Remembering the Future

NASA | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 1, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ninthwave Records
• ASIN: B00004XS69
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,105 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Keyboard Magazine October 2000 -

Bouncy electro-beats straight out of Kraftwerk... a generous helping of song hooks...fuses the past and the future perfectly" -Jim Aikin.

Product Description

Classic Swedish synthpop, calls to mind Erasure, Abba, Ace of Base, SPOCK and others

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars so darn good I started a record company around it..., November 20, 2002

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D. H. Richards "ninthwavestore" (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remembering the Future (Audio CD)

What can I say. The moment I heard this on import from Sweden I knew it was a once in a lifetime classic album. Trouble is nobody in the US would release it. NASA was a pop band in Sweden but unknown here. So I started Ninthwave Records and licensed the album.
By 2002 the heavy use of the vocoder sounds dated, but remember in 1998 when the album was amde that was pretty new. Still, the album holds up very well. There is a reason that despite some 21 albums later, this first one remains Ninthwave Records best seller...

Thanks!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Synthpop album I've heard in years..., January 9, 2007

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J. Darknell "MutantPixel" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remembering the Future (Audio CD)

NASA was recommended to me quite a long time ago by a friend. For some reason I was hesitant to purchase a completely unknown album, and it languished on my wishlist for ages. This past Christmas I finally broke down and purchased it desperate for some new music. On first listen, I didnt think there was anything special about the album, but once I got it on my iPod and started listening to it in the car on my way to work, I was completely entranced by the catchy hooks and brilliant arrangments. The song themes are way out of left field, which I really like, kind of in the vein of Peter Schilling. The sound design is genius, odd electronic whirs and blips meld together to make wonderously catchy tunes. My highest recommendation!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Synthpop worth listening to., July 14, 2004

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This review is from: Remembering the Future (Audio CD)

This album is exceptional, and not just as a "synthpop" album. The songwriting is exceptional, the lyrics are witty and much better written than songs written by people for whom English is their first language.

Musically, it's some of the most imaginative synth-work I've heard in a LONG time! Honestly, to call this a "synthpop" album will probably turn people away who already have an idea of what "modern synthpop" is all about. This is unfortunate. Unlike the barrage of Depeche Mode and Erasure clones littering the landscape, NASA are a unique group, and "Remembering The Future" is a unique, and more importantly, fun album. It does "borrow" elements from other bands (New Musik above all others), this album is anything but derivative.

In conclusion, we have an album with pitch perfect vocals, memorable melodies and synthesizer programming, and a vocalist who sounds as far from Andy Bell and David Gahan as is humanly possible. If that's not enough reason to buy this album, I don't know what is. :)