Saturnz Return

Saturnz Return
Studio album by Goldie
Released 27 January 1998
Recorded England
Genre Drum and bass, jungle, hardcore techno
Length 149:16 CD
75:14 cassette
73:20 vinyl
Label FFRR Records
Producer Goldie and Rob Playford
Goldie chronology
Timeless
(1995)
Saturnz Return
(1998)
Ring of Saturn
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
Almost Cool5/10[4]
Spin6/10[5]
NME8/10[6]
Pitchfork Media8.6/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
TranceCritic.com[9]
Sputnikmusic[10]

Saturnz Return is the second studio album by Goldie, released on 27 January 1998.[11] The album was released after the explosion of drum and bass into popular culture, to the point where movies and television commercials were scored with breakbeats. Saturnz Return reached as high as #15 on the UK Albums Chart but received mixed reviews upon release, citing a lack of cohesion and a wealth of indulgences (the first disc alone contains the hour-long orchestral drum and bass song "Mother", as well as an eight-minute hidden track of ambient piano and voice.)

Track listing

CD pressing

All songs written and composed by Goldie, except where noted[12]. 

Disc one
No. Title Length
1. "Mother" (Goldie, Optical, John Altman) 60:11
2. "Truth" (feat. David Bowie; includes hidden track, "The Dream Within") 13:52
Disc two
No. Title Length
1. "Temper, Temper" (feat. Noel Gallagher) 5:14
2. "Digital" (feat. KRS-One) 5:51
3. "I'll Be There for You" (Goldie, Anne Dudley, Malcolm McLaren, Trevor Horn) 6:57
4. "Believe"   7:09
5. "Dragonfly"   16:04
6. "Chico - Death of a Rockstar" (Goldie, Jorge Mautner, Rob Playford) 7:14
7. "Letter of Fate"   7:54
8. "Fury - The Origin"   6:30
9. "Crystal Clear" (Goldie, Justina Curtis) 6:53
10. "Demonz"   5:28

The cassette release is identical to the second CD, with five songs on each side.

Vinyl pressing
Side A
No. Title Length
1. "I'll Be There for You" (Goldie, Anne Dudley, Malcolm McLaren, Trevor Horn) 6:57
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Chico - Death of a Rockstar" (Goldie, Jorge Mautner, Rob Playford) 7:14
Side C
No. Title Length
1. "Fury - The Origin"   6:30
Side D
No. Title Length
1. "Crystal Clear" (Goldie, Justina Curtis) 6:53
Side E
No. Title Length
1. "Demonz"   5:28
Side F
No. Title Length
1. "Digital" (feat. KRS-One) 5:51
2. "Temper, Temper" (feat. Noel Gallagher) 5:14
Side G
No. Title Length
1. "Letter of Fate"   7:54
2. "Truth" (feat. David Bowie) 5:15
Side H
No. Title Length
1. "Dragonfly"   16:04

References

  1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1998-01-27). "Saturnz Return - Goldie | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  2. Browne, David (1998-02-06). "Saturnz Return". EW.com. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. "CG: Goldie". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  4. "Goldie - Saturnzreturn - almost cool music review". Almostcool.org. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  5. Spin (3/98, p.130) - 6 (out of 10) - "...Forget coherance: Unlike Tricky, Goldie is no formal genius. His transitions are sometimes merely unbrilliant, sometimes unintentionally comic, or just plain nonexistant....Elsewhere, Goldie more successfully infuses the genre with hip-hop hardness and R&B lace..."
  6. NME (Magazine) (1/24/98, p.34) - 8 (out of 10) - "...SATURNZ RETURN is an astonishingly ambitious opus and, given its length and emotional breadth, also a remarkably consistent one....Ladies and gentlemen, Goldie is floating in space."
  7. "Goldie: Saturnzreturn: Pitchfork Review". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 20 April 2003. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  8. http://web.archive.org/web/20071111153910/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/goldie/albums/album/149885/review/5941399/saturnzreturn
  9. "trancecritic.com". trancecritic.com. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  10. "Goldie - SaturnzReturn (album review )". Sputnikmusic. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  11. "Saturnz Return - Goldie | Releases". AllMusic. 1998-01-27. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  12. "Saturnz Return - Goldie | Credits". AllMusic. 1998-01-27. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
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