Semaphore
Studio album by
Fridge
Released16 March 1998
GenreAlternative rock, post-rock, indietronica
Length61:08
LabelOutput Recordings[1]
Fridge chronology
Ceefax
(1997)		 Semaphore
(1998)		 Eph
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
NME6/10[3]
The Sunday Times8/10[1]

Semaphore is the second studio album by Fridge, released in March 1998.[4][5]

Critical reception

NME wrote: "Fridge have created an album that is deceptive; minimal and monotonous, you coast through a series of seemingly pointless guitar-bass-and-drums instrumentals like 'Teletexed' and 'Chroma' before being softened up for the nerve-rattling sax on the Faust-like 'Low Fat Diet', or the sand-in-your-joints noise of 'Stamper'."[3] The Independent thought that "although there is much rhythmic intrigue here, sometimes the impression is left that the knobs and buttons on synthesizers dictate the melodies."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Cassette" (1:23)
  2. "Furniture Boy" (7:09)
  3. "A Slow" (4:13)
  4. "Motorbus" (7:27)
  5. "Teletexed" (4:06)
  6. "Chroma" (6:08)
  7. "Lo Fat Diet" (6:37)
  8. "Swerve And Spin" (4:07)
  9. "Curdle" (4:53)
  10. "Lign" (0:18)
  11. "Stamper" (4:56)
  12. "There Is No Try" (1:19)
  13. "Micheal Knight" (8:32)

References

  1. 1 2 Verrico, Lisa (21 March 1998). "Fridge". The Sunday Times. Features. p. 11.
  2. ↑ "Semaphore - Fridge | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. 1 2 "NME.COM - FRIDGE - Semaphore - 21/2/1998". NME. 17 August 2000. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000.
  4. ↑ "Fridge Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ O'Connell, Sharon (21 March 1998). "Bits & bobs". Melody Maker. 75 (12): 46.
  6. ↑ Lewis, Angela (28 February 1998). "POP: ALBUM REVIEWS". The Independent. Features. p. 36.
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