Ginger (Speedy J album)

Ginger
Studio album by Speedy J
Released 21 June 1993 (1993-06-21)
Studio The Plant
Genre IDM, ambient, techno
Length 64:02
Label Plus 8, Warp
Producer Jochem Paap
Speedy J chronology
Ginger
(1993)		 G-Spot
(1995)G-Spot1995
Artificial Intelligence series chronology
Dimension Intrusion
(1993) Dimension Intrusion1993		 Ginger
(1993) Ginger1993		 Incunabula
(1993) Incunabula1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Ginger is a 1993 studio album by Speedy J. It is the sixth release in Warp's Artificial Intelligence series. It peaked at number 68 on the UK Albums Chart.

"De-Orbit" also appears on the Artificial Intelligence compilation album. In 2014, Fact placed it at number 9 on its list of the "100 greatest IDM tracks".[2]

Critical reception

AllMusic's Joshua Glazer awarded the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Every sound is magnificently structured, in perfect pitch and timbre with every other sound, making Ginger a masterpiece of techno music as audio design."[1] Writing for A Guide to Essential Ambient & Downtempo Albums, Mike Watson described Ginger as "among the finest lounge-room techno or 'electronic listening music' releases of the decade."[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ginger"7:20
2."Fill 4"2:14
3."Beam Me Up!"5:43
4."R2 D2"5:49
5."Fill 14"4:07
6."Jackpot"1:06
7."Basic Design"7:53
8."Perfect Pitch"7:14
9."Flashback"6:02
10."Fill 15"2:40
11."Pepper"7:42
12."De-Orbit"6:12

Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 68

References

  1. 1 2 Glazer, Joshua. "Ginger - Speedy J". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "The 100 greatest IDM tracks". Fact. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Watson, Mike. "Jochem Paap aka Speedy J". A Guide to Essential Ambient & Downtempo Albums. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Speedy J". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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