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Earthrise (album)

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Released
  
1985

Release date
  
1985

Genre
  
Rock music

Length
  
44:58

Label
  
Revolver Music

Artists
  
Richard Tandy, Dave Morgan, Tandy Morgan Band

Similar
  
Richard Tandy albums, Rock music albums

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Earthrise is a concept album originally released in 1985, written by former Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) member Richard Tandy and David Morgan, both from Birmingham, UK. Morgan also wrote songs for 1960s band The Move.

Contents

The album's story is about a space explorer who longs to return to his one love on Earth, only to eventually find that true love has always been with him — inside. The album's synthesizer-heavy rock sound is similar to ELO's 1981 album Time (1981). Although the album was well received by ELO fans, it was not a commercial success, largely due to the absence of marketing. Rock Legacy released a remastered version on CD in 2011.

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Track listing

The track order of the original 1985 release (44:58), on LP and cassette with the FMRevolver label, is:

Original track listing

Side one
  1. "Earth Rise" – 2:06
  2. "Under the Blue" – 1:17
  3. "Asteroid" – 1:57
  4. "Suddenly" – 3:34
  5. "Escape from the Citadel" – 2:47
  6. "Caesar of the Galaxy" – 2:44
  7. "One Thousand Worlds" – 3:30
  8. "Spaceship Earth" – 4:35
Side two
  1. "Zero Zero" – 3:07
  2. "The Third Planet" – 2:33
  3. "Ria" – 2:48
  4. "Princeton" – 6:00
  5. "Pictures in My Pillow" – 4:00
  6. "The Secret" – 3:54

CD issue

The remastered CD (54:04), released on 18 August 2011, contains the following tracks, some of which are previously unreleased or bonus.

  1. "Spaceship Earth" – 4:32
  2. "Earth Rise" – 1:52
  3. "Under the Blue" / "Asteroid" – 3:12
  4. "Starclipse" / "Purpose" – 3:36
  5. "Escape from the Citadel" – 2:45
  6. "One Thousand Worlds" – 4:01
  7. "The Third Planet" – 2:29
  8. "Suddenly" – 3:32
  9. "Princeton" – 5:21
  10. "Wheels" – 2:05
  11. "Caesar of the Galaxy" – 3:00
  12. "The Secret" – 3:49
  13. "Zero Zero" – 3:07
  14. "Pictures in My Pillow" – 4:03
  15. "Ria" (instrumental + backing vocals) – 3:11
  16. "Starclipse" (outmix) – 2:59

Songs

1Earth Rise2:08
2Under the Blue3:18
3Asteroid3:37

References

Earthrise (album) Wikipedia