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  • Artist: Goldie
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1995 08
  • Total Time: 112:59
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

Respected by the underground for his production skills and lauded by the press for his star potential, Goldie's album debut proved he was no fluke on either count. But from the first few minutes of Timeless, new listeners might wonder what's so different about jungle and its first superstar. The sweeping synths and lilting female vocals that form the intro to the title-track opener could be taken from any above-average house anthem. All questions are answered, however, once the beat kicks in. Manic, echoey percussion rolls around and through the song while a muscular dub bassline pounds additional sonic territory. The beat fades in and out, appearing and re-appearing with all the stealth of a charging rhino. The seven other tracks are just as uncompromising, even adopting a hip-hop beat for the R&B flavor of "State of Mind." Though jungle might be jarring for first-time listeners unused to mid-tempo melodies functioning as a bed for hyperspeed beats, Timeless makes it a much smoother ride. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Timeless Diane Charlemagne, Rob Playford, Clifford Price Goldie (21:02)
Saint Angel Clifford Price Goldie (7:17)
State of Mind Rob Playford, Clifford Price Goldie (7:05)
This Is a Bad Clifford Price Goldie (6:10)
Sea of Tears Rob Playford, Clifford Price Goldie (12:00)
Jah the Seventh Seal Rob Playford, Clifford Price Goldie (6:24)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
A Sense of Rage [Sensual V.I.P. Mix] Rob Playford, Clifford Price Goldie (7:05)
Still Life Dego McFarlane, Clifford Price Goldie (10:50)
Angel Clifford Price Goldie (4:58)
Adrift Goldie, J. Curtis Goldie (8:27)
Kemistry Mark Rutherford, Clifford Price Goldie (6:50)
You and Me Clifford Price Goldie (7:05)
Inner City Life [Baby Boy's Edit] Diane Charlemagne, Rob Playford, Clifford Price Goldie (3:37)
Inner City Life [Rabbit's Short Attention Span Edit] Diane Charlemagne, Rob Playford, Clifford Price Goldie (4:20)

Credits

Cleveland Watkiss (Vocals), Steve Williamson (Saxophone), Howard Howie Bernstein (Engineer), Mel Gaynor (Drums), Howie B (Engineer), Luis Jardim (Percussion), Mark Rutherford (Engineer), Mark Rutherford (Original Engineering), Lorna Harris (Vocals), Goldie (Keyboards), Goldie (Vocals), Goldie (Producer), Goldie (Main Performer), Goldie (Remixing), Photek (Remixing), Diane Charlemagne (Vocals), Rob Playford (Producer), Rob Playford (Engineer), Rob Playford (Mixing), Rob Playford (Original Engineering), Dillinja (Producer), Dillinja (Engineer), Dillinja (Remixing), Mark Mac (Producer), Mark Mac (Engineer), Monk (Producer), Monk (Remixing), Justina Curtis (Keyboards), Justina Curtis (Vocals), Justina Curtis (Fender Rhodes), Adam Selkeld (Guitar), Tim Philbert (Bass), Tim Philbert (Guitar (Bass)), Confucius (Producer), Confucius (Remixing), Dego (Producer), Dego (Engineer)
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Timeless
Studio album by Goldie
Released September 12, 1995
Recorded England
Genre Drum and bass/Jungle
Length 1:45:07 [2xCD]
74:33 [CD]
Label FFRR Records
Producer Goldie and Rob Playford
Professional reviews
Goldie chronology
Timeless
(1995)		 Saturnz Return
(1998)

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

Contents

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 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]

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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