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The album is also featured on Robert Dimery's '[[1001 albums you must hear before you die]]'-compilation.<ref>[http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/1001albums.htm Outline Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The album is also featured on Robert Dimery's '[[1001 albums you must hear before you die]]'-compilation.<ref>[http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/1001albums.htm Outline Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


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==Reception==
To appreciate ''Timeless'', one must imagine a time when the renegade snares of drum n' bass were alien to Madison Avenue. Hard as it might be to believe now, with the breakbeat ... Full Description science put to the service of peddling anything from automobiles to undergarments, Goldie and his Metalheadz posse blew minds with their 21-minute "Timeless." [[Diane Charlemagne]]'s voice swoops through a world of synth sirens, bass girders, and riveting breakbeats. Other ''Timeless'' standouts, including the crushing "Saint Angel" and "Jah The Seventh Seal," are seemingly extracted and distilled from "Timeless." Even now, it's an impressive slab of future-pop.

In 1994, Goldie's was the implacable voice of ragga-punk alienation--and it was the most exciting noise heard from the underground in a long while. In his wake DJs young and old initiated a game of rhythmic/psychedelic one-upmanship and time-stretching insouciance that turned music on its ear. Pirate radio thrived in the early days of jungle. With his sparkling pop sensibilities, Goldie quickly ascended to drum n' bass super-stardom. Tracks such as "This Is A Bad," "Kemistry," and "You & Me" harness jungle's technological flash to R&B's soul. ''Timeless'' is, at heart, a pop album. As such, it holds up exceptionally well. <ref>http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1142346#]</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 17:14, 31 August 2008

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Timeless is the debut album (1995) from Goldie, a groundbreaking release which is still often nominated as the finest album ever in the history of drum and bass music.

History

Goldie was joined in the studio by engineer/producer Rob Playford (aka Timecode), founder of the renowned Moving Shadow label, who did most of the programming and production (with Goldie generating the musical ideas, rhythms and arrangements). Additional engineering and production came from Dego and Marc Mac of 4hero. Diane Charlemagne contributed the bulk of the vocals. The album blended the complex, chopped and layered breakbeats and deep basslines of jungle and drum and bass with expansive, symphonic strings and atmospherics, and beautiful female vocals, creating a crossover hit. Released on Pete Tong's FFRR label, the album reached #7 in the charts, and few consider it bettered by his subsequent releases.

Timeless was simultaneously released as a double album and single album. The single album removed four tracks and featured the original mix of "Sensual". The U.S. release of the double album appended two bonus remixes.

Then an active graffiti artist, Goldie featured his paintings in the album's artwork.

The album is also featured on Robert Dimery's '1001 albums you must hear before you die'-compilation.[1]

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Track listing

Double-disc album

Disc 1

  1. "Timeless" – 21:01
    • i. Inner City Life
    • ii. Pressure
    • iii. Jah
  2. "Saint Angel" – 7:14
  3. "State of Mind" – 7:05
  4. "This Is a Bad" – 5:56
  5. "Sea of Tears" – 12:03
  6. "Jah The Seventh Seal" – 6:36

Disc 2

  1. "A Sense of Rage (Sensual VIP Mix)" – 7:05
  2. "Still Life" – 10:50
  3. "Angel" – 4:56
  4. "Adrift" – 8:29
  5. "Kemistry" – 6:48
  6. "You and Me" – 7:04
  7. "Inner City Life (Baby Boy's Edit)" – 3:34
    • Remix by Photek, U.S. bonus track
  8. "Inner City Life (Rabbit's Short Attention Span Edit)" – 4:20

Single-disc album

  1. "Timeless"
    • i. Inner City Life
    • ii. Pressure
    • iii. Jah
  2. "Saint Angel"
  3. "State of Mind"
  4. "Sea of Tears"
  5. "Angel"
  6. "Sensual" – 8:13
  7. "Kemistry"
  8. "You and Me"

Double LP album

Side A

  1. "Saint Angel"
  2. "This is a bad"

Side B

  1. "Kemistry (V.I.P. Mix)"
  2. "You & Me"

Side C

  1. "Still Life"
  2. "Still Life - V.I.P. Mix (The Latino Dego in Me)"

Side D

  1. "Jah the Seventh Seal"
  2. "A Sense of Rage (Sensual V.I.P. Mix)

References

  1. ^ Outline Page
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