"Ooo" The World of Baby Ford

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"Ooo" The World of Baby Ford
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Studio album by
Baby Ford
Released5 March 1990
Genre Acid house, disco
Label Rhythm King
Baby Ford chronology
Ford Trax
(1989)		"Ooo" The World of Baby Ford
(1990)		 BFORD 9
(1992)

"Ooo" The World of Baby Ford is an album by the English musician Baby Ford, released on 5 March 1990. [1] [2] Ford supported the album with a UK tour. [3] "Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh", with its references to ectasy, was banned from some UK radio stations. [3] "Beach Bump" was the first single released in the United States. [4]

Contents

Production

"Children of the Revolution" is a cover of the Mark Bolan song, on which Bolan's vocals are sampled. [5] T-Rex was Ford's favorite band when he was growing up; he intended his version to be a paean to acid house and an announcement of his stylistic move from disco. [1] Ford used a twelve-string guitar on "Milky Très". [6] Claudia Fontaine contributed vocals to some of the tracks. [7] "Poem for Wigan" and "Wigan" refer to the town located near Ford's childhood home. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Calgary Herald D [10]
Entertainment Weekly A− [11]
The Knoxville News Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [12]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]

The Calgary Herald dismissed the album as "disco music, complete with the thump-thump-thumps, the whistles, and some of the most inane lyrics this side of the Silver Convention." [10] The St. Petersburg Times concluded that Baby Ford "tries to create the world's first new age/acid house record on his debut album, complete with chanted mantras and nature sounds... The 10 lame tracks ... have the potential to be amusing in a campy way, but Ford ignores the potential of lines like 'Be a beach ball' on 'Beach Bump' and slathers on synthesized whooshes, beeps and overdubs in the hope of being taking seriously." [14]

The Observer said that the music ranges from "camp disco to the ambient new age sound." [1] The Commercial Appeal praised Ford's "intricately devised, booming structures". [6] The Knoxville News Sentinel called Ford "something of a vocal cross between George Michael and Boy George." [12] The Times stated that the music "sits somewhere between Steve Reich's minimalism, American urban house tracks and tacky British pop." [15]

In 2008, Jon Savage listed "A Place of Dreams & Magic" as one of ten "definitive" acid house songs. [16]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."A Place of Dreams & Magic" 
2."Children of the Revolution" 
3."Milky Très/Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh" 
4."Poem for Wigan" 
5."Wigan" 
6."'Hi, Mr. Logan'" 
7."Beach Bump" 
8."Let's Talk It Over" 
9."The World Is in Love" 
10."Change Your Ways" 

References

  1. 1 2 3 Reynolds, Simon (28 January 1990). "Ooo, Baby". Entertainment. The Observer. p. 21.
  2. ↑ Push (3 March 1990). "Albums: Ooo Baby Baby—Baby Ford". Melody Maker. Vol. 66, no. 9. p. 33.
  3. 1 2 Alexander, Jane (29 January 1990). "A bumpy ride". Metropolis. Evening Standard. p. 34.
  4. ↑ Sokolic, William H. (22 March 1990). "House Music on the Move". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E1.
  5. ↑ Valois, Diana (24 February 1990). "Records". The Morning Call. p. A6.
  6. 1 2 Wynn, Ron (9 February 1990). "Recordings". The Commercial Appeal. p. E23.
  7. ↑ Staton, David (18 February 1990). "Top Spins". Albuquerque Journal. p. G2.
  8. ↑ Johannsen, Finn (20 July 2019). "Rewind: Baby Ford – 'Ooo' The World of Baby Ford". Resident Advisor.
  9. ↑ ""Ooo" The World of Baby Ford Review by Ron Wynn". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  10. 1 2 Haynes, Dave (1 March 1990). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. F3.
  11. ↑ "Music". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1. 16 February 1990. p. 96.
  12. 1 2 Campbell, Chuck (14 February 1990). "Records". The Knoxville News Sentinel. p. B3.
  13. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music. MUZE. p. 23.
  14. ↑ Carey, Jean (2 March 1990). "Sound Bites". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 17.
  15. ↑ Toop, David (7 March 1990). "World Music". Preview. The Times. p. 20.
  16. ↑ Savage, Jon (20 April 2008). "OMM: A Second Summer of Love". The Observer. p. 51.
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