut," which is substantially different from the original. I had to acquire the album by other means, which means I wasted probably 30 minutes listening to something I thought was pretty mediocre only to start listening to a different mediocre version. So, I guess that's an hour wasted. I really don't miss the rapping of the early 90s. Ugh. I'm not seeing the appeal. Probably 2.49 rounded down to 2.
Thoughts before listening: Euro dancey industrial I believe. I don't know much about the KLF. Review: Not industrial at all. Just basic run of the mill European dance music. I mean I'm sure it's fine for what it is, but it's not for me. 2-stars
The KLF have one of the great mythology-to-music ratios in pop history — a duo who became one of the best-selling acts in the world, deleted their entire catalog, then burned a million pounds in cash on a Scottish island as an art statement. That story is genuinely fascinating. The record, at least in the version encountered here, is considerably less so. The White Room sits at the intersection of ambient music, rave culture, and cinematic pop, and the ambition is real. The production has a spaciousness that most dance records of the era didn’t attempt, and the gospel vocal influences give it more warmth than pure electronic albums typically manage. None of that is in dispute. The problem is simple fit. The textures don’t connect, the electronic production creates distance rather than momentum, and the wailing synth that runs through “No More Tears” crossed from atmospheric into actively wearing. When the honest reaction is a preference for the Ozzy Osbourne song with the same title, the record has lost the argument. Worth noting that the version listened to is missing the two tracks most likely to have shifted the experience — “3 A.M. Eternal” and the Tammy Wynette collaboration on “Justified and Ancient” appear on some releases but not this one. A record that requires its most famous moments to make its case is already working from a deficit.
Don't get this at all
Pretty boring, but there is only 1 song available on Spotify. Not sure whether I should be happy or sad about that.
ok
This album must have been radical at the time. There are some nice elements to this album, with the singles being the highlight. Otherwise, it is a pretty conventional rave album that drags by the end.
Generic electronica tbh
2 stars because I'm assuming since it's on the list it's good for what it is but it isn't for me.
1.5 - Again, not for me. It is much better than some electronic music.
KLF is one of my favourite musical projects. I loved What Time is Love?, 3 AM Eternal et cetera. I bought several issues of the singles to get all the remixes. And of course I bought this album. And was let down. There are good moments in there, but overall I was disappointed. Still am.
Different album cover to the one that came up on apple. Bit of house is ok. Best of 1001, don't think so. But hey, loads of worse shit on here. At least its not crappy american rubbish. Hey donald, are you dead yet.
This is pretty awful for me. Just don't get it.
Spent the whole album just waiting for one little thing to come along and take each song to where you want it to be but that little thing never came
Þetta er ekki mín tónlist, misleiðinlegt og sumt kannski ekki beinlínis, en þetta má algerlega missa sín.
I actually don't mind a lot of electronic music, but yo... this was just straight up dull. Not offensively bad or anything, just... boring. I think the vocals made it worse somehow? I don't know. Definitely not for me, but also not really sure why this is considered fundamental.
The story of this band is much more interesting than anything they put out. I listened to the director's cut and followed it up with the tracks not featured on that to try and get a complete picture of this record as tracking down the original record was a nightmare. Regardless of what version I could listen to, this music wasn't going to be for me. I'll doubt I'll get on board with this type of music. Mixing an MC5 sample with pulsating music that sounds right out of a Mortal Kombat movie, 'What Time Is Love?' is probably my favourite song on here, but the song is soon tarnished with rap vocals that instantly age the track. Any good beat is dampered soon enough. It is relaxing enough to have on in the background whilst working, but nothing pulled me in. Maybe this hits better if you were off your face in a club back in the day, but if you need drugs for music to transcend you, then its not good music on its own merits.
