''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
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or
CD player
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, also referenced in the "double-arrow" graphic used on the cover.
The album peaked at #48 in the
UK Albums Chart
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in August 1994.
Production
Fripp was recorded for hours improvising on his guitar; Weston constructed these improvisations into working parts for the album.
Paterson and Fehlmann had no production input in this.
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 ...
'' 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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