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Information Society (album)

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Released
  
June 21, 1988

Producer
  
Fred Maher Paul Robb

Length
  
43:42

Recorded
  
Recorded at Platinum Island, New York, and Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis.

Genre
  
Freestyle, synthpop, new wave

Label
  
Tommy Boy/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records 25691

Information Society is an album by the synthpop, techno and freestyle band Information Society. It was their first release under a major label, after two independently released albums. Numerous top-40 hits quickly led the group to fame and fortune. The album was certified gold (selling 500,000 units) after five months in the U.S. and also went gold in Brazil in just 10 days. The album had several chart-topping hits such as "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)", "Walking Away", and "Running". It was one of the only albums released in the seldom-used CD+G format.

Contents

Track listing

  • All songs published By T-Boy Music/INSOC Music, except where noted.
    1. "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" (Paul Robb, Kurt Harland) — 4:33
    2. "Tomorrow" (Robb, Harland, Amanda Kramer) — 4:11
    3. "Lay All Your Love on Me" (Ulvaeus, Andersson; Eleven East Corporation) — 3:39
    4. "Repetition" (Robb) — 4:33
    5. "Walking Away" (Robb) — 5:01
    6. "Over the Sea" (Harland) — 3:50
    7. "Attitude" (Robb, Harland) — 4:12
    8. "Something in the Air" (Robb) — 4:54
    9. "Running" (Konar; T-Boy Music/Murat Konar Music) — 7:41
    10. "Make it Funky" (Robb) — 1:08

    Personnel

  • "Kurt Valaquen" (Kurt Harland) – vocals, sampler
  • Paul Robb – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
  • James Cassidy – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Amanda Kramer – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers

    • Production

    It is one of the very few CDs to have CD+G content. As the CD+G format never caught on and compatible players are difficult to find, the whole content was also made available on the band's web site. "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" and "Walking Away" were used in a sampler disc bundled with the Sega CD to showcase the console's CD+G capability. It had the same graphics as the album.

    References

    Information Society (album) Wikipedia
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