Future World is the second album by the Danish hard rock/heavy metal band Pretty Maids. The album was released by CBS in 1987. By 1990, the album had sold 300,000 copies worldwide.[2] The album charted at number 165 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.
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| Released | 20 April 1987 | |||
| Recorded | October 1986 – February 1987 at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York, United States; Easy Sound Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, glam metal | |||
| Length | 41:04 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Producer | Eddie Kramer, Chris Isca | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Future World was produced by Eddie Kramer, who was fired during the recording sessions because he fell asleep at the mixing console, according to guitarist Ken Hammer. The band then finished the album with engineer Chris Isca, who was credited as co-producer on the album.[3] Mixing duties were shared between Metallica, Rainbow and Morbid Angel producer Flemming Rasmussen, and Kevin Elson, known for producing multiplatinum albums by Journey, Mr. Big and Europe.
Angel Schleifer of the German band Bonfire joined Pretty Maids for the 1987-88 tour but did not play on the album.
Track listing
editAll tracks written and arranged by Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Future World" | 5:24 |
| 2. | "Loud 'n' Proud" | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Love Games" | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Yellow Rain" | 5:28 |
| 5. | "Rodeo" | 4:14 |
| 6. | "We Came to Rock" | 4:30 |
| 7. | "Needles in the Dark" | 5:02 |
| 8. | "Eye of the Storm"" | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Long Way to Go" | 3:26 |
Personnel
edit- Ronnie Atkins – lead & backing vocals
- Ken Hammer – guitars
- Allan Delong – bass guitar
- Phil Moorhead – drums
- Alan Owen – keyboards
Guest Musicians
edit- Graham Bonnet - backing vocals (tracks 2, 6)
- Philip Hart - backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6)
Other Staff
edit- Eddie Kramer - producer, engineer
- Aaron Hurwitz - engineer
- Chris Isca - mixer (tracks 8), engineer, co-producer
- George Cowan - engineer
- Ken Lonas - engineer
- Thom Cadley - engineer
- Tommy Hansen - additional recordings
- Morten Henningsen - additional recordings assistant
- Flemming Rasmussen - mixer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7)
- Kevin Elson - mixer (tracks: 3, 6, 7)
- Frank Birch - assistant mixer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7)
- Wally Buck - assistant mixer (tracks 3, 6, 9)
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Joe Petagno - cover art
References
edit- ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Pretty Maids Future World review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Horsens er god nok" [Horsens is good enough]. Politiken (in Danish). Copenhagen: JP/Politikens Hus. 22 April 1990.
- ^ Jungersen, Steffen (18 November 1995). "RED, HOT & Heavy". B.T. (in Danish). Copenhagen: Berlingske Media.