title: Phorward
text: # Phorward
  
  Phorward is a mini-album by the Scottish band The Shamen. It was released in 1989 on Moksha Records. It was billed as a "mini album" because the original vinyl release had only six tracks.
  
  ## Background
  
  On the CD version, DJ Eddie Richards remixed tracks including "You Me and Everything", "Reraptyouare", "Splash 2", and "Phorward", further expanding the musical impact the mini-album made on the acid house scene. It was reissued with slightly different tracks in 1999 on the Essential label.
  
  The front cover image is a monochrome, heavily rasterized excerpt of the cover image on In Gorbachev We Trust.
  
  ## Track listings
  
  ### 1989 10"
  
  * "You Me And Everything (Else)"
  * "Splash 2"
  * "Negation State"
  * "Reraptyouare"
  * "Strange Day Dreams '89" [written as "sdd89"]
  * "Phorward"
  
  Track 3 ends in an infinite loop.
  
  ### 1989 7" the s&n sessions
  
  Some copies of the 10" came with a white label 7".
  
  * "Happy Days"
  * "Knature of a Girl"
  
  The German version of Phorward was released on regular 12" vinyl, and appends these two tracks as the last track on each side, respectively.
  
  ### 1989 CD
  
  The 1989 CD and cassette issue contained three extra tracks (from the "You Me & Everything" 12-inch single) not found on the vinyl or the 1999 reissue.
  
  * "You Me And Everything (Else)"
  * "Splash 2"
  * "Negation State"
  * "Reraptyouare"
  * "Strange Day Dreams '89"
  * "Phorward"
  * "Happy Days"
  * "Knature of a Girl"
  * "You Me and Everything (Evil Edit)"
  * "Reraptyouare (Evil Edit)"
  * "Ed's Bonus Beats"
  * Track 5 written as "sdd 89"
  * Track 7–8 written as "the s & n sessions"
  * Track 9–11 written as "evil edit (freakin' the beats **for a phurther 15 minutes)". Track 10 includes parts of "Splash 2" and "Phorward" between parts of "Reraptyouare"
  
  ### 1999 CD
  
  Digitally remastered, with new liner notes.
  
  * "You Me And Everything (Else)"
  * "Splash 2"
  * "Negation State"
  * "Reraptyouare"
  * "Strange Day Dreams '89" [written as "SDD 89"]
  * "Phorward"
  * "Happy Days"/"Knature of a Girl" [written as "The S and N Sessions"]
  * "Darkness in Zion"
  