Futureworld is the fourth album by the American band Trans Am, released in 1999.[6] The band uses lyrics in their songs for the first time, employing vocoder synthesis.[7]
Futureworld | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 23, 1999 | |||
Genre | Post-Rock | |||
Length | 47:42 | |||
Label | Thrill Jockey[1] | |||
Producer | Trans Am | |||
Trans Am chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 6/10[3] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10[4] |
Spin | 8/10[5] |
Critical reception
editTrouser Press wrote that "the heavily processed, robotic singing takes a back seat to the grooves that nearly imprison these songs with their droning insistence."[8] The Village Voice called the album "arguably [the band's] definitive futurist new wave statement."[9]
Track listings
edit- "1999"
- "Television Eyes"
- "Futureworld"
- "City In Flames"
- "AM Rhein"
- "Cocaine Computer"
- "Runners Standing Still"
- "Futureworld II"
- "Positron"
- "Sad and Young"
Additional tracks on Japanese release
edit- "Alec Empire is a Nazi/Hippie"
- "Am Rhein (Party Mix)"
- "Woffen Shenter"
- "Thriddle Giggit Dream"
- "Ardroth Marketplace"
References
edit- ^ "Futureworld". www.thrilljockey.com.
- ^ "Futureworld - Trans Am | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "NME.COM - Trans Am - Futureworld - 15 April 1999". NME. October 17, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-10-17.
- ^ "Trans Am: Futureworld". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Reviews". Spin. 15 (4): 166, 168. Apr 1999.
- ^ "Trans Am | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Klein, Joshua (29 March 2002). "Trans Am: Futureworld". Music.
- ^ "Trans Am". Trouser Press. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Q&A: Trans Am's Nathan Means On Playing And Reissuing 1999's Futureworld, Being A Part-Time Band And Re-Recording Their First Album". The Village Voice. October 6, 2011.