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. The album is notable for being the band's heaviest.
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.
Reception
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". Trouser Press wrote that "as a refined dose of pure musical aggression that grabs, holds and savages ... it’s the band’s most effective".
The album won a 1995 NAIRD Indie Award, in the Hard Music category.
Track listing
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
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