FFWD

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{{Infobox album

| name = FFWD

| 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

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 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

  1. "Hidden" – 7:16
  2. "Lucky Saddle – 6:40
  3. "Drone" – 1:01
  4. "Hempire" – 3:12
  5. "Collossus" – 5:38
  6. "What Time Is Clock" – 1:15
  7. "Can of Bliss" – 3:15
  8. "Elevenses" – 0:49
  9. "Meteor Storm" – 4:25
  10. "Buckwheat & Grits" – 10:51
  11. "Klangtest" – 5:01
  12. "Suess Wie Eine Nuss" – 8:20

References

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