Timeless

1995 · jungle · drum and bass

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№ 11 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century

Took jungle from dubplate to 21-minute suite and dared the press to object

Goldie's Timeless takes jungle from the dubplate into the 21-minute orchestral suite, menace intact. Breakbeats, strings and long-form composition occupy the same structure on the title track, and the album keeps returning to that expanded scale. The middle stretch loosens, but the ambition never does.

№ 1 on The 10 Best Jungle and Drum & Bass Albums

The ambition record. Strings, Diane Charlemagne, a title track running twenty-one minutes, and a chart position nobody predicted. Jungle arguing for its own seriousness and winning on the first attempt.

Also ranked

Dancefloor: № 101
Influence: № 15
External poll: № 65

Tracklist

1-2Saint Angel7:14
1-3State Of Mind7:05
1-4This Is A Bad5:56
1-5Sea Of Tears12:03
1-6Jah The Seventh Seal6:36
2-1A Sense Of Rage (Sensual V.I.P. Mix)7:05
2-2Still Life10:50
2-3Angel4:56
2-4Adrift8:29
2-5Kemistry6:48
2-6You & Me7:04