''Semaphore'' is the second studio album by

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, released in March 1998.

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "Fridge have created an album that is deceptive; minimal and monotonous, you coast through a series of seemingly pointless guitar-bass-and-drums instrumentals like 'Teletexed' and 'Chroma' before being softened up for the nerve-rattling sax on the Faust-like 'Low Fat Diet', or the sand-in-your-joints noise of 'Stamper'." ''

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'' thought that "although there is much rhythmic intrigue here, sometimes the impression is left that the knobs and buttons on synthesizers dictate the melodies."

Track listing

# "Cassette" (1:23) # "Furniture Boy" (7:09) # "A Slow" (4:13) # "Motorbus" (7:27) # "Teletexed" (4:06) # "Chroma" (6:08) # "Lo Fat Diet" (6:37) # "Swerve And Spin" (4:07) # "Curdle" (4:53) # "Lign" (0:18) # "Stamper" (4:56) # "There Is No Try" (1:19) # " Knight" (8:32)

References

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