Future Language

Future Language
Studio album by Von LMO
Released 1981
Genre No wave
Length 37:47 (vinyl edition)
46:22 (CD edition)
Label StraZar (original release)
Flemish Masters (reissue)
Von LMO chronology

Future Language
(1981)		 Cosmic Interception
(1994)

Future Language is the debut studio album of Von LMO, released independently in 1981 through his label StraZar. It is dedicated to the advancement of the United States space program.[1] After a performance at Max's Kansas City in November, Von LMO disappeared from the music scene until 1991.[2]

Songs

The song "Leave Your Body" was written for an acquaintance of LMO's who had intended to commit suicide in 1979. VMO explained, "I tried to help her by telling her that she's going to leave her body, get out of that present state, and just find herself."[2] Five of the album's tracks were later re-recorded and released on Von LMO's 1994 album Cosmic Interception.

Release and reception

Music journalist Chuck Eddy named Future Language as being one of the 500 best albums of heavy metal in his Stairway to Hell book, listing it at No. 347.[3] He would later praise Saturn's saxophone playing and LMO's ability as a front-man in an issue of Spin.[1]

In 2000, it was issued by Flemish Masters on CD and included the track "Shake, Rattle and Roll" as bonus content. The album was included in its entirety on the Tranceformer (Future Language 2.001) compilation released in 2003.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Future Language"   4:21
2. "Crash Landing 88"   3:48
3. "Outside of Time"   2:48
4. "This Is Pop Rock"   2:47
5. "Leave Your Body"   5:06
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Ultra Violet Light"   4:29
2. "Give Us Strength"   2:28
3. "Fire Eyes"   2:59
4. "Radio World"   4:40
5. "Be Yourself"   4:16
2000 CD bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Shake, Rattle and Roll"   8:34

Personnel

Von LMO
Additional musicians and production

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eddy, Chuck (February 2010). "Essestials". Spin 26: 66. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Strauss, Neil (May 1, 2012). Everyone Loves You When You're Dead. HarperCollins. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ Eddy, Chuck (March 21, 1998). Stairway to Hell. Da Capo Press. Retrieved August 26, 2012.

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