Accelerator (The Future Sound of London album)

Accelerator is the debut studio album by British electronica group The Future Sound of London. The album was first released in 1991 by the record label Jumpin' & Pumpin'. It is widely regarded as the group's most "club-oriented" album in that almost all the tracks have a sonic, dance-friendly vibe and it does not contain much of their later, more off-beat, complex, ambient techniques.

Accelerator
Studio album by
The Future Sound of London
Released1991
GenreTechno
Length52:20
LabelJumpin' & Pumpin'
ProducerThe Future Sound of London
The Future Sound of London chronology
Global
(1989)		 Accelerator
(1991)		 Earthbeat
(1992)

Release

Accelerator was released in the United Kingdom in 1991 by Jumpin' & Pumpin'. Following the commercial success of the single "Papua New Guinea", the album was re-released a year later with two additional remixes. Due to record label difficulties, it could not be released in the United States until 1996, where it contained a further remix. It was re-released, enhanced, in 2001 worldwide, with a bonus CD entitled Papua New Guinea Remix Anthology, which contained both old and new remixes of "Papua New Guinea", several of which had already been released on previous singles by the group.[1]

Accelerator marked the first time that The Future Sound of London worked with artist and frequent collaborator Buggy G. Riphead, who created the album's cover art.[1]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Q[3]

At the end of 1992, British music magazine Melody Maker included Accelerator at number 21 in its list of the year's best albums, while "Papua New Guinea" was included in the magazine's list of the year's best singles.[4]

Reviewing the 1996 re-release, Option described Accelerator as "a weirdo futurist dreamland that's serene, exciting and even funny".[5] Clash wrote that the album "pushed techno into new spheres of consciousness, one populated by pulsing rave waves, flickering ambient moods and giant dub squalls."[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Future Sound of London (Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans).

1991 release
No.TitleLength
1."Expander"5:40
2."Stolen Documents"5:12
3."While Others Cry"5:27
4."Calcium"5:22
5."It's Not My Problem"4:02
6."Papua New Guinea"6:45
7."Moscow"3:35
8."1 in 8"4:36
9."Pulse State"7:14
10."Central Industrial"4:27
Total length:52:20
1992 release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Expander" (Remix)4:51
12."Moscow" (Remix)4:53
1996 release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Expander" (Remix)4:51
12."Moscow" (Remix)4:53
13."Papua New Guinea" (Graham Massey Mix)3:45
2001 release bonus disc (Papua New Guinea Mix Anthology)
No.TitleLength
1."Papua New Guinea" (Blue States Full Length Mix)5:46
2."Papua New Guinea" (Mellow Magic Maze Mix)5:28
3."Papua New Guinea" (Simian Mix)3:43
4."Papua New Guinea" (Oil Funk Dub Mix)5:08
5."Papua New Guinea" (Dub Child of Q Mix)4:22
6."Papua New Guinea" (Hybrid Full Length Mix)8:31
7."Papua New Guinea" (Satoshi Tomiie Main-Path)10:42
8."Papua New Guinea" (Monsoon Mix)4:49
9."Papua New Guinea" (Andrew Weatherall Full Length Mix)11:37
10."Papua New Guinea" (Dub Mix)1:20

Personnel
  • The Future Sound of London – mixing, production, writing
Additional personnel
  • Buggy G. Riphead – artwork and profile control
  • Eunah Lee – graphic design (1996 release)
Notes
  • The original 1991 release also included the following credits: production on "Expander" by Mental Cube, production on "Stolen Documents" by Luco, and writing on "Calcium" by Yage. These three credits were removed for the 2001 release, which simply states: "All titles written by Brian Dougans / Garry Cobain. Produced and mixed by The Future Sound of London."

Charts
Chart (1994) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 75

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Raggett, Ned. "Accelerator – The Future Sound of London". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. "The Future Sound of London: Accelerator". Q (183): 138. November 2001.
  4. "Melody Maker – Albums of the Year". AcclaimedMusic.net. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  5. "The Future Sound of London: Accelerator". Option: 104. July–August 1996.
  6. "Future Sound of London". Clash. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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