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]
Overview
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]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| 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]
Track listing
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 | |
- Track 12 is unlisted (but mentioned in the booklet) and includes five minutes of silence before the song starts.
Personnel
Fudge Tunnel
- Alex Newport – vocals, guitars
- David Ryley – bass guitar
- Adrian Parkin – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Dave Buchanan – engineering
- John Cornfield – engineering
References
- ^ "Wayback Archive: EARACHE MOSH119". Archived from the original on 27 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b c d "Complicated Futility of Ignorance - Fudge Tunnel | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE Inc. p. 2045. ISBN 0-333-74134-X.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (1998). "Fudge Tunnel". The Great Metal Discography. Canongate. pp. 116–117. ISBN 0862417279 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Goldstein, Gordon (17 September 1994). "Rekordz". Kerrang!. No. 512. EMAP. p. 46.
- ^ "The Complicated Futility Of Ignorance". Rock Hard (Vol. 91) (in German). 17 November 1994. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Wilkinson, Roy (November 1994). "Soundbites". Select. EMAP. p. 103.
- ^ "Fudge Tunnel". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Rounder Tops NAIRD Awards; Arhoolie Founder Honored". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 27 May 1995 – via Google Books.