Futureworld (album)

1999 studio album by Trans Am From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

ReleasedMarch 23, 1999
GenrePost-Rock
Length47:42
LabelThrill Jockey[1]
Quick facts Studio album by Trans Am, Released ...
Futureworld
Studio album by
Trans Am
ReleasedMarch 23, 1999
GenrePost-Rock
Length47:42
LabelThrill Jockey[1]
ProducerTrans Am
Trans Am chronology
The Surveillance
(1998)		 Futureworld
(1999)		 Red Line
(2000)
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
NME6/10[3]
Pitchfork8.0/10[4]
Spin8/10[5]
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Critical reception

Trouser 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

  1. "1999"
  2. "Television Eyes"
  3. "Futureworld"
  4. "City In Flames"
  5. "AM Rhein"
  6. "Cocaine Computer"
  7. "Runners Standing Still"
  8. "Futureworld II"
  9. "Positron"
  10. "Sad and Young"

Additional tracks on Japanese release

  1. "Alec Empire is a Nazi/Hippie"
  2. "Am Rhein (Party Mix)"
  3. "Woffen Shenter"
  4. "Thriddle Giggit Dream"
  5. "Ardroth Marketplace"

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