First published at 10:33 UTC on May 3rd, 2021.
Black Noise is the debut studio album by Canadian progressive rock group FM. Released in a limited edition by CBC in early 1978, it didn't receive widespread release until later that year when GRT/Passport Records did a full release of the albu…
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Black Noise is the debut studio album by Canadian progressive rock group FM. Released in a limited edition by CBC in early 1978, it didn't receive widespread release until later that year when GRT/Passport Records did a full release of the album that shot up the Canadian record charts fueled by the hit single "Phasors on Stun". The B-side was the instrumental song "Slaughter in Robot Village".
In 2015, Rolling Stone released its list of 50 of the Greatest Progressive Rock Albums of All Time, and Black Noise made the list at number forty eight (#48).
Released 1978
Recorded Sounds Interchange, Toronto, 1977
Genre Space rock
Length 40:26
Label CBC, Visa, Passport, Now See Hear
Producer FM and Keith Whiting
1. "Phasors on Stun" (Nash the Slash, Cameron Hawkins; lyrics: Hawkins) – 3:49
2. "One O'Clock Tomorrow" (Nash the Slash, Hawkins; lyrics: Hawkins) – 6:05
3. "Hours" (Martin Deller) – 2:36
4. "Journey" (Hawkins; lyrics: Hawkins) – 4:41
5. "Dialing for Dharma" (Nash the Slash, Hawkins) – 3:15
6. "Slaughter in Robot Village" (Deller) – 5:02
7. "Aldebaran" (Nash the Slash, Deller, Hawkins; lyrics: Hawkins) – 5:02
8. "Black Noise" (Nash the Slash, Hawkins; lyrics: Hawkins) – 9:56
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