''Phorward'' is a mini-album by the
Scottish
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band
The Shamen
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. It was released in 1989 on Moksha Records. It was billed as a "mini album" because the original vinyl release had only six tracks.
Background
On the CD version, DJ
Eddie Richards
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remixed tracks including "You Me and Everything", "Reraptyouare", "Splash 2", and "Phorward", further expanding the musical impact the mini-album made on the
acid house
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scene. It was reissued with slightly different tracks in 1999 on the Essential label.
The front cover image is a monochrome, heavily rasterized excerpt of the cover image on ''
In Gorbachev We Trust
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''.
Track listings
1989 10"
#"You Me And Everything (Else)"
#"Splash 2"
#"Negation State"
#"Reraptyouare"
#"Strange Day Dreams '89"
ritten as "sdd89"#"Phorward"
Track 3 ends in an infinite loop.
1989 7" ''the s&n sessions''
Some copies of the 10" came with a
white label
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Test pressings
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7".
#"Happy Days"
#"Knature of a Girl"
The German version of ''Phorward'' was released on regular 12" vinyl, and appends these two tracks as the last track on each side, respectively.
1989 CD
The 1989 CD and cassette issue contained three extra tracks (from the "You Me & Everything" 12-inch single) not found on the vinyl or the 1999 reissue.
#"You Me And Everything (Else)"
#"Splash 2"
#"Negation State"
#"Reraptyouare"
#"Strange Day Dreams '89"
#"Phorward"
#"Happy Days"
#"Knature of a Girl"
#"You Me and Everything (Evil Edit)"
#"Reraptyouare (Evil Edit)"
#"Ed's Bonus Beats"
*Track 5 written as "sdd 89"
*Track 7–8 written as "the s & n sessions"
*Track 9–11 written as "evil edit (freakin' the beats **for a phurther 15 minutes)". Track 10 includes parts of "Splash 2" and "Phorward" between parts of "Reraptyouare"
1999 CD
Digitally remastered, with new liner notes.
#"You Me And Everything (Else)"
#"Splash 2"
#"Negation State"
#"Reraptyouare"
#"Strange Day Dreams '89"
ritten as "SDD 89"#"Phorward"
#"Happy Days"/"Knature of a Girl"
ritten as "The S and N Sessions"#"Darkness in Zion"
References
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1989 albums
Rave albums
The Shamen albums