| Timeless | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 7 August 1995 | |||
| Recorded | England | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length |
| |||
| Label | FFRR | |||
| Producer | ||||
| Goldie chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from Timeless | ||||
| ||||
Timeless is the debut studio album by British electronic musician Goldie. It was released on 7 August 1995 and is widely regarded as a groundbreaking release in the history of drum and bass music. [1]
Goldie was joined in the studio by engineer/producer Rob Playford (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 Dillinja, and Dego and Marc Mac of 4hero. Diane Charlemagne and Lorna Harris contributed the bulk of the vocals. Its title track includes what has become the most recognisable and crossover hit from the album, "Inner City Life". Tracks such as "Angel", "You & Me" and "Kemistry" (dedicated to DJ Kemistry) appeared in remastered form from their original 1992/93 versions.
Released on Pete Tong's FFRR label, the album reached no. 7 on the UK Albums Chart. 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.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide | C+ [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [6] |
| Music & Media | Favorable [7] |
| Muzik | 5/5 [8] |
| NME | 9/10 [9] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [10] |
| Spin | 9/10 [11] |
It is listed as one of the best albums of all time in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [1]
2×CD edition
All tracks are written by Goldie, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Timeless: Inner City Life/Pressure/Jah" | Goldie, Diane Charlemagne, Rob Playford | 21:01 |
| 2. | "Saint Angel" | 7:14 | |
| 3. | "State of Mind" | Goldie, Playford | 7:05 |
| 4. | "This Is a Bad" | 5:56 | |
| 5. | "Sea of Tears" | Goldie, Playford | 12:03 |
| 6. | "Jah the Seventh Seal" | Goldie, Playford | 6:36 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Sense of Rage" (Sensual V.I.P mix) | Goldie, Playford | 7:05 |
| 2. | "Still Life" | 10:50 | |
| 3. | "Angel" | 4:56 | |
| 4. | "Adrift" | Goldie, Justina Curtis | 8:29 |
| 5. | "Kemistry" | 6:48 | |
| 6. | "You & Me" | 7:04 | |
| 7. | "Inner City Life (Baby Boy's edit)" (US bonus track; remix by Photek ) | 3:34 | |
| 8. | "Inner City Life (Rabbit's Short Attention Span edit)" (US bonus track; remix by Rabbit in the Moon ) | 4:20 |
CD/cassette edition
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Timeless: Inner City Life/Pressure/Jah" | Goldie, Diane Charlemagne, Rob Playford | 21:01 |
| 2. | "Saint Angel" | 7:14 | |
| 3. | "State of Mind" | Goldie, Playford | 7:05 |
| 4. | "Sea of Tears" | Goldie, Playford | 12:03 |
| 5. | "Angel" | 4:56 | |
| 6. | "Sensual" | 8:13 | |
| 7. | "Kemistry" | 6:48 | |
| 8. | "You & Me" | 7:04 |
The cassette release is identical to the single CD release, with three songs on the first side and five on the second side.
2×LP/vinyl edition
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Saint Angel" | 7:14 |
| 2. | "This Is a Bad" | 5:56 |
| 3. | "Kemistry" (V.I.P mix) | 5:35 |
| 4. | "You & Me" | 7:04 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Still Life" | 10:50 | |
| 6. | "Still Life" (V.I.P mix; The Latino Dego in Me) | 5:26 | |
| 7. | "Jah the Seventh Seal" | Goldie, Playford | 6:36 |
| 8. | "A Sense of Rage" (Sensual V.I.P mix) | Goldie, Playford | 7:05 |
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] | 46 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] | 22 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [16] | 7 |
Clifford Joseph Price MBE, better known as Goldie, is an English music producer, DJ, and actor.
Daydream Nation is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on October 18, 1988. The band recorded the album between July and August 1988 at Greene St. Recording in New York City, and it was released by Enigma Records as a double album.
Parklife is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994, by Food Records. After moderate sales for their previous album Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife returned Blur to prominence in the UK, helped by its four hit singles: "Girls & Boys", "To the End", the title track and "End of a Century".
...I Care Because You Do is the third studio album by the British electronic music artist and producer Richard D. James under the alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 24 April 1995 through Warp Records and contains material recorded between 1990 and 1994. It marked James's return to a beat-driven sound following the mostly ambient album Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994), and combines abrasive rhythms with symphonic and ambient elements. The cover artwork is a self-portrait of James.
