Released 1985 Artist Platinum Blonde Label Epic Records | Alien Shores
(1985) Contact
(1987) Release date 1985 Genre New wave | |
 | ||
Recorded Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, Ontario Producer Eddy Offord, Mark Holmes Nominations Juno Award for Album of the Year Similar Seven Year Itch: 1982–1989, Contact, The Big Prize, Fields of Fire, Shakin' Like a Human B | ||
Platinum blonde alien shores 1985 full album
Alien Shores was Platinum Blonde's 1985 follow up to their debut album Standing in the Dark. Released by Columbia/CBS Records Canada in 1985, it contained one of the band's biggest Canadian hits with "Crying Over You" and their only US hit, "Somebody Somewhere".
Contents
This album was the first to feature Kenny MacLean as a full-time bassist and keyboardist. This freed lead singer Mark Holmes to focus on lead vocal duties.
The band enlisted Alex Lifeson from fellow Canadian rockers Rush to perform guitar solos on two songs on the album, "Crying Over You" and "Holy Water". A song entitled "Alien Shore" is the sixth track on Rush's 1993 album Counterparts.
The album was released as a mini-concept album with the b-side (starting with "Lost in Space") containing various songs with a science fiction theme and narrative.
Track listing
- "Crying Over You" (Mark Holmes) – 3:39
- "Situation Critical" (Holmes) – 3:31
- "Red Light" (Holmes, Sergio Galli) – 2:50
- "It Ain't Love Anyway" (Holmes) – 3:12
- "Somebody Somewhere" (Holmes) – 4:06
- "Lost In Space" (Holmes, Galli) – 4:04
- "Temple of the Newborn" (Kenny MacLean) – 4:02
- "Holy Water" (Holmes, MacLean) – 3:41
- "Animal" (Holmes) – 4:31
- "Hungry Eyes" (Holmes, Galli) – 4:38
Credits
Platinum Blonde:
with "special guest musicians":
Engineers:
Pre-production on 2, 6, 9:
Songs
1Situation Critical3:31
2Crying Over You3:38
3Red Light2:50