The White Room is the fourth and final studio album by British electronic music group The KLF, released on 3 March 1991. The album features versions of the band's hit singles, including " What Time Is Love?", " 3 a.m. Eternal", and " Last Train to Trancentral". Hochman, Steve (11 August 1991). "The KLF 'The White Room' Arista". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 16 November 2015.

Last Train To Trancentral starts right after the string section and features a completely new additional verse from Ricardo Lyte after the breakdown. Recorded with the proceeds from their Doctorin’ The TARDIS single, the original 1988 version of What Time Is Love? marked a shift for Bill and Jimmy away from hip-hop towards dance music. The first of their Pure Trance 12″ singles, the song’s title is a reference to clubbers asking what time their Ecstasy will take effect. The crowd noise (itself a sample taken from U2’s Rattle & Hum to convey the false impression of being a live album) dissipates to welcome a soaring vocal from Maxine Harvey which itself gives way to pounding beats, squelching synths and a saxophone solo from Duy Khiem – all hallmarks of the classic acid house sound. This is what The KLF is about. Also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, furthermore known as The Jams...'

Cinquemani, Sal (2 November 2002). "Review: The KLF, The White Room". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 16 November 2015. With a music press well used to their headline-grabbing antics and publicity stunts, it was best described by Select magazine. “It’s the last grand gesture, the most heroic act of public self- destruction in the history of pop,” they wrote. “And it’s also Drummond and Cauty’s final howl of disgust, defiance and contempt for a music world gone foul and corrupt.” It was the perfect epitaph. Read more: The complete guide to the KLF The KLF: The White Room – The Songs a b Fox, Marisa (9 August 1991). "The White Room". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 23 August 2009. Mellor, Christopher (February 1989). "Beam Me Up, Scotty – How to have a number one (The JAMs way)". Offbeat. Archived (via the Library of Mu) on 24 August 2007. Wikipedia:WikiProject The KLF/LibraryOfMu/94 As had been the case with What Time Is Love?, 3 A.M. Eternal was originally a Pure Trance 12″ single released in 1989, before being reworked as the second instalment of their Stadium House Trilogy in 1991. It is an edit of this version that was included on The White Room.

a b Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (1 January 2021). "The KLF reissue music for first time since 1992". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 January 2021.

They would have a fan following that could put them in the Top 20 but I was thinking, that’s not a real Top 20 record, that’s just your cult following buying it in a week and I’m not interested in that. I wanted to know that the records we’re making were touching vast amounts of people. That was incredibly important.”

This affirmation in what they were doing continued with the eventual release of The White Room in March 1991. Entering the charts at No.3, it remained in the rundown for almost a year, no doubt bolstered by the further hit singles Last Train To Trancentral (Live at SSL) followed by two songs that were radically remixed for release as singles – Justified & Ancient (Stand By The JAMs), featuring Tammy Wynette and America: What Time Is Love?, both of which were Top 10 hits. Duo comprised of Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond. Cauty was born in Devon, England; Drummond was born in South Africa but grew up in the Dumfries & Galloway area of Scotland. a b Christgau, Robert (30 July 1991). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved 16 November 2015. The KLF: Enigmatic Dance Duo". Record Collector. 1 April 1991. Archived (via the Library of Mu) on 16 September 2016. Wikipedia:WikiProject The KLF/LibraryOfMu/226Meanwhile, the KLF's single " What Time Is Love?", which had originally been released in 1988 and largely ignored by the public, was generating acclaim within the underground clubs of continental Europe; according to KLF Communications, "The KLF were being feted by all the 'right' DJs". [3] This prompted Drummond and Cauty to pursue the acid house tone of their "Pure Trance" series. A further "Pure Trance" release, " Last Train to Trancentral", followed. It also has the single mix of 'Last Train To Trancentral' instead of the mellower UK album version, edits 'No More Tears' down from 9:24 to 6:42, and adds a little more wind noise at the end of the closing 'Justified And Ancient'. One of the defining features of the “White Room” album is its seamless blending of different musical elements. The KLF effortlessly combine samples, beats, and live instrumentation to create a rich and layered sonic tapestry. This approach, along with their irreverent attitude and willingness to experiment, helped establish The KLF as innovators in the electronic music scene. The first of their Stadium House Trilogy, it is an edit of this Live At Trancentral mix that appears on the album. The single was their first hit under the KLF moniker and reached No.5 in the UK in July 1990.

Capping their year of extraordinary success at the BRIT Awards, they saw the ceremony as the ideal location to carry out one last act of rebellion and announce their retirement from the music industry. After performing a raucous version of 3 A.M. Eternal with crusty punks Extreme Noise Terror, they began firing blanks from a machine gun at the stunned industry crowd. Shade, Chris (2006). "The KLF: The White Room". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Universe Publishing. p.672. ISBN 978-0-7893-1371-3. Mixed at Lillie Yard except A1 mixed at The Townhouse, London and A3 mixed at The Manor, Oxfordshire. Offiziellecharts.de – The KLF – The White Room" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 July 2016. a b George, Iestyn (March 1991). "The KLF: The White Room". Q. No.54 . Retrieved 4 March 2020. Archived (via the Library of Mu) on 16 September 2016. Wikipedia:WikiProject The KLF/LibraryOfMu/206a b "The White Room - Information Sheet Eight". KLF Communications. August 1990. Archived (via the Library of Mu) on 5 October 2007. Wikipedia:WikiProject The KLF/LibraryOfMu/508 Harrison, Allan. "The White Room". Splendid (review). Archived from the original on 12 November 2006.