Liked: No More Tears, The Lover's Side
..
seems like they didn't try very hard on this.
helt ok, ,lyssnade 3 låtar, inte rätt vibe kl 07
This is the last album made by a band who wrote a book about how to make a no. 1 single. They followed the formula until the end. The cool rave synth presets, the occasional real instrument riff, motifs borrowed from other songs. Musically, there isn't a lot going on here. Build a Fire is the standout - an ambient poem which may be speaking about the burning of £1 million which gained them much press as a swan song. No reason to revisit this album, ever.
God I struggled with this
Not my vibe.
Pretty good rave music. Absolutely not my thing but good. Liam gave me the lore here, they're a super interesting group. Like, 6/5 interesting. But that does not change the enjoyment of this album for me unfortunately.
I had become much too old to get into the rave scene. In fact instead of embracing it my job meant discovering intelligence to indicate where unauthorised raves were going to be held and then involved in breaking them up as they sprung up. So I was at odds with the actual music played. I didn’t take notice of the music but suspect that this album is an example. Despite all of that I did approach listening to this album with open ears and without any anti bias I may have had previously. Whilst I didn’t like the album I see enough in it to understand why the raver goers enjoyed it. But I do wonder if those whipped up to a frenzy by it still get the same buzz from it or was it just MDMA? Maybe we all nee a dose of E to truly appreciate what’s on offer here. Faint praise but still a lot better than the overdose of US rap hip hop on the list. 2/5 9/2/26
...not the worst, but I'll be damned if it's approaching anything near the best. 1.5/5
Interesting inclusion of steel guitar on one track, but still not my thing. If I want dance music I'd rather hear the Pet Shop Boys.
ik this album is from early 90s, but goddamn drop the 80s synth. not that big of a fan of this guy
Not a fan. Why the obsession with Micheal Jackson and Tina Turner?
Not totally horrible, but this is not my jam! I just found it very hard to listen to. I’m not into that techno dance music.
More hype than substance. Fine. 2.5
I don't really know what to make of this album. It's a hodgepodge of electronic 90s sounding music. The album doesn't have a clear identity, but all of the songs are in that general spirit. I would probably rank this as about a 2.5, and I'm not quite sure it made a strong enough impression to round up. So a 2 it is.
Before: No clue. I'm thinking rap or metal. Let's find out. During: Well, this is going to be challenging as it's not on Spotify, apparently. There's something that looks like it called The White Room (Directors Cut). Looks like most of the songs are on the Directors Cut , but I have no idea how they compare to the album versions. The first one I find is Make It Rain and it is definately not rap or metal, more like house-techno which I am not a fan of at all. Next is Church Of The KLF which is more of the same. At this point I start reading reviews, maybe I'll get some ideas of where to find the right versions of these songs. I did find the whole album on YouTube but it di not show the names of the current tracks playing but generally I think they were much better versions than the directors cut. 3 What Time Is Love? (LP Mix) 2 Make It Rain 1 3 A.M. Eternal (Live At The S.S.L.) 2 Church Of The KLF 2 Last Train To Trancentral (LP Mix) 1 Build A Fire 2 The White Room 2 No More Tears 1 Justified And Ancient -------------------------------------------- 1.8 AVERAGE After: So, I'm, going to give it a 2. I'm trying out a new rating system but honestly, I don't have a clue about "suitability for this list" or "relevance" for this album other than what I've gleaned from other reviews. 2 - my personal rating 2 - suitability for this list 2 - relevance ------------------------------ 2 - composite rating
Genuinely great instrumental music buried under vocals that killed it every time something clicked. Madrugada Eterna thumps hard and Build a Fire has a spaghetti western atmosphere I wasn’t expecting, but the Director’s Cut also swaps out the famous Tammy Wynette closer for something that sounds like a late 80s cartoon intro. A real loss.
