Ninety (album)

Ninety
Studio album by 808 State
Released 1989
Genre Acid house, techno[1]
Length 39:14
Label ZTT
808 State chronology

Quadrastate
(1989)		 Ninety
(1989)		 Utd. State 90
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly A[2]

Ninety is the second full-length album and first on ZTT Records by British house music pioneers 808 State, released in 1989 and featuring the UK Top 40 single "Pacific State" which reached #10 in November 1989. It was released in the US as Utd. State 90, without "The Fat Shadow," but with other bonus tracks.

Slant Magazine listed the album at #54 on its list of the "Best Albums of the 1980s" saying "A thrilling expansion of the possibilities for acid house and arguably the best LP ever produced in the style".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Magical Dream" – 3:52
  2. "Ancodia" – 5:47
  3. "Cobra Bora" – 6:36
  4. "Pacific 202" – 5:43
  5. "Donkey Doctor" – 5:24
  6. "808080808" – 4:20
  7. "Sunrise" – 6:33
  8. "The Fat Shadow" – 0:59

2008 deluxe edition

In September 2008, Ninety was re-released as a 'deluxe edition' featuring Chapter 1 of journalist Ian Peel's 'The 808 Story', the original album remastered by Graham Massey, and a bonus disc of remixes and unreleased tracks which included:

  1. "Pacific (Britmix)" - 4:23
  2. "Cobra Bora (Call The Cops Mix)" - 4:53
  3. "Donkey Doctor (GMEX Mix)" - 4:45
  4. "Boneyween" - 6:12
  5. "Kinky National" - 4:01
  6. "State To State" - 5:56
  7. "Revenge Of The Girlie Men" - 4:13
  8. "Magical Dream (Instrumental)" - 5:09

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Raggetts, Ned. Ninety (album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ 808 State Utd. State 90. Entertainment Weekly. (6 July 1990). "Britain's most exhilarating new dance music."
  3. ↑ "Best Albums of the 1980s | Music". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2014-12-07.

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