Futureworld (album)

This article is about the 1999 Trans Am album. For other uses, see Future World (disambiguation).

Futureworld
Studio album by Trans Am
Released	March 23, 1999
Genre	Post-Rock
Length	47:42
Label	Thrill Jockey [1]
Producer	Trans Am
Trans Am chronology
The Surveillance (1998) Futureworld (1999) Red Line (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
NME	6/10 [3]
Pitchfork	8.0/10 [4]
Spin	8/10 [5]

Futureworld is the fourth album by the American band Trans Am, released in 1999. ^[6] The band uses lyrics in their songs for the first time, employing vocoder synthesis. ^[7]

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." ^[8] The Village Voice called the album "arguably [the band's] definitive futurist new wave statement." ^[9]

Track listings

1. "1999"
2. "Television Eyes"
3. "Futureworld"
4. "City In Flames"
5. "AM Rhein"
6. "Cocaine Computer"
7. "Runners Standing Still"
8. "Futureworld II"
9. "Positron"
10. "Sad and Young"

Additional tracks on Japanese release

1. "Alec Empire is a Nazi/Hippie"
2. "Am Rhein (Party Mix)"
3. "Woffen Shenter"
4. "Thriddle Giggit Dream"
5. "Ardroth Marketplace"

References

1. "Futureworld". www.thrilljockey.com.
2. "Futureworld - Trans Am | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
3. "NME.COM - Trans Am - Futureworld - 15 April 1999". NME . October 17, 2000. Archived from the original on October 17, 2000.
4. "Trans Am: Futureworld". Pitchfork.
5. "Reviews". Spin. 15 (4): 166, 168. April 1999.
6. "Trans Am | Biography & History". AllMusic.
7. Klein, Joshua (March 29, 2002). "Trans Am: Futureworld". Music.
8. "Trans Am". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
9. "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". The Village Voice. October 6, 2011. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021.