Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Steve Rawles stated that the album's title followed a trend within the rest of Belvedere's album titles, where every one featured five words and six syllables. The band also chose the title for
Fast Forward Eats the Tape based on the fact that it was their fourth album, and their subsequent albums,
Revenge of the Fifth from 2016 and
Hindsight Is the Sixth Sense from 2021, would continue the same theme with their titles: "So we had this template and also our last couple of albums were going in a numerical direction. Fast
Forward Eats the Tape, The Revenge of the
Fifth, Hindsight [is] – well you get the point." Blair Calibaba, a producer who has mixed albums for
Sum 41, also produced
Fast Forward Eats the Tape. The album was recorded in autumn 2003 at Sundae Sound Studios in Calgary. Following the release of the album, Belvedere embarked on a tour called the Grind Tour throughout Canada, alongside
Bigwig,
Death by Stereo,
Tsunami Bomb, and Misconduct. In 2012, Belvedere released
Fast Forward Eats the Tape on vinyl in a collaboration with Jump Start Records. The album contains one re-recorded song from their previous album, '
Twas Hell Said Former Child ("Two Minutes for Looking So Good")
, and one re-recorded song from their split release with fellow Canadian band Downway ("Brandy Wine"). == Track listing ==