"Ooo" The World of Baby Ford
1990 studio album by Baby Ford
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"Ooo" The World of Baby Ford is an album by the English musician Baby Ford, released on 5 March 1990.[1][2] Ford supported the album with a UK tour.[3] "Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh", with its references to ectasy, was banned from some UK radio stations.[3] "Beach Bump" was the first single released in the United States.[4]
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| Released | 5 March 1990 | |||
| Genre | Acid house, disco | |||
| Label | Rhythm King | |||
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Production
"Children of the Revolution" is a cover of the Mark Bolan song, on which Bolan's vocals are sampled.[5] T-Rex was Ford's favorite band when he was growing up; he intended his version to be a paean to acid house and an announcement of his stylistic move from disco.[1] Ford used a twelve-string guitar on "Milky Très".[6] Claudia Fontaine contributed vocals to some of the tracks.[7] "Poem for Wigan" and "Wigan" refer to the town located near Ford's childhood home.[8]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Calgary Herald | D[10] |
| Entertainment Weekly | Aâ[11] |
| The Knoxville News Sentinel |  [12] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music | [13] |
The Calgary Herald dismissed the album as "disco music, complete with the thump-thump-thumps, the whistles, and some of the most inane lyrics this side of the Silver Convention."[10] The St. Petersburg Times concluded that Baby Ford "tries to create the world's first new age/acid house record on his debut album, complete with chanted mantras and nature sounds... The 10 lame tracks ... have the potential to be amusing in a campy way, but Ford ignores the potential of lines like 'Be a beach ball' on 'Beach Bump' and slathers on synthesized whooshes, beeps and overdubs in the hope of being taking seriously."[14]
The Observer said that the music ranges from "camp disco to the ambient new age sound."[1] The Commercial Appeal praised Ford's "intricately devised, booming structures".[6] The Knoxville News Sentinel called Ford "something of a vocal cross between George Michael and Boy George."[12] The Times stated that the music "sits somewhere between Steve Reich's minimalism, American urban house tracks and tacky British pop."[15]
In 2008, Jon Savage listed "A Place of Dreams & Magic" as one of ten "definitive" acid house songs.[16]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Place of Dreams & Magic" | |
| 2. | "Children of the Revolution" | |
| 3. | "Milky Très/Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh" | |
| 4. | "Poem for Wigan" | |
| 5. | "Wigan" | |
| 6. | "'Hi, Mr. Logan'" | |
| 7. | "Beach Bump" | |
| 8. | "Let's Talk It Over" | |
| 9. | "The World Is in Love" | |
| 10. | "Change Your Ways" |