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| The Complicated Futility of Ignorance | ||||
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| Released | September 1994 | |||
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| Length | 52:01 | |||
| Label | Earache | |||
| Producer | Alex Newport | |||
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The Complicated Futility of Ignorance is the third and final studio album by English rock band Fudge Tunnel, released in September 1994 by Earache Records. [1] The album is notable for being the band's heaviest. [2]
The Complicated Futility of Ignorance is noted for being the heaviest and most extreme album of the band. While being a mostly sludge album, it is also leaning towards groove metal and in particular, the song "Six Eight" is played in a doom metal style. [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Great Metal Discography | 7/10 [5] |
| Kerrang! | [6] |
| Rock Hard | 7.5/10 [7] |
| Select | [8] |
AllMusic's Vincent Jeffries gave the album four stars out of five, and noted the release as being "the best of this group's many fine offerings". [2] Trouser Press wrote that "as a refined dose of pure musical aggression that grabs, holds and savages ... it’s the band’s most effective". [9]
The album won a 1995 NAIRD Indie Award, in the Hard Music category. [10]
All lyrics are written by Fudge Tunnel; all music is composed by Fudge Tunnel
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Random Acts Of Cruelty" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "The Joy Of Irony" | 5:33 |
| 3. | "Backed Down" | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Cover Up" | 4:51 |
| 5. | "Six Eight" | 7:12 |
| 6. | "Long Day" | 3:21 |
| 7. | "Excuse" | 4:35 |
| 8. | "Find Your Fortune" | 5:00 |
| 9. | "Suffering Makes Great Stories" | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Circle Of Friends, Circle Of Trends" | 4:33 |
| 11. | "Rudge with A G" | 4:38 |
| 12. | "Pope Calvin III" | 10:32 |
| Total length: | 52:01 | |
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