Futureworld (album) explained

Futureworld
Type:	studio
Artist:	Trans Am
Cover:	Futureworld.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	March 23, 1999
Genre:	Post-Rock
Length:	47:42
Label:	Thrill Jockey^[1]
Producer:	Trans Am
Prev Title:	The Surveillance
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Red Line
Next Year:	2000

Futureworld is the fourth album by the American band Trans Am, released in 1999.^[2] The band uses lyrics in their songs for the first time, employing vocoder synthesis.^[3]

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."^[4] The Village Voice called the album "arguably [the band's] definitive futurist new wave statement."^[5]

Track listings

"1999"
"Television Eyes"
"Futureworld"
"City In Flames"
"AM Rhein"
"Cocaine Computer"
"Runners Standing Still"
"Futureworld II"
"Positron"
"Sad and Young"

Additional tracks on Japanese release

"Alec Empire is a Nazi/Hippie"
"Am Rhein (Party Mix)"
"Woffen Shenter"
"Thriddle Giggit Dream"
"Ardroth Marketplace"

Notes and References

Web site: Futureworld. www.thrilljockey.com.
Web site: Trans Am | Biography & History. AllMusic.
Web site: Trans Am: Futureworld. Joshua. Klein. Music. 29 March 2002 .
Web site: Trans Am . Trouser Press . 16 July 2021.
Web site: Q&A: Trans Am's Nathan Means On Playing And Reissuing 1999's Futureworld, Being A Part-Time Band And Re-Recording Their First Album. October 6, 2011. The Village Voice.