''FFWD'' is an eponymous album by FFWD -
Robert Fripp,
Thomas Fehlmann,
Kris Weston, and
Dr. Alex Paterson.
The title is also a play on the abbreviation often used on the
fast forward control of a
tape deck or
CD player, also referenced in the "double-arrow" graphic used on the cover.
The album peaked at #48 in the
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...
in August 1994.
Production
Fripp was recorded for hours improvising on his guitar; Paterson constructed these improvisations into working parts for the album.
Critical reception
''
Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference to ...
'' wrote that "the modular systems-sounds of ''FFWD'' are neither danceable nor dreamable."
Track listing
#"Hidden" – 7:16
#"Lucky Saddle – 6:40
#"Drone" – 1:01
#"Hempire" – 3:12
#"Collossus" – 5:38
#"What Time Is Clock" – 1:15
#"Can of Bliss" – 3:15
#"Elevenses" – 0:49
#"Meteor Storm" – 4:25
#"Buckwheat & Grits" – 10:51
#"Klangtest" – 5:01
#"Suess Wie Eine Nuss" – 8:20
References
External links
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FFWD albums
1994 albums
The Orb
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