FFWD
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{{Infobox album
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| type = studio
| artist = FFWD
| cover = OrbFFWD.jpg
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| released = {{Start date|1994}}
| recorded = 1993
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| label = Inter-Modo
| producer = FFWD
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{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r206355|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = Spin Alternative Record Guide
|rev2score = 8/10{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |pages=282–283}}
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FFWD is an eponymous album by FFWD – Robert Fripp, Thomas Fehlmann, Kris Weston, and Dr Alex Paterson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ffwd-mn0000164482/biography|title=FFWD | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=416}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&dq=FFWD+1994+paterson&pg=PA539|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=December 18, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}}
The title is also a play on the abbreviation often used on the fast forward control of a tape deck or CD player, also referenced in the "double-arrow" graphic used on the cover.
The album peaked at #48 in the UK Albums Chart in August 1994.{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 164}}
Production
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "the modular systems-sounds of FFWD are neither danceable nor dreamable."{{cite web |title=Orb |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/orb/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=18 December 2020}}
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
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External links
- {{Discogs release|id=42818|name=FFWD}}
{{Robert Fripp}}
{{The Orb}}
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