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Frequencies (album)
Frequencies is the debut studio album by British electronic
Frequencies
music duo LFO, released on 22 July 1991 by Warp.[3] It peaked at
No. 42 on the UK Albums Chart and was released to universal
acclaim.[4]

Contents
Background
Release
Critical reception
Track listing
Charts Studio album by LFO

References Released 22 July 1991

External links Recorded 1990–1991

Genre Techno[1] · acid house[1]
· IDM[2] · electronica[1]
Background Length 54:42

Warp Records originally signed LFO in 1990 after DJ Martin Label Warp
played their tracks at Leeds Warehouse.[5] The duo were both 19 Producer LFO · Martin Williams
years old when they recorded their debut LP.[5] According to Bell, LFO chronology
most of the album was made by him alone because Varley felt
"trapped by the confines of Warp" and wanted to make more Frequencies
Advance

direct dance music; the credits were nonetheless split 50/50. [5] (1991) (1996)

Release
Frequencies was originally released by Warp in the United Kingdom, while it was later released by
Tommy Boy Records in the United States. The US edition of the album alters the track listing slightly,
inserting "Track 14", which concludes the UK edition, in between "We Are Back" and "Tan Ta Ra"; the
rest of the tracks then proceed in the same order as the UK edition.

"LFO", "We Are Back", and "What Is House? (LFO Remix)" (an expanded version of "Intro") were
released as singles.

In 2009, the Warp20 (Recreated) compilation featured covers of "LFO" and "What Is House? (LFO
Remix)" by Luke Vibert and Autechre, respectively.[6]

Critical reception

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In 2006, Frequencies was named by The Observer

as one of the "50 albums that changed music".[10]
Professional ratings
In 2012, Fact placed Frequencies at number 47 on Review scores
its list of the "100 Best Albums of the 1990s".[11] In
Source Rating
a 2013 article for Fact, critic Simon Reynolds
AllMusic [1]
named it as "one of electronic dance music’s All
Time Top 5 Albums".[12] Clash 8/10[7]

In 2015, NME placed it at number 47 on its list of State 5/5[8]

"100 Lost Albums You Need to Know".[13] Mixmag Uncut [9]
included the album in its 2018 list of the 50 most
influential dance music albums of all time.[14]

Track listing
All tracks are written by Mark Bell and Gez Varley, except "LFO" by Mark Bell, Gez Varley, and Martin
Williams.

No. Title Length

1. "Intro" 2:24
2. "LFO" 3:26
3. "Simon from Sydney" 5:05
4. "Nurture" 4:40
5. "Freeze" 3:56
6. "We Are Back" 4:45
7. "Tan Ta Ra" 4:29
8. "You Have to Understand" 4:04
9. "El Ef Oh!" 3:49
10. "Love Is the Message" 3:45
11. "Mentok 1" 4:17
12. "Think a Moment" 3:27
13. "Groovy Distortion" 3:28
14. "Track 14" 2:57
Total length: 54:42

Charts
Peak

Chart (1991)
position

UK Albums (OCC)[15] 42

References
1. Cooper, Sean. "Frequencies – LFO" (https://www.allmusic.com/album/frequencies-mw000027098
2). AllMusic. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
2. Leone, Dominique (12 November 2003). "LFO: Sheath" (https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/495
5-sheath/). Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

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3. "Warp Records | LFO | Frequencies | WARP3" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070106180901/htt

p://www.warprecords.com/ography/release.php?cat=WARP3). Warp. Archived from the original (h
ttp://www.warprecords.com/ography/release.php?cat=WARP3) on 6 January 2007. Retrieved
20 May 2009.
4. Cooper, Sean. "LFO (Biography)" (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lfo-mn0000101164/biography).
AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
5. "Interview (2002): LFO Low Frequency Opportunist" (https://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/st/2014/10/
7531/). The Milk Factory. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
6. Breihan, Tom (1 July 2009). "Warp20 Box Set Tracklist Revealed" (https://pitchfork.com/news/358
00-warp20-box-set-tracklist-revealed/). Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
7. Bennett, Matthew (31 October 2011). "LFO – Frequencies" (http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/lf
o-frequencies). Clash. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
8. McCausland, Darragh (8 November 2011). "LFO – Frequencies (reissue)" (https://web.archive.or
g/web/20170319112530/http://state.ie/album-reviews/lfo-frequencies-reissue). State. Archived
from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
9. "LFO: Frequencies". Uncut (177). February 2012.
10. "The 50 albums that changed music" (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/popandroc
k.shopping). The Observer. 16 July 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
11. "The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s" (http://www.factmag.com/2012/09/03/the-100-best-albums-of
-the-1990s-100-81/). Fact. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
12. Reynolds, Simon (22 July 2013). "The 20 best bleep records ever made: LFO – 'LFO' (Warp,
1990)" (http://www.factmag.com/2013/07/22/the-20-best-bleep-records-ever-made/6/). Fact.
Retrieved 8 March 2017.
13. "100 Lost Albums You Need To Know" (https://www.nme.com/list/100-lost-albums-you-need-to-kn
ow-1337). NME. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
14. "The 50 most influential dance music albums of all time" (https://mixmag.net/feature/the-50-most-i
nfluential-dance-music-albums-of-all-time). Mixmag. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 14 September
2019.
15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100" (https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19910728/750
2/). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

External links
Frequencies (https://www.discogs.com/master/23850) at Discogs (list of releases)

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