Accelerator (The Future Sound of London album)

Infobox Album | Name = Accelerator
Type = Album
Artist = The Future Sound of London


Released = 1991, 1992 flagicon|United Kingdom
1996 flagicon|United States
2001 flagicon|Earth
Genre = Techno
Acid House
Electronica
Ambient
IDM
Length = 62:11
Label = Jumpin' & Pumpin'
Producer = FSOL
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6uhqoaqaiij9 link]
Last album = "Global"
(1989)
This album = "Accelerator"
(1992)
Next album = "Earthbeat"
(1992) |

"Accelerator" is the debut album by British electronica group The Future Sound of London. It is widely regarded as their most "club friendly" album in that almost all the tracks have a sonic, dance friendly vibe and it doesn't contain much of their later, more off-beat, complex, ambient techniques.

The Album

It was released in Britain in 1991, and re-released a year later with two remixes after the commercial success of the "Papua New Guinea" single. Due to record label difficulties it could not be released in the United States until 1996, where it contained a further remix. It was re-released, enhanced, in 2001 worldwide, with a bonus CD entitled "Papua New Guinea Remix Anthology", which contained both old and new remixes of the band's most famous song. Half of the tracks from the album had already been released on previous singles by the pair, making it, in a sense, a sort of compilation album. http://www.secondthought.co.uk/fsol/]

"Accelerator" includes the track that is one of the group's biggest commercial hits, "Papua New Guinea" this track became an instant club hit in Europe and the States and was featured in the soundtrack for the film "Cool World".

It was also the first time that they worked with frequent collaborator, artist, Buggy G. Riphead who created the albums cover art.

Track listing

1991 release

# "Expander" – 5:40
# "Stolen Documents" – 5:12
# "While Others Cry" – 5:27
# "Calcium" – 5:22
# "It's Not My Problem" – 4:02
# "Papua New Guinea" – 6:45
# "Moscow" – 3:35
# "1 in 8" – 4:36
# "Pulse State" – 7:14
# "Central Industrial" – 4:27

1992 re-release

# "Expander" – 5:40
# "Stolen Documents" – 5:12
# "While Others Cry" – 5:27
# "Calcium" – 5:22
# "It's Not My Problem" – 4:02
# "Papua New Guinea" – 6:45
# "Moscow" – 3:35
# "1 in 8" – 4:36
# "Pulse State" – 7:14
# "Central Industrial" – 4:27
# "Expander (remix)" – 4:51
# "Moscow (remix)" – 4:53

1996 re-release

# "Expander" – 5:40
# "Stolen Documents" – 5:12
# "While Others Cry" – 5:27
# "Calcium" – 5:22
# "It's Not My Problem" – 4:02
# "Papua New Guinea" – 6:45
# "Moscow" – 3:35
# "1 in 8" – 4:36
# "Pulse State" – 7:14
# "Central Industrial" – 4:27
# "Expander (Remix)" – 4:51
# "Moscow (Remix)" – 4:53
# "Papua New Guinea (Graham Massey Mix)" - 3:45

2001 bonus disc "Papua New Guinea Mix Anthology"

# "Papua New Guinea (Blue States Full Length Mix)" - 5:46
# "Papua New Guinea (Mellow Magic Maze Mix)" - 5:28
# "Papua New Guinea (Simian Mix)" - 3:43
# "Papua New Guinea (Oil Funk Dub Mix)" - 5:08
# "Papua New Guinea (Dub Child Of Q Mix)" - 4:22
# "Papua New Guinea (Hybrid Full Length Mix)" - 8:31
# "Papua New Guinea (Satoshi Tomiie Main-Path)" - 10:42
# "Papua New Guinea (Monsoon Mix)" - 4:49
# "Papua New Guinea (Andrew Weatherall Full Length Mix)" - 11:37
# "Papua New Guinea (Dub Mix)" - 1:20

Crew

*Written and produced by The Future Sound of London, except:
*Expander produced by Mental Cube
*Stolen Documents produced by Luco
*Calcium written by Yage
*These three credits were removed for the 2001 release, which simply states: all titles written by Brian Dougans / Garry Cobain. Produced and mixed by The Future Sound of London
*Samples of "Radio Babylon" by Meat Beat Manifesto, "Dawn of the Iconoclast" by Dead Can Dance and "Shelter Me" by Circuit on "Papua New Guinea"
*Graphic design by Eunah Lee - 1996 US version only
*Artwork and profile control by Buggy G. Riphead - all other versions

Press

cquote|"Clash - "‘Accelerator'...pushed techno into new spheres of consciousness, one populated by pulsing rave waves, flickering ambient moods and giant dub squalls."| [ [http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/future-sound-london Future Sound of London : Music News Feature | Clash Music ] ]

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