The Stone Roses is the debut studio album by English rock band the Stone Roses. It was recorded mostly at Battery Studios in London with producer John Leckie from June 1988 to February 1989 and released later that year on 2 May by Silvertone Records.
Dummy is the debut studio album by English electronic music band Portishead, released on 22 August 1994 by Go! Beat Records.
Check Your Head is the third studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released on April 21, 1992, by Grand Royal and Capitol Records. Three years elapsed between the releases of the band's previous studio album Paul's Boutique (1989) and Check Your Head, which was recorded at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village in 1991 under the guidance of producer Mario Caldato Jr., the group's third producer in as many albums. Less sample-heavy than their previous records, the album features instrumental contributions from all three members: Adam Horovitz on guitar, Adam Yauch on bass guitar, and Mike Diamond on drums.
I Just Can't Stop It is the debut studio album by British two-tone band the Beat, released on 23 May 1980 by Go-Feet Records in the United Kingdom. It was released the same year in the United States on Sire Records, with the band credited as "The English Beat"; in Australia, it was released on Go-Feet under the band name "The British Beat".
Disco 2 is the second remix album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 12 September 1994 by Parlophone. It consists of remixes of songs from the duo's albums Behaviour (1990) and Very (1993), as well as B-sides from the time.
Second Toughest in the Infants is the fourth studio album by British electronic music group Underworld, and the second in their "MK2" line-up with Darren Emerson. With this album, Underworld expanded on their progressive palette, while developing their signature sound of abrasive beats and anthemic melodies. The name of the album derives from a comment made by member Rick Smith's six-year-old nephew, Simon Prosser, when asked on his progress at infant school. Second Toughest featured the single "Pearl's Girl". The re-issue featured the band's best known single, "Born Slippy .NUXX".
Moving Shadow is an English breakbeat hardcore, jungle and drum and bass record label which was founded in 1990 by Rob Playford.
Endtroducing..... is the debut studio album by American music producer DJ Shadow, released on September 16, 1996, by Mo' Wax. It is an instrumental hip hop work composed almost entirely of samples from vinyl records. DJ Shadow produced Endtroducing over two years, using an Akai MPC60 sampler and little other equipment. He edited and layered samples to create new tracks of varying moods and tempos.
FFRR Records is a dance music label founded as a subsidiary of London Records in 1986, with A&R run by the British DJ Pete Tong. Originally a part of London Records' label roster, FFRR is currently a sublabel of Parlophone, a division of Warner Music Group. Its activities were mostly halted in the early 2000s, until the label was revived in 2011. Its catalog was sold off in 2017, but the label was revived a second time in 2021, this time with a new identity.
Metalheadz is a major drum and bass record label based in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1994 by Kemistry & Storm and Goldie.
The Infotainment Scan is the fifteenth album by The Fall, released in 1993 on Permanent Records in the UK and by Matador Records in the USA. At the time of its release, it was considered the band's most accessible album and came when the band were experiencing unprecedented recognition in the media. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 9, making it their highest-charting album.
Mezcal Head is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Swervedriver. It was released on 27 September 1993 by Creation Records in the United Kingdom and on 5 October 1993 by A&M Records in the United States.
White Chalk is the seventh studio album by the English singer-songwriter and musician PJ Harvey, released on 24 September 2007 on Island Records.
Saturnz Return is the second studio album by Goldie, released on 27 January 1998. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at 15, however only spent four weeks on the chart in total.
"Inner City Life" is a song by British electronic musician Goldie featuring vocals by British singer Diane Charlemagne, released in November 1994 by FFRR as the first single from his acclaimed debut album, Timeless (1995). The song was written by Goldie with Rob Playford, and is widely considered one of the most iconic drum and bass works of its era. Accompanied by a music video directed by Mike Lipscombe, it peaked at No. 39 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 6 on the UK Dance Chart. NME ranked "Inner City Life" No. 11 in their list of the "50 Best Songs of 1994". In 2013, it was ranked No. 30 in Mixmag's list of "50 Greatest Dance Tracks of All Time".
"Angel" is a song by English musician Goldie, released in 1995 as second single from his debut album, Timeless (1995). The song was originally published as a single in 1993 by British label Synthetic Records and credited to Goldie's moniker "Metalheads". The subsequent re-release reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart on 9 September 1995. The song features vocals from Goldie's frequent collaborator Diane Charlemagne. While "Angel" uses time stretching sample technique and soul vocals, its remixed version "Saint Angel" is more hardcore techno-influenced. It was released both on "Angel" single and album Timeless.
