Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Seventy Three
3. Metropolis
4. Music In My Mind
5. Jaxx
6. Mother Earth
7. Trees Know Everything
8. Circles
9. Dirty Harry
10. F Jam
11. Colours
12. Aromatherapy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17543 in Music
• Released on: 1997-10-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
The son of Alvin Stardust, Adam F was weaned on traditional musicianship. He plays most instruments on Colours himself. The clean drum and bass breaks are accompanied by swathes of jazz trumpet, saxophone, flute and indulgent Fender guitar solos: pure jazz fusion with cheesy brass/synthesiser stabs reminiscent of 1970s TV theme/incidental music-- Pat Metheny meets Starsky & Hutch. Listeners are sharply divided--loving or loathing it, considering it either jazz genius or insipid tack, although everyone agrees the Tracey Thorn collaboration is dreadful. Stand-out tracks include Top 20 hit "Circles" ("Tick, tick, tick, tick...") and "Music In My Mind" with it's vocoder. In a brilliant darker moment, "Metropolis" creates Alfred Hitchcock suspense using a perpetual drone like a swarm of killer bees and a "Wildstyle" repetitive scratch. Meanwhile, there are more highly original sounds on "Jaxx", where a drum beat merges with smashing glass. --Sarah Champion

CD Description
Adam F broke into the drum-and-bass arena with the two-fisted knockout of "Circles" and "F-Jam". All doubters who scoffed at his privileged showbiz background (dad was a notoriousglam-rocker and young Adam himself toured America as a Moody Blues keyboardist) were silenced by the absolute perfection and consummate musicality of his simmering grooves. With atalent for arrangement and programming that vastly belies his 24 years, Adam F established himself as a fixture of the acid-jazz/jungle crossover set.
A perennial outsider, Adam F shuns the club scene, professes a strong spirituality, and embraces live ensemble musicianship over retread sampling. Where others nick obscure Blue Note riffs, Adam plies his own saucy post-Weather Report fusion enticements ("F-Jam", "Music In My Mind"), seasoning them with effected vocals and sharp breakbeats. You can't pigeonhole Adam. "Metropolis" and "Jaxx", colossal twin-slabs of claustrophobic urban menace, offset the seductive "Aromatherapy" and "The Tree Knows Everything", a slick dance-pop showcase for Everything But TheGirl vocalist Tracey Thorn. "Dirty Harry", as lean and punchy as Lalo Schifrin's orchestral workouts, shows a genuine understanding of funk. That alone sets Adam apart from the majority of his fumbling, beat-wrangling contemporaries.

Customer Reviews

Dad was also a star
I first heard of Adam F through a Dj mate of mine. He had a copy of circles, and played it to death in his set. Hearing this song again, some 5 or 6 years later in stills sounds as fresh and hypnotic as it ever did. Along with the 4 hero's remix of the Nu Yorican Soul's; Dark gold of the sun, Circles remains one of Drum and Bass's finest moments. The album has other high points. MC Conrad on the funk/jazzy track, F-jams, supplies his usual energetic and simple accompany, metropolis is a harder dance floor number to get to your toe tapping and head bobbing. Adam F perfected the larger, fuller, chilled out drum and bass sound on this album. some of the current Producers should listen to this album, then maybe enject some new ideas into a drum and bass sence that went very stale a long time ago.

Timeless - for want of a better word!
Words can't describe just how good this album is. Too many times you hear people talking about Drum & Bass, and the only artist they have to hand is "Pendulum".
This is Drum & Bass as it should be - a mix of chilled jazz grooves with bouncing basslines that almost change to suit the mood. Stand out tracks are impossible to pull, the album does not have a chink in the armour.
Please buy this album, the price on offer is little more than theft!

For a similarly great album, try LTJ Bukem; Journey Inwards.

Wicked sounds
This album is getting on a bit now but i still always come back to it,circles is a timeless track as is f-jam.I was interested to read that his dad was also a star.Its not suprising that adam f went on to work with rappers in usa such as redman he easily has the skills to do it.Id much rather listen to him then the plastic beats by the neptunes etc.If you dont own this album you should buy it asap.