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Released
  
12 September 1995

Timeless (1995)
  
Saturnz Return (1998)

Release date
  
12 September 1995

Producers
  
Goldie, Timecode

Recorded
  
England

Artist
  
Goldie

Label
  
FFRR Records

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Length
  
105:47 (2xCD) 75:04 (CD) 54:46 (vinyl)

Genres
  
Drum and bass, Oldschool jungle, Dance music, Electronica

Similar
  
Goldie albums, Drum and bass albums, Other albums

Goldie timeless uk europe release


Timeless is the 1995 debut album by British electronic musician Goldie and a groundbreaking release in the history of drum and bass music. 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. It is listed as one of the best albums of all time in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Contents

Goldie timeless


History

Goldie was joined in the studio by engineer/producer Rob Playford (aka Timecode), founder of the 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.

Released on Pete Tong's FFRR label, the album reached No. 7 in the charts. 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 US release of the double album appended two bonus remixes. At the time Goldie was an active graffiti artist and his paintings are featured in the album's artwork.

Reception

  • Spin (12/95, p. 63) – Ranked No. 17 on Spin's list of the `20 Best Albums Of '95.'
  • Spin (12/95, p.81) – 9 – Near Perfect – "...a fall of light into the urban endzone...Goldie has taken jungle to a more expansive level here, fusing its ominous bad-boy polyrhythms with gorgeous diva vocals, rich piano playing, and upbeat jazzy chords that dissolve into ambient clouds...brings jungle to a new level of cross-fertilization..."
  • Alternative Press (1/96, p.80) – "Starting with the increasingly familiar...palette of jungle/drum and bass music, Goldie and his Metalheadz sculpt expansive sonic constructions that elude the linear confines of descriptive language."
  • Melody Maker (12/23-30/95, pp. 66–67) – Ranked No. 8 on Melody Maker's list of 1995's 'Albums of the Year' – "The jungle underground's figurehead...Massive and jaw-droppingly ambitious."
  • Village Voice (2/20/96) – Ranked No. 23 in Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.
  • New York Times (1/6/96, p. C16) – Included in Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums of `95 – "...the frenetic break beats of Great Britain's jungle dance-music rub against lush ambient music, live instruments and a technology-addled sense of soul..."
  • NME (12/23-30/95, pp.22–23) – Ranked No. 10 in NME's `Top 50 Albums of the Year' for 1995 – "...an astonishing...symphony of whizzing breakbeats, fluid soundscapes and mind-warping moodswings..."
  • The Guardian - Described the release of the album as one of the "50 key events in the history of dance music" in 2011.

    • Track listing

    2xCD pressing

    All tracks written by Goldie, except where noted.

    1xCD / cassette pressing

    The cassette release is identical to the single CD release, with three songs on the first side and five on the second side.

    Vinyl pressing

    Songs

    1Timeless: I Inner City Life / II Pressure / III Jah21:03
    2Saint Angel7:18
    3State of Mind7:06

    References

    Timeless (Goldie album) Wikipedia
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