Track Listing

1. What Time Is Love?
2. Make It Rain
3. 3 A.M Eternal (Live at the S.S.L)
4. Church of the KLF
5. Last Train to Transcentral (Live From The Lost Continent)
6. Build A Fire
7. The White Room
8. No More Tears
9. Justified and Ancient

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3011 in Music
• Released on: 1998-07-16
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import

Amazon.co.uk Review
Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond had their first massive smash hit as the Timelords ("Doctoring the House") and also scored hits as the Jams. So by the time they came up with tracks like "3AM Eternal" and the blaring-horn-a-thon that was "What Time Is Love?" (both from The White Room), they were already well versed in writing pop songs.

This is a dance album of sorts, but it is very tongue-in-cheek and has a distinctly commercial edge. The pair were notorious jokers--the back cover shows them clutching sheep to their chests--and after managing to rule the charts they disbanded and turned their back on the industry completely. Their disdain for the music business comes through in their over-the-top futurism and relentless air horn blasting, both of which are an acquired taste and quite nauseating after a while.

Aside from the singles mentioned above, White Room also contains the soulful "Make It Rain", the surprisingly subdued "Church of the KLF", some Scottish poetry on "Build a Fire" and unforgivably crass use of some King Tubby trumpet on the dire "No More Tears". It's hailed as a classic, but don't believe the hype. --Paul Sullivan

Album Description
Please note that this album no longer comes with the 5 track "Justified" EP.

Customer Reviews

Glorious beats from a better time
Ah yes, anyone who cut their "rave/dance floor" teeth during the wonderful beat-fuelled era of the early 90s will remember the insanely extravagant videos and majestic power-pop of the KLF. Well, this album is just pure class. Timeless, affectionate and moving in every way. The chart singles are actually my least favourite courses in this chilled banquet of decadent hedonism. Every track counts, you will not be disappointed. The highlights are the blissed out melodic morning-after tracks that are scattered across this 9 track CD. Back in the day, we used to pay for quality not quantity - and here is the proof. Relax and enjoy this marvellous creation, suitable for all occasions and moods. Allow yourself to be whisked back to a time when kids knew how to say "Make mine a 99"...Love it.

The KLF were as big in one year as most mainstream bands could only dream of
This was a great album when I bought this on cassette on it's original release sixteen years ago and it is still a great album now. The KLF were a magical and one of a kind band that made a massive impact in such a short space of time, they were also known by some as various other names, THE JAMMS (THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU), DISCO 2000, THE TIMELORDS and THE LIBERATION LOOPHOLE, but is was as The KLF that they were most successful. I never knew exactly how to class them, a rave band?, a chill out band?, or just dance music?. I would personally class them as all three, but like I said, there was something magical about them, they were able to continuously have mainstream number one records at a time when getting to number one was an achievement but at the same time they were seen as a band that had some kind of cult following, I would class myself as one of the cult followers and don't forget that rave and dance music in the charts was very common in the early nineties which made The KLF all the more special, the fact that they stood out to me personally as much more than just another dance/rave act is probably the reason that I liked them so much. Then there was that memorable video footage of them burning a million pounds, I can't honestly say if this was real or not but it certainly wouldn't suprise me if it was, I can't remember the reason for it but I think it was either an attack on greed (which would seem odd as they could have just given it to a charity) or some kind of freedom statement to show that they had every right to burn a million that they had made themselves, I could be wrong on both, but I am sure it was something similar, either way it made them unique.

This album is a joy from beginning to end, it was so ahead of it's time, there are so many great and different tempo tracks, their number one opener, the brilliant WHAT TIME IS LOVE?, another number one, the amazing 3 A.M. ETERNAL (my personal favourite of theirs ever) another number one and second favourite of mine ever LAST TRAIN TO TRANCENTRAL (this version is different from the single release but still great), the slower and more relaxing MAKE IT RAIN, BUILD A FIRE, THE WHITE ROOM and yet another number one JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (the single version featured country and western singer Tammy Wynette on vocals).

I am a huge fan of heavy metal/rock and about eighty to ninety per cent of my music collection is just that but I am also open minded and the rest of my music collection is all types of different music genres and The KLF were definitely different but all the better for it. AN UNFORGETTABLE AND TIMELESS ALBUM FROM AN UNFORGETTABLE ACT.

Wanna See You Sweat
The KLF were without doubt one of the most important bands of the last twenty years- they had a profound effect on dance music in the 1990s, and were the first to use the now-household names "chill-out" and "trance". Between summer 1990 and spring 1992 they also held the UK charts hostage with a string of top 5 hits. They were the spear-head of the rave scene, igniting clubs and dominating the pop world.

So what's the KLF all about? Well this album perfectly illustrates their influential "stadium-house" sound. Big booming tracks with strong beats, catchy melodoies and strong vocals, which were generally massively over-produced. The choruses are catchy, the raps are smooth and the beats can get you dancing. This has aged a lot better than most of the dance music out at the time. The four singles are:

What Time Is Love?- A thumping track with a strong melody and beat, their break-through hit is more dance-floor focused than the other singles. Look out for the cheeky MC5 sample. Sadly, the album is missing the KLF's last single- the fantastic America: What Time is Love? rework of this track with rock guitars and a brilliantly reworked chorus. I found the CD single on eBay and it's well worth looking out for.

3AM Eternal- Soulful break-beat house with a very strong female vocal (KLF ah-hah ah-hah). This is great cruising music when you're in the car (see the video)

Last Train to Trancentral- Futuristic sounding, with a cool synth line and loads of vocalists doing very litte. Sounds like early trance.

Justified & Ancient- Slightly over-represented- the last 5 tracks on the CD are the included EP of this. You get the original album version with a male vocalist, a version with a female vocalist, the radio version with Tammy Wynette (and it's 12" mix) and a remix. The original is pretty weak, but the lively radio version is a lot more interesting, and the long version is the best, as it's heavier on the rapping.

Apart from the singles, the other tracks are generally slow, vocal chill-out that's very listenable. They make a good break between the fast singles and give the album a lot of variation.

So what's to say? This is a cracking album. It's dancy in places, chilled in others, and fantastically produced throughout. The lyrics are pretty pointless, most of them doing little more than advertising the Justified Ancients of Mu-Mu (but then, the whole album was tongue-in cheek). It's good to play when you're not really listening, it's good to play in the car when you're driving, it's good to play when people are round and it goes down well everywhere. Even my mum likes these tracks, which is testament to their appeal.