Never heard of these guys, but I see they are an electronic music group, so I don’t have high hopes. The album came out in 1991. Track 1, Justified and Ancient, is just an intro track for the album, leading into Track 2, What Time Is Love. Hmmm, is this C + C Music Factory? It’s got a good groove, and that old school 1990s rapping that’s still a bit stuck in the 80’s. Wait a minute….There’s now a woman saying she wants to see me sweat. What? Did these guys rip off C + C Music Factory? It seems both songs came out around the same time, but it sounds like whoever put their song out first, the other said, let’s make an almost exact copy of that song. It’s so weird. Track 3, Make It Rain, is more of the same. I’m sure at the time, this stuff blew people’s minds, but today, not so much. But, it’s better than a lot of electronic music I’ve heard from the 1,001 Albums list. Track 4, 3 AM Eternal, reminds me, at least the chorus, of the Scissor Sisters’ Filthy Gorgeous, though I’m quite sure nothing by the KLF will be nearly as good as anything created by the Scissor Sisters. , This song is just a song. The rapping sounds like the C + C Music Factory guy. If I hadn’t felt compelled to write that note about the Scissor Sisters, I wouldn’t have even written anything about this song. Track 5 is Church of the KLF and it’s a softer jam thus far. It’s nice. I think this is my favorite song on the album. It’s not quite so frantic, and the singing is a bit better. But it sounds like 1991. It’s not great. This is the kind of music you’d hear in an action movie from the 1990s that takes place in Europe, starring Jean Claude Van Damme. At some point, Van Damme’s character follows a super-hot female spy into an underground rave. He and the audience aren’t sure they can trust the woman yet, but she and Van Damme tangle a bit in the men’s restroom before Van Damme gets the upper hand, and she tells him who she is. Then cut to his hotel room with them smoking cigarettes, post coitus, discussing the Eurotrash Big Bad and how to defeat him. Track 7, Build a Fire, starts off like a Pink Floyd song, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, I think. Now a dude with a thick Scottish accent is talking, yes, talking. This song has some country music guitar in it. Now, back to the Van Damme movie, the super-hot spy is singing Build a Fire. Maybe this is the song that plays when she and Van Damme are in bed making sweet love. Track 8 is The White Room, and sadly, it sounds nothing like Cream’s White Room. I’m not really enjoying this album, but I think if this were 1991 and I was hearing it when it was fresh, I’d probably….nah, who am I kidding? I would’ve hated this. It’s just not my kind of electronic music. Track nine, No More Tears, caught my ear for some reason. Though listening now, I’m not sure why. There are some nice Latin-flavored horns. But then it devolves into a guy singing nonsense. There are some ska elements in this song. Which is not my favorite music genre, but it does have a gorn section most times. Track 10 is Justified and Ancient, wait…that was track one. I guess track one was an introduction, and now we get to hear the whole trashy thing. The lyrics, along with the singing style, sound like this is a children’s song. “They're justified and they're ancient And they like to roam the land They're justified and they're ancient I hope you understand They're justified and they're ancient And they drive an ice cream van They're justified and they're ancient With still no master plan.” And there are some bells that sound like an ice cream van playing. This song is weird, but not great. As you can clearly see, I loved this album…..NOT! I was not in the mood for this, I guess. Especially after a great John Cale album that I loved. I have a high bar for electronic music, meaning, it’s got to make me want to dance. This didn’t make me want to dance. No idea why critics at the time loved this album. I just don’t get it, but if you like C + C Music Factory, you’ll dig this, otherwise, stay far away.
not my vibe I don't think..
Nothing I would purposely listen to, but it’s giving 90s vibes(or at least I think so).
"Go to sleep"... and nothing more. Pretty standard.
Hahaha
It’s that z shit it’s that z shit… 2
Electronic is hard for me to evaluate but studio album not on Spotify makes it even harder. Listened to a collection of different releases making up the original track list. Lots of energy in the songs. Fun but unlikely to revisit.
It sounds like everything else that sounds like this.
There are apparently many different versions of this album online, so I hope I found the most accurate version. It seems that this album was supposed to accompany a film of the same name, which was later canceled. Interesting backstory, and I'm sure the album itself underwent many changes in direction as a result, as I can't picture this being the backdrop for any movie to be honest. The first half sounded like the typical euro-house/electronica I was expecting. The second half was an odd departure to say the least.
Meh.