Q Magazine (6/00, p.61) - Ranked #89 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...[They] reinvented themselves as media manipulators and invented stadium house....great..."

One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.

New Musical Express (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #81 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'

Entertainment Weekly (7/12/91) - "...their diverse music is too rich to be labeled..." - Rating: A-

Stereo Review (9/91) - Performance "Unique" / Recording "Excellent" - "...Sometimes, as in `3 AM Eternal', they move from raucous to the hypnotic in the same song..."

Following its ambient classic, CHILL OUT, the KLF set its sights on the burgeoning rave scene and produced THE WHITE ROOM. Originally intended as a soundtrack to an aborted movie by KLF masterminds Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, the record morphed into a full-on house album with the U.K. duo releasing the international dance hits "3 A.M. Eternal (Live at the S.S.C.I.)" and "Last Train to Transcentral (Live from the Lost Continent)." Renowned pop contrarians, Drummond and Cauty topped THE WHITE ROOM off with the sonic curveball "Justified and Ancient," which placed vocals by country legend Tammy Wynette in front of a dreamy hip-hop-tinged background. After THE WHITE ROOM, the KLF abruptly disbanded, but the ever-mischievous Drummond and Cauty resurfaced later in a variety of guises.

After the incredible success of their "Doctorin' the Tardis" single in 1988 (better known as that theme from Dr. Who), Drummond and Cauty had plenty of money to hire talented musicians (instead of merely sampling them, as on their early recordings). The White Room is the result, an album bursting with hit singles that nevertheless flows as well as any concept album. Often overlooked as a classic from the acid house era (mostly because of the KLF's retirement one year later), The White Room represents the commercial and artistic peak of late-'80s acid-house. ~ John Bush