The Complicated Futility of Ignorance
Studio album by
Fudge Tunnel
ReleasedSeptember 1994
Genre
Length52:01
LabelEarache
ProducerAlex Newport
Fudge Tunnel chronology
Creep Diets
(1993)		 The Complicated Futility of Ignorance
(1994)

The Complicated Futility of Ignorance is the third and final studio album by English rock band Fudge Tunnel, released in September 1994 by Earache Records.[1] The album is notable for being the band's heaviest.[2]

Overview

The Complicated Futility of Ignorance is noted for being the heaviest and most extreme album of the band. While being a mostly sludge album, it is also leaning towards groove metal and in particular, the song "Six Eight" is played in a doom metal style.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Kerrang![5]
Rock Hard7.5/10[6]
Select[7]

AllMusic's Vincent Jeffries gave the album four stars out of five, and noted the release as being "the best of this group's many fine offerings".[2] Trouser Press wrote that "as a refined dose of pure musical aggression that grabs, holds and savages ... it’s the band’s most effective".[8]

The album won a 1995 NAIRD Indie Award, in the Hard Music category.[9]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Fudge Tunnel; all music is composed by Fudge Tunnel

No.TitleLength
1."Random Acts Of Cruelty"4:41
2."The Joy Of Irony"5:33
3."Backed Down"4:06
4."Cover Up"4:51
5."Six Eight"7:12
6."Long Day"3:21
7."Excuse"4:35
8."Find Your Fortune"5:00
9."Suffering Makes Great Stories"3:31
10."Circle Of Friends, Circle Of Trends"4:33
11."Rudge with A G"4:38
12."Pope Calvin III"10:32
Total length:52:01
  • Track 12 is unlisted (but mentioned in the booklet) and includes five minutes of silence before the song starts.

Personnel

Fudge Tunnel

  • Alex Newport – vocals, guitars
  • David Ryley – bass guitar
  • Adrian Parkin – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

  • Dave Buchanan – engineering
  • John Cornfield – engineering

References

  1. ↑ "Wayback Archive: EARACHE MOSH119". Archived from the original on 27 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Complicated Futility of Ignorance - Fudge Tunnel | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE Inc. p. 2045. ISBN 0-333-74134-X.
  5. ↑ Goldstein, Gordon (17 September 1994). "Rekordz". Kerrang!. No. 512. EMAP. p. 46.
  6. ↑ "The Complicated Futility Of Ignorance". Rock Hard (Vol. 91) (in German). 17 November 1994. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Wilkinson, Roy (November 1994). "Soundbites". Select. EMAP. p. 103.
  8. ↑ "Fudge Tunnel". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. ↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (27 May 1995). "Rounder Tops NAIRD Awards; Arhoolie Founder Honored". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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